what's impacting you?

It will be very difficult for you to live a live of purpose and impact if you cannot answer this question. The truth is there are many things and people that may be impacting your life and not necessarily in a good way. In fact, you may already be impacting others. The question you need to answer, "Is it in a good, meaningful way or not"? I know for me I can tell when I have been around negative people for a few hours. Usually I leave in a negative mindset. This is not good, healthy or productive. You need to cut negative people from your life or at the very least minimize your exposure to them.

The truth is there are countless things and people that can have an impact on you. The good news is though, you get to determine what or who that is in your life. You get to choose who you associate with daily. Which books you read. What news or amount of news you want to watch. How much time you spend watching TV or playing video games and the list can go on and on.

I will tell you in my lifetime I have allowed many things to impact me. Greed, money, negative comments, negative people, selfishness, sin and so much more. My life looks a lot different today than it did in my 20's, 30's and honestly part of my 40's. Today the biggest impact in my life is God, the bible and prayer. Other impacts in my life are books, friends, family and my accountability partner. I choose to surround myself with tools, resources and people that will impact me in a positive way. These things help me to live a life of impact. 
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The challenge to you is to determine what or who is impacting your life and discovering where changes need to be made immediately. You may have to distance yourself from people, cut back on TV, leave work on time, change reading habits, etc. This process is just the beginning of becoming the person you want to be.