To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
The gut to share on a topic as this was stirred up by observing men who have achieved great success in life.
In the quest for wisdom on greatness, I discovered a definition of success by Andrew Carnegie, which is the attainment of a major aim in life without violating the right of others.
While aim cannot be excluded from success in life it is very shocking that many people do not have any aim in life and yet dream of being great.
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These explains why a large trunk of the world’s population is on the other side of life when it comes to counting achievement, thus leaving their life to chance and luck.
Well, it may interest you to know that no one will ever become great by luck. Greatness in life is not determined by chance but by deliberately equipping oneself for the actualisation of our aim in life.
Your aim in life is what makes your journey clear and requires concentrating your effort to a single course.
One of the thinking that impedes having an aim in life is the thinking that many options would bring more success.
Having many options in life does not guarantee success. There are many things that will come your way in life but very few will catch your heart, these is the one that is worth pursuing.
In a given week, where is your attention going? If you are not addicted to habits that will aid your goals come alive then where is your attention going?
What is your strategy for greatness?
Your first assignment on greatness is to make a decision on the direction you want to shoot your arrow (effort).
Very few are living, are you one of them?
A performer said:
‘‘Everyone has days when they are less motivated and I do too, but I know that in other to continue to play at the highest level, I must push myself even on the days I might not feel like it.
I love this game, competing and my fans so I put in a lot of work for them’’ (Christian Ronaldo adapted from fourfourtwo.com)
No wonder this man has being awarded the best player of the year by Fifa five times!
He has a aim to become the best and he trains hard to make you want to watch him.
Bo Jackson said: Set your goals high and don’t stop till you get there.
We shall continue from here next week.