Try To Matter, Otherwise You Don't

Seth Godin had another of his great thought provoking posts, this time about doing things that show you matter. The thing I loved the most about many of his ideas are they aren't grandious things that make you famous or irreplaceable. They are the little things you can do. Being gracious, raising the bar, teaching and forgiving. Mattering isn't about being a superstar at something, it sounds to me like mattering is about doing the little things in life, helping out those around you and being hesitant to judge others or be condescending. 

This is so much what I've talked about before, doing the little things, one day at a time, better than you did in the past. Working to matter in the hundreds if not thousands of interactions with others we have every day. I encourage you to read through the list. Pay close attention to the first 5, because if you aren't doing those things you are just going through the motions and you don't matter.