I had the kindness challenge on my old website, and I’m going to be introducing it again, but this time with a twist. 

I created the kindness challenge inspired by a quote from Steve Jobs, where he says that you have a bigger impact then you know on the world. Once you wake up to it you see your true power. 

One of the quickest ways you can really tap into this is by seeing the effect that you have on other people by complimenting a stranger or offering them a Starbucks. 

Since introducing this challenge almost a decade ago, times have certainly changed and the world has become a more hostile place. I still implore you to do this but I would encourage you to be very mindful.

Ten years ago someone would be happy to accept a cup of coffee, not automatically assuming it’s a tiktok prank like they would today! Also, if you are complimenting the opposite gender be mindful and thoughtful about the way you craft what you say. Like I said, there is a lot of hostile programming going on right now.

Now this is where the twist comes in!

Before my challenge was to simply go up to a stranger and say a word of affirmation or do an act of kindness. Please continue to do this, you have no idea how much of a positive impact you will have!

On top of this, I want you to go out of your way to ask someone for help. Yes you heard me! This one goes out to all the people who are super comfortable giving but not receiving. It’s time to change that around. I want you to get in the habit of allow positive things to come back to you. This dynamic of giving and receiving needs to be a healthy flow, or else it can get out of balance and you start to loose energy and feel slight resentment that your not sure where it came from, and you feel too guilty to voice. 

You want to know why it’s uncomfortable? Because receiving makes you vulnerable. It puts you in a spot where you get to have something good happen to you without you having to do a backflip to say thank you. You get to be rewarded and helped, for simply being. And this my friend, is what so many people including myself have been needing to adjust. 

So try it! Put yourself out there. Allow someone to be your hero.