Sir Isaac Newton changed the world around him with one small, seemingly insignificant act. He gave a name to something that was already present around him. The name "gravity" was coined by Newton as he noticed that what goes up must come down. He didn't invent gravity...he named it. Science remembers Newton for a number of things, but none are more significant than his articulation of gravity.
I wonder what the world will remember us by? Often as I watch leaders scurry about the hallways of their organizations I wonder if they are making the most of what is around them, like good ole Isaac. I think that many times they are covering up their lack of creativity with their busyness while other times they are simply waiting for that perfect idea to fall into their lap.
A good friend once told me, "Great leaders are remembered not by the perfect situations they walk into, but by the perfect situations they create."
What perfect situation will you create in your organization?
The same is true for you that was true for Isaac Newton. You don't have to spend time and energy reinventing the wheel. Gravity is all around us...will you be the one to name it? Learn to recognize what everyone else is thinking and feeling and then don't be afraid to give it a name.
As leaders we need to be able to "pull the trigger" and fire on a great idea. So I ask you, what great idea is in your sights that you have been waiting on the right time to fire? Wait no longer. Pull the trigger.
Ghandi pulled the trigger on non-violence and changed the world. Mother Theresa pulled the trigger on love for the un-loveable and changed the world. Martin Luther King Jr. pulled the trigger on racial equality and changed the world. Jesus Christ pulled the trigger on salvation and changed the world. Pull the trigger!!! Gravity is all around you and it is waiting on you to pull the trigger.
The people all around you are waiting on you to pull the trigger. Will you be the one to do what needs to be done? If you say yes to that question you will change the world around you forever.
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