An Excellent Wknd [26.05]
Some thoughts on the power we forget we have
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THE POWER OF ONE PERSON
You probably underestimate how much influence you have.
Not influence in the sense of followers or reach or status. Influence in the sense of changing the trajectory of a single life through proximity, invitation, and consistent modeling of what’s possible.
Most people never encounter someone who prioritizes health. They grow up in homes where it wasn’t discussed. They make friends with people who don’t think about it. They build lives around work and convenience and whatever feels easiest in the moment.
Then one day, someone invites them over. They see a different way of living. They watch someone choose the harder path and seem genuinely happy about it. They realize there’s an option they never knew existed.
That person doesn’t have to be famous. They don’t have to be an expert. They just have to be consistent enough that the contrast becomes obvious.
Ben had neighbors who didn’t do CrossFit. Didn’t eat the way the Bergerons did. Didn’t prioritize movement at all. They became friends during COVID, and their house became the meeting point. Not because they preached. Because their neighbors watched.
Now they’re some of the most dedicated members at the gym. Not because Ben and Heather convinced them, but because they showed them a different environment and the environment did the convincing.
You might be the only person in someone’s life who thinks about health this way. The only one who invites them to do hard things. The only one modeling what consistent effort looks like over years, not weeks.
That’s not pressure. That’s power. The power to change one life completely by just living yours out loud.
Don’t underestimate what proximity can do. Invite people into your world. Let them see what you do. Some will ignore it. But one might not.
And one is enough.
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