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APX-V-0058

“I used the platform I built to protect people who have no voice.”

APX · Pillar II — Apex APX-V · Protect Those Beneath You.

You earned a platform, and instead of pointing it only at yourself, you aimed it at people who can't speak for themselves. That is what altitude is for. The reach you built becomes a shield for others. Keep using it that way. A voice that only serves itself is a small voice no matter how loud.

Your Practice

  1. Name a group with no voice that your reach could amplify.
  2. Use your platform once this week to put their issue in front of others.
  3. Hand them the mic when you can, instead of always speaking for them.
  4. Accept that this may cost you some reach. Spend it anyway.

The Architects

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

— Frederick Douglass, 'West India Emancipation' speech, Canandaigua, New York, August 3, 1857

More under APX-V

APX-V-0001“Someone weaker than me is getting crushed and I'm just watching.”APX-V-0002“I'm finally using my strength to lift others up.”APX-V-0003“I'm mentoring someone and watching them grow.”APX-V-0004“I realized I've been protecting the wrong things.”APX-V-0005“I'm stepping into a leadership role for the first time.”APX-V-0006“A child or young person in my life is struggling and needs guidance.”
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