Have you ever thought you can’t make a difference? The subject matter you are facing is just too big for you to make a dent? Your light is not bright enough to cast out the darkness ahead?
I was at CMA fest with my wife and friends this past summer in Nashville, TN. I’m not a huge country music person after say the early 2000’s. I mainly listen to other types of music. At the event I was not as knowledgeable of some songs as the rest of the group. I also didn’t know all of the musicians.
During one of the sets Luke Bryan was singing and asking people to pull out their phones and “light it up.” One by one we saw phones lighting up the stadium so much that when they turned the stadium lights it was like nothing had changed. Yes, there were over 60,000 people in attendance to do this.
These little cell phone lights work good for close up needs for an individual, but for one phone to try to cast out the darkness in a stadium it would be difficult. To do it together though, the darkness was cast right out. It was interesting to see thousands of lights making this place light up.
We need others to walk with us on our mission which means we need to reach out to them for help. This world of social media and movies make it seem like we need to be a lone wolf. If you know anything about wolves they only survive in their packs. On their own they die off quickly.
Just like wolves and cell phone lights we need others to come along side us to move forward. We need to be able to ask for help, use our leadership skills to gain engagement, and be vulnerable. That’s right we need to be vulnerable and ask for help. One of the key ingredients of influence is vulnerability. Yes, just like cooking, if we miss an ingredient the meal does not tast good and is tossed out.
It is scary, but we have to take the risk to let others see who we are and they will more than likely offer a hand to help. We need to be comfortable in the uncomfortable in order to move forward with others. Yes it’s messy sometimes, and there are different points of view that we need to work through on different topics. We need to push through the hard stuff to get to the place we want to go.
There is the quote that says, if we want to go fast go by ourselves, but if we want to go far, we need to go with others.
Just like scaling mount Everest, we need to have a group of people to reach the summit. Most of those that have tried to do it by themselves have failed, or paid the ultimate price.
Work with others and be vulnerable to be able to move forward is key.
If we do then we can light up the world!
Have a great week!
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