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I have been following a lot of information for several years now.  I do that with blogs, with RSS feeds, with alerts, with email newsletters, with a few hard copy magazine subscriptions, with some journals, and also a lot with listening in whatever way possible.

I’ve come to some conclusions.

I can change the world.

Everyone has the ability to change the world.

The difference is that I want to and I will.

There are some people that I can’t change.

There are most people that I can’t change.

There is nobody that I can change.

I don’t want to change people.  That’s up to the individual.

I can change the world.  That’s up to me.

This is important to realize.  This is a distinction between the emotional tug to argue and be right and to win a power struggle … and … the focus and drive and passion needed to facilitate change and positive growth.

So, what have I determined today?  I will not be a politician.  They spend too much time talking and not enough time doing.  I will not engage in debates and rhetoric that are not focused on solutions.  The kinds of debates and rhetoric that I am talking about avoiding are focused on being right, not focused on being better.  I want to focus on being better.

I will always have political issues to deal with.  That’s just the politics of life.  We can’t avoid that.  But, I will not make dealing with that be *my* focus.

With all that being said, people can and do change.  I have changed.

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