Playing a bigger game means putting yourself on the line without abdicating your power or influence. For some, a spiritual path of giving up worldly possessions is a calling. By going inward, they commit to refining and purifying themselves, relinquishing accountability for anything else. But the bigger game requires that we stand up for a passion or belief, and find a way to give it impact in the world. Big promises and big commitments have no power when they are tentative or secret. When we make the game bigger than ourselves and risk failing, then we begin to play a bigger game. When we measure the impact of what we know by the number of lives touched, we are playing a bigger game.