/lit/ - Literature

How would I realistically know what influence, power, or agency I have that is currently untapped?
It feels too good to be true. Like the Wizard of Oz: "oh you anon had the power all along..."
I mean primarily in interpersonal stuff. I absolutely detest the people who make vague statements about how people look up to you even if you don't know it. It's such self-indulgent trash, the worst thing is these people won't even put the effort into proving what influence I have on others. I mean if it's there, fair enough, but seriously I don't think anything I've said or done has had a meaningful impact on another human being. And short of senselessly killing or injuring someone, I don't know what actual positive impact I am capable of.
tl;dr - people don't listen to me