What is impact and how maximize our impact on impact?

It is a change(effect or influence) on something or somebody.

We hear a lot about impact but what is it and how we can better understand it in order to maximize our impact on impact?

It is a change(effect or influence) on something or somebody:

• situation(specific set of circumstances or conditions that exist at a particular moment in time)

• system(accepted written and verbal norms to be appreciated or penalized)

• environment(air, water, plants, other living species)

• people(individual or group):

  • health:

    • safety(applies to both physical and mental)

    • physical(life quality: nutrition, sleep, fitness)

    • mental(well-being for fulfilling and productive life):

      • cognitive abilities/problem-solving(identifying problems, formulating solutions, and evaluating the effectiveness of those solutions):

        • continuous learn

        • think

          • clear

          • focused

          • creative(new and innovative solutions that may not be immediately obvious)

          • analytical(break down complex problems into smaller components)

          • critical thinking(analyzing situations or issues from multiple perspectives, viewpoints and assessing the validity of information)

        • reason(deductive, inductive, logical, evidence-based, critical thinking)

        • make decision(informed decisions based on the analysis and evaluation of available options)

        • remember

      • emotional(automatic complex psychological responses to stimuli that involve physiological, cognitive, and behavioral components: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and disgust)

      • feeling(conscious subjective experiences derived from emotions)

      • social(quality of interactions and relationships with others)

      • psychological(conscious and unconscious processes of the mind and observable behaviors)

      • spiritual:

        • core values and beliefs

        • self-awareness

        • inner peace

        • sense of purpose and meaning of life

Impact types:

• direct or indirect(you engaged others who turned it to impact)

• intended or unintended

• short or long term

• cumulative(combined effect)

• physical(tangible activities) or communication(brain muscle)
  

Impact outcome metrics:

• positive

• negative

• neutral(having positive and negative which sums up to 0)
  

Impact levels:

• Part of big impact, but lower ownership. Others vision and smaller portion of your contribution on outcome of bigger impact.

• Part of small impact, but bigger ownership. Others vision and bigger portion of your contribution on outcome of smaller impact.

• Singular ownership impact in circle. Means only your impact and have visibility on scale of impact

• Singular ownership impact out of circle. Means only your impact and have no visibility on scale of impact

• Lead ownership impact in circle. Means you vision and control outcome and have visibility on scale of impact by leading others.

• Lead ownership impact out of circle. Means you partially control outcome but have no visibility on scale of impact by leading others.