The 3 Traits of People Who Change the World

Courtesy of comedian Howie Mandel’s YouTube video

Time and time again, these three traits show up. They appear in TV interviews, self-help books, biographies, social media advice, and for me, in my life every single day.

While watching a video the other day on YouTube, Howie Mandel, a famous comedian, pointed out these traits after someone he was talking to said they were going to change the world and Howie promptly and enthusiastically agreed.

Howie said that these are the three traits of people that change the world, and they happen to be the same traits I seek out in anyone that enters my inner circle.

Quite simply, these are the traits to become obsessed with if you want to change the world, or even if you’re happy with a less-audacious goal that still gives you immense fulfillment.

Emotion

Communicating in a way that evokes positive emotions is a superpower. You can choose logic when you communicate, but when you make people feel what you’re saying, they listen in a completely different way.

The people who change the world make you feel their point of view deep in your heart. You connect with their message on a deeper level and you feel chills down your spine.

When you think of someone who has delivered a message to you with enormous amounts of emotion attached to it, look closely and you’ll see that it’s a message you’ve never forgotten.

This happened in my life when I was at rock bottom and heard Tony Robbins speak. Hearing him on the brink of tears, at the lowest point in my life, finally got the message across to me that I’d been told before but ignored. That message that was supercharged with emotion made me see my selfish tendencies, out of control ego, and lack of love shown to other people.

Emotion causes people to take action, and that’s how you change the world.

Humility

Humility is the opposite of showing off. It’s the difference between telling people you’re better than them in some specific way and telling them that you’re just like them, which connects people to your message.

Social media has become a wasteland of egos, oversold promises, huge claims, and unrealistic realities that are based on lies.

My most recent post on LinkedIn received a ton of comments that had the word humility in it. Until recently, I never saw myself as humble. By sharing some of the biggest lows of my life and the lessons that can be learned, it took the focus away from this perfect image of a ‘dude’ from Australia and turned the focus into how we can help each other.

While I have a long way to go, humility has brought me closer towards a version of myself that feels right. Humility is addictive because it sells us the subliminal message that we’re all the same and our struggles are going to be similar.

This is a message that’s helpful and stops us from placing invisible internet personalities on pedestals we’ll never reach.

Our view of what’s achievable goes from impossible to possible because humility tells the real story.

• Humility says no one has all the answers.
• Humility makes wins and losses normal.
• Humility is a focus on others.
• Humility removes the need to brag.
• Humility makes us build others up rather than tear people down.
• Humility reduces conflict.

My favorite part about humility is that it opens our eyes to just how unimportant we are, yet at the same time, how important our existence is.

In the grand scheme of things, our lives are short. And yet, our ability to change the world through some small action is completely achievable when we park our ego and get out of our own way by learning the difficult art of being humble.

Humanity

When we demonstrate humanity, we’re understanding and kind to others. We’re accepting people for the way they are and seeing our own struggles in the struggles of a complete stranger.

Humanity is the simple acceptance that while we may live in geographically different places, we all come from Earth and are humans — which means we’re all, in a way, family. Rather than see each other as foes, we see each other as friends who haven’t met yet and are on the same journey together.

The idea of humanity can prevent wars, unite enemies, and make a shift towards being kinder to each other. This allows us to focus on the real problems humans face instead of seeing each other as the problem, throwing blame at anyone we encounter, and disposing of our responsibility in the process.

The condition of being human is something we all share and it’s an idea worth seriously thinking about as soon as you possibly can.

The three traits that Howie Mandel outlined and, which I too believe can change the world, aren’t hard to understand. You don’t need to have been living for 50+ years or to study at a university to understand what each of these traits is.

If you look hard enough in your life, you’ll see these traits show up time and time again in the people you admire and those you idolize who have changed the world in some form or another.

The three traits — emotion, humility, and humanity — are something that you can cultivate and work on in your life, and they have the power to change the world.

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