354 Make a Difference

"Sometimes we forget how powerful a difference we can make with one person at a time." - Lewis Howes If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes and more at http://lewishowes.com/354 Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX

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  This is Five Minute Friday!

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  Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. Now, this man had a habit of walking on the beach every single morning before he began his work. In early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions. Now, off into the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As the boy walked, he paused every so often, and as he grew closer, the man could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea.

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  Now, the boy came closer still, and the man called out, "Good morning, young man. May I ask what it is that you're doing?" Now, the young boy paused, looked up, and replied, "I'm throwing starfish into the ocean. You see, the tide has washed them up onto the beach, and they can't return into the sea by themselves. And when the sun gets high, they will die unless I throw them back into the water." Now, the old man replied, "But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach. I'm afraid you won't really be able to make that much of a difference." Now, the boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it as far as he could

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  into the ocean. Then he turned to the old man, smiled, and said, "But I made a difference to that one." I love this story. This is a rendition from "The Star Thrower" by Lauren Eastly, and I love this message. It's so simple and so effective, yet sometimes we forget how powerful of a difference we can make on one person at a time. And we may not be able to take on all of the world's pain. You know, there's so much happening in the world right now with the shootings all over the place, with the terrorism, with people getting killed for seeming no reason, for all the cancers out there, all the deaths that are occurring.

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  We may not be able to save everyone in this world. And we may feel like we're so busy trying to achieve things and focus on ourselves and get out of our debt and find the relationship of our dreams and achieve what we want. We're so busy and focused on ourselves, on our selfish things that we want to create in the world that we forget sometimes that we have an opportunity to make an incredible difference on this planet. And even if it's just for one person a day, maybe we're not going to literally save their life, but you never know what a random act of kindness, what one small token of appreciation, what one gift you can give to someone could change their state in that moment, could change

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  a negative way they've been thinking and start feeling more worthy, more desiring, more loving towards themselves, which could ripple effect into the world, into every person they connect with after that interaction with you. You never know what type of impact you will make. And you can make such a huge difference to one person and then another person and then another. Again, you don't have to save the entire world of every pain that is happening. But it's our duty and we have such a huge opportunity to make a difference to someone today. I want you to think about how you can make a difference today. What is it you're going to do? Who are you going to be that's going to lift someone up?

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  That's going to inspire someone that might actually save someone's life by what you say, what you do and how you be? Think about it. Who do you want to become? Who can you support? Whose life can you make a difference with today?

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  This is episode number 354, Five Minute Friday, all about how to make a difference. Thank you guys so much for being here. It is such an honor and a pleasure and a privilege, and I'm so blessed and grateful that you decide to show up every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday when we release new episodes. And if you know someone in your life who's constantly making a difference, who's constantly leaving an impact on your life, or you see them making a difference in other people's lives, then send them this message. Send them this message to continue to encourage them to make a difference, and let them know that they matter to you, that they've made a huge impact in your life. The link is lewishouse.com/354. Send them

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  this in an email and tell them how much they mean to you. Tell them how much they make a difference in your life. Also, share this with your friends. Share it on Twitter, Facebook, I'm at Lewis Howes everywhere. Add me in the share, and I'll like it and leave a comment back. It means a lot to me that you continue to spread this message of inspiration to lift people up to their highest level of greatness. You guys mean the world to me, and you know what time it is. It's time to go out there and do something great.