Ch 5. Can We Change the World?
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society A while back, I was really struggling with my own shortcomings and my inability to get anything of substance done on this book or the larger project that this book represents. As a blue collar working-class guy, I drive a truck, delivering electrical supplies to various job sites and shops around town. It's an essential job, and it's a good one, but it doesn't exactly qualify me to write or to inspire others to work with me on a project of this magnitude and importance. Feeling at the end of my rope, I called someone who has been a friend, confidant, and mentor to me all my life. I was just beginning to…kind of pour out my heart about how important this project is, and how I consider it to be my life’s work, regardless of my own inadequacies, when he interrupted me saying, “Look man. You can't change the world. All you can do is look out for yourself and your fa...