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FOREWORD BY JOHN C. MAXWELL
Impact the World
LIVE YOUR VALUES AND DRIVE CHANGE AS A CITIZEN STATESPERSON
CARRIE RICH • DEAN FEALK
Copyright © 2022 by Carrie Rich and Dean Fealk. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Rich, Carrie, author. | Fealk, Dean, author. | John Wiley & Sons, publisher.
Title: Impact the world : live your values and drive change as a citizen statesperson / Carrie Rich, Dean Fealk.
Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2022] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021062495 (print) | LCCN 2021062496 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119848912 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119848936 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119848929 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Social change—Citizen participation. | Political planning—Citizen participation.
Classification: LCC HM831 .R53 2022 (print) | LCC HM831 (ebook) | DDC 303.4—dc23/eng/20220301
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021062495
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021062496
Cover Image: © Bryan Blanchard
Cover Design: Wiley
Carrie's Dedication: To Hayden David, Lily Isannah, Benjamin Monte, and Darren, you already impact my world.
Dean's Dedication: To Ellie, Elyse and Anders for lighting the way as my North Star.
Foreword
OVER THE COURSE of my career, I have met countless people who think leadership is only a noun; that a “leader” is simply something you are, based on your place in an organization. These individuals are at the pinnacle of government, industry, and nonprofit organizations. They have titles that mark them out as a manager, a director, a supervisor, or an executive. They view their place in the world as static—as a “leader” who is in charge of people or processes or operations.
But here's the truth: that's not what leadership is. Leadership isn't about a role or a title, and just because someone is designated as a leader doesn't mean they are one. Instead, leadership is active; it's vigorous and dynamic and energetic. It's not limited to people in high‐ranking positions, or restricted to those with money or power. Instead, it's available to all people with character and determination—and it is deeply, deeply necessary.
From poverty and homelessness to violence and corruption, we often see challenges in the world around us and ask, “Why doesn't someone do something?” We look to people with more experience, or people with more influence, or people with more time or resources than ourselves to step up and find answers to some of our biggest problems. But what if we didn't wait for others? What if we stepped up, and looked for ways to employ our skills in order to solve the biggest and most complex problems of our