How to make your Message count?

— A Simple Key to make your Legacy Stand out

Ramana Murthy H V
2 min readMar 19, 2022

What make you stand out when you’re in a crowd?
Is it your appearance?
Or is it your prevailing mood at the moment?
Or things we talk about often?
Guess what? If you carefully notice, the first two are somewhat temporary in nature.
Of course, they both help you gain favorable first impression when you’re in a crowd.
As such, they give you headstart over others in getting some attention, albeit valuable.
And this helps you in breaking the ice to gain some breathing space for engaging people.
So, what makes you "breathe" longer after you manage to break the ice?
Probably, you’re veering towards the last one — topics you’re interested in discussing.
This gives some hints as to why it matters.
Topics you’re interested in reflect things you’re passionate about.
Naturally, you wear your heart on your sleeve when you discuss them.
Ideally, you’ll be consistently putting in efforts to excel in those topics over time.
As you gain mastery, you’ll gradually be the "go to" person reg the topic.
And, as you interact with people more and more, you’ll be getting richer insights on diverse aspects related to the subject.
This gradually makes you become Aware of "FAQs" related to the topics.
In turn, this’d help you craft your "messages" such that they’d connect with those in need.
Moreover, once you leverage technological advantages of Social media, people would get to access your messages even if you’re not accessible.
The flexibility this technological outreach offers brings us to the moot point:

Message is permanent!

Hang on!! We’ll very soon see how it works!!!
Now, let’s come to the Messenger, which is simply You!
As you might’ve noticed, Messenger is relatively temporary, limited by your "shelf" life!
Messenger’s key role is to facilitate right message reach the needy at right time!!
If the Messenger forgets his duty, and behaves like one’s more important than the Message, its like putting cart before horse!.
So, what should a Messenger do to make a Message stand out?
The key lies in the things that help a message live!
Message is something that you live for. Your character chisels it according to what world needs.
It communicates your mission — how
you’re solving problems of world in your own unique way.
It reflects your passion, driven by unflinching dedication towards fulfilling the purpose you’re committed to.

And how does it (out)live the Messenger?
Since it’s source is your character responding to fulfilling your purpose of life.

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Ramana Murthy H V

Business Excellence Analyst building futuristic SEVA (Sustainable, Evolutionary, Visionary and Agile) Business Models leveraging self-organizing Systems