in·flu·ence n
1. the effect of something on a person, thing, or event
2. the power that somebody has to affect other people’s thinking or actions by means of argument, example, or force of personality
3. the power or authority that comes from wealth, social status, or position
4. somebody or something able to affect the course of events or somebody’s thinking or action
verb tense
1. to persuade or sway somebody
2. to have the power to affect something
Have you spent much time thinking about influence? How do you get influence? Who do you influence? Why are we so easily influenced? What kind of influence do you have? Who are the people that have influenced you? Why is influence easily lost?
Thanks mom, Double D, Phil, George, Amy, Pat, Piper, Andy, Louie, Rick, Bill and all the others.
May I be to others what these have been to me…