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This post is based on Lara Galinsky’s blog on “Not Everyone Should Be a Social Entrepreneur.” Galinsky expresses that it isn’t possible for everyone that wants to create a change to become a social entrepreneur, it just isn’t viable. Unfortunately everyone will not be able to create a groundbreaking organization that socially changes an area with a lasting effect. Galinsky believes we should instead equip the new generation with tools to make them “changemakers, champions, and supporters of the work.”

I fully agree with Galinsky. As much as many of us intend to create a social change that enforces a new equilibrium for some poverty stricken place in the world, all of us will not be able to accomplish this. Instead we should work at socially changing the world around us by providing resources and education for those that are underprivileged. We need to become professionals at what we enjoy and through that we can channel our help to organizations that need it.

Many of us will not meet the definition of a social entrepreneur but that doesn’t mean we can’t support key social entrepreneurs in their journey to change our world for the better.