“Today’s revolutionaries look like you and me. They are in our companies. They are in our government. They start businesses. They run schools. They look ahead and say “I believe in a world way better than this one.” ~Simon Sinek
What would you like to change? This is the question with which every revolution (and, therefore, revolutionary) starts. Every day people just like you and me look at life and see a problem and then begin innovating until they find a solution. Sometimes the solution is technological, sometimes it’s a change in societal beliefs. Sometimes the innovation is new software or a product or an idea… but it all starts with a conversation.
Revolutionaries see a vision and commit their lives to making it happen. They begin to make it happen by starting with verbalizing their commitment: Thomas Jefferson saw the possibility of a new kind of government for America. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “had a dream” that one day all men would be equal. Robert F. Kennedy saw that America could land the first man on the moon.
Whoever the visionaries are that you look up to, every one of them has a single thing in common: they began with a dream and began to vocalize it. The power of conversation and a soul committed to generating it, is a force to be reckoned with.
Who are you and what are your dreams? Maybe it’s not to change the world… but what about your community? Or your family? All of us are destined for more. Today is the day you stop settling and you begin to dream.
No matter your social or economic status, your level of education or your life situation, YOU have the first tool you need to make it happen. You have your conversation. What will you say next?
For more inspiration and to get a pulse on today’s up-and-coming revolutionaries, read more at: http://www.utne.com/2008-11-13/50-Visionaries-Who-Are-Changing-Your-World.aspx
