Regardless of what you think about yourself, you will influence people as you travel through life.
You will be a teacher. If you’re a good teacher, you will teach them how to learn, not what to learn.
You will be a chef. If you’re a good chef, you may inspire other people to cook. If you’re not a good chef, you will inspire people to diet or eat out.
You will be a cleaner. Everybody at some point is expected to clean up after themselves, literally and metaphorically.
You will be a diner. From the moment you’re born, you need to eat. The habit will not change until you no longer need more energy.
You will exercise. You will exercise from time to time. If you look like you’re enjoying yourself, other people may take up that form of exercise. If you look like you’re torturing yourself, they’ll wonder why you exercise at all.
You will think. Some people will think a great deal more than they need to. That’s life. Some people will base their thoughts on the great minds who have preceded them, and they will expand the knowledge of the human race. Some people will use their thoughts to create conspiracy theories to give some meaning to their lives.
You will inspire. Your actions and words will inspire people to follow in your footsteps or go in a completely different direction.
You will motivate. Every time you ask somebody to do something in a different way, you are motivating them. If you show them how the changes will be good for them, you will be a positive motivator. If you just tell them to do it your way, the opposite is true.
Remember.
- You don’t have to be labeled a teacher to teach.
- You don’t have to be labeled a chef to cook.
- You don’t have to pay for food to be a diner.
- You don’t have to labeled a sports person to exercise.
- You don’t have to be labeled a philosopher to think.
- You don’t have to be labeled inspirational to inspire.
- You don’t have to be labeled a motivator to motivate.
I’ll leave you with one final thought. You will always do far too much to be labelled correctly.
As I mentioned in the title, you don’t have to be labeled an influencer to influence people, all you have to remember is you’re influencing people by interacting with them.You cannot avoid this unless you are determined to live life as a hermit, and even if you chose that path, the delivery people will be influenced by you.
The best thing you can hope for is that you’re influencing the people you interact with in a positive way.
