Does it matter? →
How do you know whether something matters or not?
This is a simple question to answer if we look at survival. We all want to survive, right? All organisms want to survive. In order to survive, we have to eat. Hence, food is one of the things that matters to us. By eating our survival is impacted in a positive way and vice-versa.
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There are many other things that matter to our survival, obviously. What I wanted to highlight with the help of this example is that something that matters is something (food) that impacts a fundamental outcome (survival) in a positive way.
Now that we have a feeling of what “things that matter” means, why not ask a more provocative question. How do you know whether what you are doing has an impact?
To answer this question, imagine that you are a resource, let’s say: food. What would happen if food didn’t exist? We would die. Does food matter? It does.
Are you making an impact?
