We live in an age of influencers. Just what is an influencer? Justin Welsh says that “An influencer is an individual who has the power to affect the purchasing decisions of others because of their authority, knowledge, position, or relationship with their audience.”
“People are influenced by watching the behavior of others. All influence geniuses focus on behaviors. You can change the world if you change how people behave. People will change how they behave when they change how they think. Enormous Influence comes through focusing on just the few vital high-leverage behaviors.
Virtually all forces that have an impact on human behavior work on only two mental maps – not two thousand, just two. At the end of the day a person asks, ‘Could I do this?’ and, ‘Will it be worth it?’ The first question simply asks, ‘Am I able?’ The second, ‘Am I motivated?’…all strategies work in one of two ways. They either motivate or enable a vital behavior. Great strategies do both.
The most powerful incentive known to humankind is our own evaluation of our behavior and accomplishments. When people are able to meet their personal standards, they feel validated and fulfilled.”
This is POWERFUL STUFF from: Influencer The Power To Change Everything
It’s a good thing to become an effective influencer when you are using your influence to do good. Your ability to influence the influencers determines your ability to grow the organization.
I want to share two of my most favorite Influence quotes:
“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”
– from: The World According to Mister Rogers.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead
Here is a powerful thought: “I am fully collaborating with God in the life he has given me – my gifts, my passions, my ambitions, my ideas, my creativity, my love, even my doubts and struggles. The ability to associate spirituality with our daily labor, to think that God actually works through you in your job! This may be as simple as being kind to the next person you speak to on the phone. Or, as dramatic as totally restructuring your company around a fresh Vision, one that better engages people with the good your company offers to the world.”
– From the book: “At work as it is in Heaven” by J.B. Wood
