The Secret To Changing The World

Hello Readers from all lands. Today in this short blogpost my intention is to talk to you about the single most essential thing which if you master, you too can change things in the adamant and unforgiving world that we live in. Now, considering that this is my first blogpost, the read might not be as smooth as you might like, yet I assure you, the message I want to convey is worth the effort. My name is Zaki Sayed and with my big smile I welcome you to my first ever blog post.

The "secret" I want to talk to you about might not be a definite secret but my purpose of writing it this way is to ignite a conversation, and if you are a budding entrepreneur or just a person wondering what most successful people do different, which makes them the best at what they do, this will definitely give you some answers. Now, on to the topic.

The more you want to impact the rest of the world, the less you have to think about others. In fact, the more you want to impact the rest of the world, the more you need to think about yourself.

Don’t take that the wrong way, but the cause, effect and drive that ends up creating the outcome of changing a large number of individuals at a global scale, is driven by a tireless machine that’s constantly looking to expand — the machine known as the individual self, driven to maximize it’s potential. 

The secret is that you need to continually work on you, more than anything, and not only maximize your potential, but recognize that you have unlimited potential, and continually strive to expand your personal growth so that you:

1. Raise your consciousness (Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa).
2. Pick the right craft — the craft you were born to practice (code for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg).
3. Become so good you’re able to transcend your field and re-write it’s rules (Elon Musk with Tesla’s electric car).

Elon Musk is so good that he’s able to give back to the world.
Mark Zuckerberg is so good that he’s able to give back to the world.
But giving back isn’t what drove them to achieve the result that actually creates the giving back. 

The drives and motivations of what it’s taken people like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk that gives them the drive and motivation to “connect the world” for Zuckerberg and “solve mankind’s biggest challenges” for Musk.

It’s a combination of a commitment to one’s self, a radical selfishness, that’s committed to maximize it’s own potential, with the by product of it’s impact being how others (the world) adopts your effect.

The by-product of that achievement becomes work that reaches people.
When we reach this state of self-commitment and see the fruits of it’s labor, life becomes so exciting and fulfilling, and the journey becomes it’s own reward — voracious enthusiasm itself is the rewarding vehicle.

You live each moment and show up each day and you’re time is slowed down because it’s so meaningful.

The good news is, when we maximize our potential, we make the biggest impact on others, often for progress and for the better (though this can always be debated) and of course, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are larger than life examples who have changed the world.