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😲 Changemakers Don’t Play It Safe

Published 10 months ago • 1 min read

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Listen—too many of you are out here posting about your projects, hoping people will care.

But they don’t. You know why?

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Because your content is too safe. Too plain. Too forgettable.

People don’t share things that make them go, “Hmm, that’s nice.”

They share things that make them go “WTF?! No way.” or “This is exactly how I feel.”

If you’re a changemaker, your job isn’t to blend in—it’s to shake things up. To make people feel something—curiosity, excitement, outrage, admiration.

But if your post is serving up the social media equivalent of dry toast, they’re scrolling right past it.

Want to change that? Here’s the formula:

1.HOOK HARD – The first line should slap. If it doesn’t stop the scroll, you’ve already lost. Be controversial, be bold, be unexpected.

2.MAKE THEM FEEL – Inspiration, FOMO, frustration, awe—pick an emotion and dial it up to 100.

3.CUT THE FLUFF – Nobody cares about your “exciting update.” Nobody. Say what it is, why it matters, and what they should do about it.

4.STIR THE POT – If nobody disagrees with you, you’re saying nothing at all. Make people think, make them react, make them engage.

Because here’s the truth:

People don’t buy into ideas with logic. They buy in with emotion.

Make people feel something. Make them care.

Stir the damn pot.

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