Keith Craft: The world is not changed by your opinions. It is changed by the example you set…
The world is not changed by your opinions. It is changed by the example you set by the followable excellence that you live.
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The thought behind the quote
The world is full of opinionated people. Someone said, “Opinions are like noses: everyone has one but it usually has a few holes in it.”
Opinion could be defined as “an outward viewpoint based on an inward disposition.” I want to encourage you today to understand that your opinion is:
• NOT a fact, it’s your perspective • emotionally formed • the thing that can cause you to live in a spirit of offense • damaging to you and your potential for great relationships when it makes you judgmental about other people • just THAT...your opinion!
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I personally LOVED what Ricky Gervais said at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards: “So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech, right? You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your God, and [bleep].”
As I enter my 60’s, I want to live LESS opinionated and more by EXAMPLE! I want to change the world for the better, not because of my opinionated THEORIES, but by proving the TRANSFORMATIONAL message of Jesus by the way I live my life. Then, and only then, over time I may be able to create followable EXCELLENCE that may actually change the world for the better!
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