Honest question.  What type of person does it take to change the world? Are they charismatic? Engaging? Funny?  How iconic do they need to be before the can change the world?  I was re-confronted with a truth I have often struggled with and it is this… having a voice does not mean you have something to say.  In his book the Brain-Dead Megaphone, George Saunders unpacks and illustrates the reality that we bend to the person with the megaphone.  It does not matter what they say, who they are or what they know…because they are there and they are louder is influence enough for most people to bend.  

We, Americans, have megaphonia for lack of a better word.  We grant instant credibility to the person with the loudest voice.  We are addicted to them. But voice alone is not enough to change the world.  The person who can change the world, person by person, is one willing to invest their life-long time in serving others.  Compassion.  Until you can see my need, feel my need and act for my need you cannot move me.  It does not matter if you are the President of the US or the pastor in a church.  Your voice will move nothing until you see, feel and act on my need.  Serving changes the world.  It is often silent, humble, unnoticed by the masses but focused.  Learn the critical skills of analyzing the voices in your life.  Grow enough to see, feel and reach the needs of individuals around you.  I can change the world.

What are examples of megaphonia that you bend to?