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What's your impact?

I'd rather be low profile and high impact than high profile and low impact. Israel Houghton

*We* have a mindset issue.  We seem to think that high profile also means high impact but I don't think so.  The ones who have the most impact on their worlds are those who have a lower profile.  Don't believe me?  Think about some people that you admire for having high impact in your life and/or the lives of others.   What was their profile?  Truly? 
Do you know how many hidden high impact people we have in our lives right now?  And usually they aren't recognized as high impact until after they aren't with us.  And that's exactly the way it should be if you want to have high impact.  Live a low profile. 
Our other problem with thinking about this is we crave to be high profile.  We want attention on us, all eyes *this* way.  We want our ideas to be seen, heard, and followed.  And that is the exact way to have low impact, living high profile.  You may protest and spout off a few examples of people who have had high profile and high impact.   I think I have guessed their secret to it.  They never set out to be high profile, just high impact.  And it so happened that their high impact went "viral" and launched them into high profile as well.  My guess is if you sat down with any one of them and asked them about it they would protest the "high profile" label and insist the attention be put toward the thing that they were having a high impact on.  That's called humility and *we* all could sure use a huge dose of it in today's culture.  Our culture instead sends the message that *we* each should be raised up to superstar status and expect superstar treatment, i.e. high profile.  But the way up is actually down in this case. 
What do you think your current impact is?  Don't tell me, answer it for yourself.  Do you need to make some changes?  Correct your mindset?  If you want high impact you need to live low profile.  Trust me on this one. 

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