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Do you want to be known by many or understood by a few? I used to think the way to help as much as I could was to help as many people as I can. But maybe that was ego driven. Perhaps the real goal is to impact people as deeply as you can. Even if it's only one person.

So I'm applying to jobs and stuff and this one particular jawn (that I want super bad) asked for 3 references. 2 colleagues and a supervisor. So I hit up my mans and asked him if it was cool if I could use him as a reference and of course he said yes. So I was like, if you wanna grab a beer n hang out sometime soon that'd be dope. Y'know, show my appreciation for the rec. So he pulls up were drinking were chatting and he's telling me about his escapades in grad school and funding issues and all that good stuff and then goes on to say something that might stay with me for as long as I live. Now. It is entirely possible that he was blowing smoke up my ass but he said that he learned more working with me for six weeks than he did at a $90K graduate school program at one of the best schools in the world.

I guess I used to think ideas were spread hundreds by hundreds. Like you have to assemble a hundred people first and then you address them all at once. More I'm realizing it happens, like almost everything, one (or two) at a time. Maybe this post isn’t as helpful or universal as maybe many people don't aspire to influence as I do but I think that the same can largely be true for personal relationships too. Many of us are led to believe that we need a bunch of friends to feel seen or loved because what if one friend bails or whatever the case is but that's just fundamentally a flawed way to think. Abundance mindset baby! If its from one or a hundred, God will ensure I get exactly what I need when I need it.

So I guess this is mostly a reminder to stay focused on the little stuff. On the little guy. Focusing on having a conversation with the kid who was bullied in high school. Making some deep intimate individual connections. And a lot of times they happen so unconsciously you just wake up surrounded and inundated by love one day. Over the summer I'd walk to work almost the same route for six months. I didn't do anything outside of nod and say good morning to whoever I saw on my way. By the end of my stint people are beeping at me from their cars, coming out on the sidewalk to dap me up and all kinda stuff. So start today. Become the change you want to see in your life. One step at a time. 🌊🌊🌊

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