I was talking to someone I respect highly about a group of people who are doing some interesting things online. They are working on a interesting project, and I mentioned it to this person as a way to say “you should reach out to them and talk”. Instead of the response I expected, this person encouraged me to talk to them myself. If I was interested in what they were doing, then I should take it on myself to chat with them and find out what they were doing. I was at first surprised at this, then I realized just how wise this advice is. Do you find yourself bringing other people together, but never really get involved yourself? I can see now that its a bit of a lazy way to try to move things forward, if you expect other folks to do it for you. Instead, make a decision right now to seek out people and situations you are interested in, and DO things. Instead of telling your friend about some charity work, YOU go do it. Instead of talking about some new programming language to a friend, YOU go learn it! It’s fine to bring other folks together, or to share interests, but it is easy to fall into the habit of just passing the bucket forward to someone else. It’s time for you to be in the front of the bucket brigade for a change :)