If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' You must make a difference or you squander the opportunity. Wasting the opportunity both degrades your own ability to contribute and, more urgently, takes something away from the rest of us.

We are too focused on avoiding criticism and not enough on making a difference.

No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.

When you walk around braced for impact, you're dramatically decreasing your chances. Your chances to avoid the outcome you fear, your chances to make a difference, and your chances to breathe and connect.

The good news is that more than ever, value accrues to those that show up, those that make a difference, those that do work that matters.

The world doesn't owe you a living, but just when you needed it, a door was opened for you to make a difference.

People who make a difference never wait for just the right time. They know that it will never arrive.

One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you're in the room... Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you're not. The first involves making noise. The second involves making a difference.