The story behind influence.

There’s shepherds and there’s sheep. We can’t all be shepherds - choose to follow the right shepherd.

Be your own pillar.

Learn to do things on your own. You are your most reliable source.

Make it a habit to reflect on oneself.

What are you doing to get where want to be?

What do you stand for?

What makes you different?

Do you enjoy what you do?

Do you see growth/How can you gow?

Earn it.

"He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence." - William Blake

Initiation begins with acknowledement.

What you are is also what you are not. Accept what you can not change, be willing to change what you can and know the difference between the two.

Self-introspection is very important. Reflecting reminds one of what one stands for and guides one on how to improve oneself.

Darwinism

The theory of natural selection states that surviving merely means adapting.  The more suited one is to one's habitat, the chances of survival/perseverance become likelier.

Motion is not always progress.

Learn how to take criticism and grow from it.