Published:

06/03/2014 01:39pm

Ordinary people cannot make a difference and save the world! Or can they?

Most people today do not believe that a single person can make a difference in the world. Writer, translator, and blogger Maria K. says otherwise. “Something (actually, almost everything) in our society has taught us that lie,” she says. “We’ve learned – from school, at work, on the news, and from the people around us – that only the wealthy or famous can really make a big difference in the world, and the rest of us just have to deal with our own lives.”

The problem, Maria believes, is most people are convinced that in order to propagate truly meaningful, fundamental changes in the world, one must do something monumental.

In her book Big Little Change, Maria addresses the topic one step at a time. She teaches you how to divide your life into manageable segments, find small things you can change in each segment to improve quality of life for yourself and others, and discipline yourself to do these things regularly, in order to go from overcoming small challenges to initiating big changes.

“Such is the premise of big little change,” Maria writes, “start with something small and not very complicated, inspire others to do the same, and enjoy the cumulative effect.”