A month or two ago I was driving in my car listening to Gary Vaynerchuk speaking at a conference on my way home. He said something that I immediately connected with.

I stopped the program and replayed it on my phone so that I could record what he said.

“We have a massive responsibility to start making positivity louder. One of the trends that I’m massively fascinated by is that the minority of angry is much louder than the silent majority of Happy.”

-Gary Vaynerchuk

To this day, reading this give’s me chills because its something I have been so passionate about for so long.

So many of the happy people don’t spread positivity, we stay in our houses, keep to ourselves and leave the talking and noise making to the unsatisfied, angry, and grumpy folks.

How to change the world

“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth

If you want to have an effect on the world, clean your front porch. Take care of the people around you. In the grocery store, at the park, your neighbors, your friends, and even your enemies.

The way to change the world is to spread positivity where you live. Help others see how fulfilling it is. How good it is. And show that little things can make a difference. We just need to take care of those in our own sphere of influence and if everyone does that, this world becomes a much better place.

New Glasses

At this point in my life I have moved about 17–18 times. I have lived in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Ohio, and Utah.

Let me tell you the coolest part of it all. I have discovered for myself that there are incredible, selfless, giving, caring, kind, and trust worthy people everywhere I have lived.

I sincerely believe with all my heart that if live in a place that is full of terrible people and live in a life full of terrible things that its because you are looking for it. I am going to highly recommend that you get a new pair of glasses. You need to see the world differently.

There is a psychological term called priming

It says that when we tell our brain to start looking for something it does. It finds it. If we are looking for the bad, we will find it. If we are looking for the good, we will find it.

When I move somewhere, before I meet a single person I already believe I will meet wonderful and kind people and you know what? I do. Every single time.

“Life is an illusion created by our perception and it can be changed the moment you choose to change it. Our entire experience on this planet is determined by how we choose to perceive our reality” Jen Sincero

The reality I choose to see is that we live in a great place. I am surrounded my incredible people, and that it is my duty and obligation to smile more, say hi more, thank people more, help people more, and look for more opportunities to spread good feelings every day.

I believe each and every day that we are surrounded by good and that more good is happening in the world then the bad. It is our duty to look for that, believe it, and spread it. Please do not let be one of the silent majority that allows the loud minority to write the narrative of the world we live in.

Josh Kartchner