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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2613, one incredible way to make a difference by Jeff

GoinsofGoinsRider.com and I'm Justin Mollick. We're going to get right to it as we optimize

your life. One incredible way to make a difference by Jeff GoinsofGoinsRider.com.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he did nothing because he could only do a little.

Edmund Burke. I'm leading a mission trip this week. I've been doing this sort of thing

for years and I love it. Makes me come alive. Why? Because I always learned something

new about myself and the world. Mostly though, it's the same lesson over and over again.

Making a difference is actually possible and it's far easier in fact than we often think.

How do you change your life? Simple. Here's the failproof formula for starting a revolution.

Move your mouth less and open your ears. That's how you make a real difference. You listen.

Ask someone's story. Allow him to share dreams and aspirations. Make a person feel like

she matters. And tomorrow, do it again and again until you get addicted. I learned so much

simply by listening. For instance, today I wanted to spend the day visiting the community,

preparing for the group style of the arriving in less than 24 hours. But instead, my travel

companion and I spent over an hour talking with the director of the school where we're staying.

What were we doing? Listening to story after story, memory after memory. Does the only

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