If you want to change the world, change one life first … 

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It's tempting to want to change the world and do it all at once.

But almost all revolutions start small.

Martin Luther King didn't give his first speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

Facebook didn't start as a 3 billion people network.

The first iPhone was laughed at by most.

But because all of them crafted a message that was beloved by some

people and because all of them made these early adopters feel

special, their message could spread.

When we start too broadly, when we try to please everyone from the start,

we're forced to make compromises.

We're forced to include more corner cases.

We're forced to leave out the controversial parts of our message.

All of this makes it harder for the special someones

to truly love our message.

It takes courage to focus.

Yes, of course.

We might miss out on a lot of people at first.

But what gets easily overlooked is how we miss out on changing anyone's life

when no one really gets us, because it's just the generic, everything for

everyone message that no one in particular loves and feels the urge to spread.