When Outliers finally came for me at the library, I was in the middle of reading Uncommon, by Tony Dungy. I then finished Outliers, and went back to Uncommon, but it took me awhile to finally getting around to doing my Outliers review. So I finally did the review, and promptly picked up Uncommon to finish it. (Good book, by the way. It's written for young men, but anyone can get something out of it. In fact, Dungy's coauthor dedicated it to his daughters, "that they might hold out for someday spending their lives with uncommon men.")
Anyway...
So right after slamming Gladwell for saying that the man had made no impact on the world, I read this, "I believe that the imprint you are meant to leave on this world is not accidental or coincidental. Your life has been intentionally designed by God to have a uniquely significant and eternal impact on the world around you. Think about that for a moment - your life has been intentionally designed by God to have a unique and significant impact on everyone you meet, and many you may never meet."
There is such a difference between how Christians think and how the world thinks (or at least there should be). I'm so thankful for that. Dungy goes on to say, "What if we all lived our lives embracing that idea as true - what would our lives begin to look like? What would we attempt to do that we never would have attempted otherwise? What difference would we begin to make in the lives of those around us?"
Have I mentioned that I like Tony Dungy? Cuz I do.
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That's cool. And a bit convicting...
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