some people observe the world from a far and change themselves accordingly, some people observe the world from their immediate vicinity and arrogantly decide they are going to make some kind of change, but most people pay no attention to their surrounding and live their entire life caring about nothing but themselves, and thus everything that happens to them is about them, and them only... at least, this is their mindset.
be something new, don't just change, make change, don't just make change but change only what you can. true wisdom comes from the ability to not only make a sensible point, but chose when it is best to place it as an argument. don't make life work for you and don't work for life. work WITH life so that life can work with YOU.