> I would guess that the people who make the greatest positive changes in the world weren't necessarily setting out to have a huge impact, they were just doing what they knew to be right.
This is exactly the same conclusion I have come to. I don't want to change the world. I even gave a Toastmasters speech on this topic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkct9OcTKRI
Putting your focus on changing the world puts way too much pressure on me. Instead I just want to do the things I enjoy and hopefully they'll be of use to someone else.
Besides, who I am to tell what is good for the world? Does dictactor-like thinking really help people? In all cases I can think of, people in dictator roles who have had the ability to mould a place to their wishes and have had the power to "change the world" have just made things worse off.
Perhaps you could say that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs knew Microsoft and Apple would be world-changing companies, but there are probably countless entrepreneurs that think the same thing before their company fizzles and dies.
If you develop something and it goes on to be a huge success that provides use to hundreds of millions of people around the world then great. If it only impacts a few people then that is great too.
I don't think ambition to change the world plays any part in actually changing the world. It might just only lead to superiority complex.
This is exactly the same conclusion I have come to. I don't want to change the world. I even gave a Toastmasters speech on this topic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkct9OcTKRI
Putting your focus on changing the world puts way too much pressure on me. Instead I just want to do the things I enjoy and hopefully they'll be of use to someone else.
Besides, who I am to tell what is good for the world? Does dictactor-like thinking really help people? In all cases I can think of, people in dictator roles who have had the ability to mould a place to their wishes and have had the power to "change the world" have just made things worse off.
Perhaps you could say that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs knew Microsoft and Apple would be world-changing companies, but there are probably countless entrepreneurs that think the same thing before their company fizzles and dies.
If you develop something and it goes on to be a huge success that provides use to hundreds of millions of people around the world then great. If it only impacts a few people then that is great too.
I don't think ambition to change the world plays any part in actually changing the world. It might just only lead to superiority complex.