“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.”
– Buckminster Fuller
At this time in our world, there is so much uncertainty about the future. We have all responded quite well to the initial shock of the pandemic of COVID-19, but this is starting to settle in for longer than we may have hoped.
How do we respond with a longer term strategy?
Well, one of the things is to remember what you are really trying to do. Or better, remember why you do what you do. If you can focus on the underlying purpose of your organisation or business it can help you keep what is truly important central to everything you do. It also gives you something to improvise around.
I love the above quote from Buckminster Fuller, because it can remind all of us that we can all make a difference. It is not always easy, and it may require sacrifices we never thought we’d be asked to make. In the end though, you have gifts, talents, and abilities that no one else does and I believe you were given them for a reason.
So, go and use them. Make a difference in your world. In THE world.
Go, be that person.
improvise on purpose 