Lesson 4 - 10 Happiness DNA DQ3 "Where Have I Created Impact?"
Impact definition = come into forcible contact with another object, positively affects, positively influences, has a positive effect on, make a positive impression on, moves in a positive direction, deeply touches, positively changes/alters/modifies/transforms/shapes.
Impact Evidence is the result of your Talent connecting with a person, group, organization, idea, movement, situation and the results are positive and long lasting.
Impact Evidence has your Talent and Happiness DNA uniquely imprinted on it.
Start a brief Impact Timeline and think back over the last 5 years. Where have you made and impact in people's lives, an organization, a relationship and team? What did you do?
Now the important question. How did you feel when you made a positive difference? Were you happy? What emotions did you experience? When you think back now, how do you feel?
What have you done that has had a long lasting effect on someone and positively changed the direction or quality of their life in a positive way?
One way to quantify Impact, your Impact, is to ask the questions:
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How or what is different because I was involved in that situation?
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What is bigger and better because I used my Talent in that situation?
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Whose life is more because I was involved?
Now ask the big question, “What does using my Talent to Impact a situation or a life tell me about me?”
The big answer, “I can make an Impact when I choose to give my Talent in this way…..”
The ability to predict great success and happiness in the future means you identify Impact today.
You take those capacities to Impact and make deliberate choices to select activities, jobs, careers, relationships, find mentors and discover opportunities to develop them. That will help you create a highly likely pathway to a happier life and future!
"Life Scene Investigation and this class uses DNA both as a scientific reality but also as a way to describe who you are. DNA is a code with defined elements called alleles. Those alleles are the differences which define your uniqueness. There are certain characteristics you possess that define your potential. We are born with certain things that cannot be changed. We are also our own history – Nurture. All those forces, experiences and people who influence our lives. We call this Nature and Nurture.
“IMPACT”
Whenever you see this icon, ask yourself,
“Where have I made an IMPACT when performing this activity? What was the IMPACT? Who or what was made bigger and better?””
Integration Exercises
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What are you most proud of when you think of a positive Impact in another person's life?
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What are you most proud of when you think of a positive Impact you made in an organization?
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What is the greatest positive Impact someone has had in your life? How did it and does it make you feel?
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How does knowing you can make an Impact in someone's life today or in the future make you feel?
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Do you believe it is true that the greater and more often you choose to Impact other, the happier your life becomes?
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Who will you Impact today, even in a small way?