POSITIVE IMPACT, POPULARITY AND
YOUNG PEOPLE
Thanks for logging in today on this
subject. I hope this post meets you well.
I see a misconception in our society
today especially among young people.
There is a battle between IMPACT AND
POPULARITY. There tends to be a conflict in ideology and definition
IMPACT
It means to have a direct effect on:
impinge on: to strike forcefully
Also it connotes the force of
impression of one thing on another: a significant or major effect
Positive Impact means having a
positive impression, influence, effect on a person, environment, community or organization
Popularity
Is a state of being popular,
suitable, commonly liked or approved by the general public.
What's the relationship between IMPACT
AND FAME?
Positive Impact with time produces
fame. Positive Impact will always give birth to some measures of fame. While
Fame on the other hand cannot be a yardstick for measuring positive impact.
Fame is an end product.
I must confess that both are good, pleasurable and can be found in God
It’s possible to make positive
impact and not be “really popular”! David killed a lion and a bear in the
wilderness, No one celebrated him but Samson killed a lion with his hands (Just
like David) and the entire world declared him –THE STRONGEST MAN.
As I move around, I find people with
great talents, discipline and profound impact that are not so popular as it
were.
BALANCE
To equate both, or use one as a
parameter for the other ALL THE TIME is deception.
COUNSEL
Pursue positive impact not fame. Actually,
fame ought to be a bye-product of impact. When attention moves from impact to
fame, doom is inevitable. This is the reason why some celebrities are
frustrated, their personal lives are full of emptiness and eventually they turn
to drugs, illicit sex etc.
My dear people, maintaining
popularity is a rat race you will never win.
Do you know what it means to be
pointed at as you move along the streets, multiple greetings in the banking
hall, market places, and the media all over you just looking for a word, dressing
or an act for cheap blackmail? If your lifestyle isn't as strong as a
brick-wall, rooted in encounters, principles and disciplines of the Spirit, you’ll
collapse like a pack of cards
I’ve been privileged to come close
to some PROMINIENT people both in their homes and offices; I’ve had countless
official, personal meetings and relationships with them. I observed the secret behind their enduring
success. They dissociate themselves from the frivolities and ephemeral
pressures of the 'celebrity’s world'
KEEP YOUR EYES ON POSITIVE IMPACT, DEVELOPING
YOURSELF, RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND YOU WILL BE A LIVING LEGEND.
Warmest regards
Deep love
Bankole Andrew Abioye
Your Brother
