In this exercise, you'll be discovering your impact. Now this exercise has two parts, we'll do the first part, pause the tape, put down your responses, and then come back for the second part. So go ahead and take a deep breath, close your eyes. And I want you to imagine yourself in a large group of people milling about in front of the stage. up on the stage is your future self. Your future self begins to speak to this large group of people.

And suddenly you become aware of a shift that has come over you and the entire audience. Your future self has in some way, had a profound impact on you and on the rest of the people in the audience. You're all altered or changed in some fundamental way. aware of this impact on yourself and others, you leave the room altered for the rest of your life. What was the impact your future self had on you and the others? How are you and the others transformed?

Who was your future self being to have such an impact? Go ahead, stop the tape and record your answers. Now returned to the auditorium once more. The stage is there, a large group of people are milling about, and there's a buzz in the room. Everything's the same as before except this time, it's you on the stage. Look out over the crowd.

Feel the feeling you have as you're about to address the gathering and justice You step up to the microphone. Time freezes for an instant and you hear a voice in your ear that says your name and then says in the next 30 seconds, you will have a chance to have any impact on this entire group. It'll be only one chance, one impact, but all of these people will be changed in some way. They'll have a different life because of the impact you have had on them. 30 seconds begin 10 987-654-3211 impact did you have what happened to the people? spend a few minutes writing this all down in your journal.