Over the last 2 weeks, I had a close look at that question and got present to just how much I and almost everyone I know seems to be stopped in their tracks when it comes to making a real difference for another human being.

When I am speaking about making a difference, what I refer to is having someone else's life be altered and impacted, or in other words, they start to see life in such a way that they are empowered to create what they want or to be with what they have fully.

The ability to make a difference, as I got to see again, is closely related to us actually being present to what is in front of us.

Over the last two weeks, we have held the Being Business Intensive in Amsterdam, and just this weekend, I did the Landmark Forum for the second time now.

This time with my brother and dad.

Both weekends, absolutely incredible things happened, and people got their lives transformed!

And none of that would have happened if I got to listen to what my mind was saying about it all.

When we get connected to what our heart wants, we know that we want other people in our lives to thrive, have joy in their lives, and be fully alive, going for what they want. We know that we want to see people happy!

We know that, but how many times have you just not shared what you thought or wanted another human being to know?

How many times have you held back from making an impact with another?

How many times have you stopped to share or invite because it got uncomfortable?

Many times.

We know that we want to see a world where people are fulfilled, and when you ask them about their lives, they give you the answer: "I LOVE MY LIFE," and actually mean it.

We want the people in our lives to smile more often than not, go on adventures, and be kind and open to the world.

Yet we don't take action on it.

Why?

Because we care more about how we look when we stop to conform with the agreed reality of things having to "be hard," "be difficult," and all the things people "should" be doing.

We get stopped by thinking what they think about us when we wake them up, justifying it with sayings like "its their life, I have nothing to do with it" denying the reality of us impacting each other all the time.

We wait for a "better time" to come along to talk to our friend about his drinking, share with our dad that we miss connection and buy this ticket to see our old friend across the world.

We wait to make the ask, wait to finally show up to the world bodl and direct, because somewhere in ourselves we have given up that we are powerful and that the idea of individuality in itself is false. That a human being absolutely can impact another and that the thing missing is not knowing but courage.

I had all the reasons not to invite my brother and my dad.

I had so many stories about what they would think about me and the course (a transformational weekend).

Most of what I thought was actually true! It turned out that my fears were answered.

But who cares?

When the weekend was over, my dad looked at me and said, "Thank you for giving me life back!"

This would have never happened if my fears and reasons would have stopped me from making a difference.

That brings me back to you.

And your life.

And the people in your life.

Where is it that has played small and stopped you from making a difference? Where is it that you wait, have given up, or dont even want to look?

What if you are powerful, so powerful that you could actually make a real difference in another human being's life?

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