#019 think small
Most people tell you to “think big” or “10x” your thinking.
That’s great, except, you’re probably not competent enough – yet – to reach the goal that you’ve set.
Even worse, you may be like many young men and not know where to start because you’re struggling with a sense of aimlessness and purposelessness.
So what do you do?
Think small.
Unfortunately, social media presents us with the opportunity to “virtue signal” all too often. This makes us feel like we stand for something, or even like we’re making progress when we’re really not.
Even worse, we’ll do this to our friends and family. Because when you’re aimless, you’ll grasp at anything you can to give you a sense of purpose.
I’m convinced the reason so many young people are easily seduced by the allure of social justice is because the thought of facing themselves is too much to bear.
There's a reason almost every person you see at any social justice rally are clones of one another.
It’s a rare sight to see a calm, reasonable, emotionally stable person screaming like a banshee holding a sign in a parking lot.
It’s much easier to do that than face yourself in the mirror.
This isn’t unique to social causes. We do this in our day to day lives at work, at school, hell maybe even in our own families.
Perhaps a better way to approach problems is at the individual level.
Are you the type of person that is even capable of completing the goal you’ve set? Are you capable of being the person you would like to become?
Perhaps, if you addressed your own flaws first, rather than those of your friends, family, and community, you'd be able to address larger and larger injustices not only in your life, but in your community, and maybe even the world at large.
That’s hard.
And it’s way easier to blend into a screaming mob than have a difficult conversation in the mirror.
Generally, big problems that are out of your control are distractions.
Keep the focus on you. After all, it's the only thing you can control.
You got this.