POSITIVE IMPACT, POPULARITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE

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I see a misconception in our society today especially among young people.

There is a battle between IMPACT AND POPULARITY. There tends to be a conflict in ideology and definition

IMPACT

It means to have a direct effect on: impinge on: to strike forcefully

Also it connotes the force of impression of one thing on another: a significant or major effect

Positive Impact means having a positive impression, influence, effect on a person, environment, community or organization

Popularity

Is a state of being popular, suitable, commonly liked or approved by the general public.

What's the relationship between IMPACT AND FAME?

Positive Impact with time produces fame. Positive Impact will always give birth to some measures of fame. While Fame on the other hand cannot be a yardstick for measuring positive impact. Fame is an end product.

I must confess that both are good, pleasurable and can be found in God

It’s possible to make positive impact and not be “really popular”! David killed a lion and a bear in the wilderness, No one celebrated him but Samson killed a lion with his hands (Just like David) and the entire world declared him –THE STRONGEST MAN.

As I move around, I find people with great talents, discipline and profound impact that are not so popular as it were.

BALANCE

To equate both, or use one as a parameter for the other ALL THE TIME is deception.

COUNSEL

Pursue positive impact not fame. Actually, fame ought to be a bye-product of impact. When attention moves from impact to fame, doom is inevitable. This is the reason why some celebrities are frustrated, their personal lives are full of emptiness and eventually they turn to drugs, illicit sex etc.

My dear people, maintaining popularity is a rat race you will never win.

Do you know what it means to be pointed at as you move along the streets, multiple greetings in the banking hall, market places, and the media all over you just looking for a word, dressing or an act for cheap blackmail? If your lifestyle isn't as strong as a brick-wall, rooted in encounters, principles and disciplines of the Spirit, you’ll collapse like a pack of cards

I’ve been privileged to come close to some PROMINIENT people both in their homes and offices; I’ve had countless official, personal meetings and relationships with them.  I observed the secret behind their enduring success. They dissociate themselves from the frivolities and ephemeral pressures of the 'celebrity’s world'

KEEP YOUR EYES ON POSITIVE IMPACT, DEVELOPING YOURSELF, RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND YOU WILL BE A LIVING LEGEND.

Warmest regards

Deep love

Bankole Andrew Abioye

Your Brother