Thursday, May 10, 2012

Your Relevance is Relative ... Your Witness is Absolute

You might think that you are the most or least significant person in your circles. You might think that someone else is the most or least important or relevant. No matter how important you think that you are, others may see you differently. No matter how relevant you think that you or someone else is, their relevance is relative.

Relevance changes over time also. As your skills and knowledge increase, your relevance increases within certain groups and circles. If you do not work to maintain your strengths, your relevance may actually decrease in other circles. You are aldo seend differently in different places and situations.

Consider this, a VIP is important and is relevant inside that group. On the outside of the company or organization, their relevance and importance is taken from another whole perspective. In other words, a VIP is very important within a certain circle. When he or she is at the movies or in the grocery store, they are seen as just another patron. They are still important but their relevance to others is relative to the situation.

You might be the leader of your family or head of your club. Outside of that, you are a face in the crowd. This is not to say that you are not important. Everyone is important. It's just that your relevance is relative.

On the other hand, your witness is absolute. What people see and witness of you is what they see. Your actions speak loudly and they influence other people. Therefore, be careful of how you act and speak because it does have an effect on other people.

You are what you do and say in the eyes of others. If you are constantly striving to be the best version of yourself that is possible, that infuence on others will most likely be positive.

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