The Servant Influencer: Harness the Power of Social Media for Positive Impact

by Mikko Alasaarela

rapidly acted emotional response to a confrontation can overwhelm rationality,

Your commitment to balance can strengthen your influence as it makes room for others to speak their minds.

But if you carry your worldview into every interaction like a flag, and you use that flag to beat people over the head–those outside your bubble won’t trust you.

A servant leader works to assist and develop others so they can reach their potential and pass on the lessons they learn. In the same way, a servant influencer will help and educate people. In earlier chapters, I wrote about helping others as an early stage in building online influence. That and similar work are the steps into servant influence.

I have joked to my friends that I have already contributed to bringing kids into the world and continued the circle of life, so the universe has no other purpose for me. By accepting my life as a meaninglessly tiny piece of the universe, I can be at peace with my mortality. I can also be at peace with the fact that no matter what I accomplish during my lifetime, it won’t make much of a dent in the universe.