INFLUENCE

INFLUENCE is the act, power or capacity of producing or causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways.

We all have INFLUENCE – sometimes we are aware of the INFLUENCE we have on others and sometimes we are unaware. Sometimes we are aware of what is influencing us and sometimes we are unaware.

When we seek to have TRUST in something or someone we may evaluate critically and look for competing interests or reasons for bias that question or reduce our TRUST – we are looking for undue INFLUENCE.

When we seek to make the world better (helping others, changing things for a better environment, adding to the capacity of self or others) we are seeking to create or grow a positive INFLUENCE.