You never know what one tiny action will do

I’m sure you know what the butterfly effect is but to remind everyone, it basically states that even the tiniest of actions can have a monumental result. That tiny thing might be answering someone’s question on Twitter, clicking through on a random link to someone’s post, or reaching out to someone who took the time to comment on your site. That monumental result could be a relationship that impacts your life. For me, a number of the people I’ve listed have significantly affected how I live my online life (which, of course, affects my offline life).

All but two people I listed on my 27 People list are connections that I made online. You’ll see in my 61 Goals post that I want to meet them all face to face (technically I already knew those two “in real life” so I had a head start on that list).

Today I’m going to be able to Mark off one of those goals as completed.

Mark Lawrence

Mr. Lifestyle Ignition (i.e. Mark Lawrence) is flying to Texas today! And (to the bewilderment of some of my family members) he’ll be staying at Casa de Crandall for a few nights as we tear up the Big D (i.e. Dallas). He’ll get to spend time with my wife and daughters and share life with me for a few days.

For anyone who says real connections can’t be made online, stick THAT in your hat!

We’ve talked about doing a number of random things. I think we’ll end up doing a Ustream event one night and let people see us in action…because we ARE action heroes! Expect to see us blow up Twitter trying to get everyone to come watch us explain what our fascination with #Tab is and talk about all the bloggers we watch in the wide world of the Blog-o-Sphere!

Basically we intend to just have fun.

All of this because of someone leaving a comment on a blog.

You. Yes, YOU!

I’ve continually put myself out there as someone who loves making connections (I think this post just confirms that). So it constantly surprises me when I discover people who have been reading my site forever but have yet to leave even ONE comment.

Change that today! Leave a comment and become part of a living, breathing community of online people. Yes, it really is as magical as all of that sounds. It’s even more magical than this: click here.

You never know how that butterfly sized action might change your life.

PS – To see Mark’s version of this announcement click here.