Everyone is Extraordinary
November 03, 2011
We all have within us the seeds of amazing greatness.
Think of any field of human endeavor, business, sport, exploring, helping others and you will find people that have done extraordinary things, seemingly from nowhere.
The same story comes through time and time again. Ordinary people who became motivated by an idea and from that motivation they found extraordinary power from within them.
Take Nick Vujicic, an Australian born with no arms and one foot with two toes. He could so easily have just been another disabled person looked after by others but today he is an international motivational speaker. He graduated with a double major in accounting and financial planning, swims, surfs and plays golf amongst other things. A truly extraordinary person.
Or take Liz Murray. Born in the bronx to drug addict and HIV infected parents. At 15 she was homeless, her mother died and her father went into a shelter. She could have turned to a life of crime and drugs but she didn't. she started to attend the Humanities Preparatory Academy in Manhattan. She started later than others and graduated in 2 years, whilst also supporting her sister!
She was awarded a New York Times scholarship for needy students and accepted into Harvard University. She left Harvard in 2003 to care for her sick father, she went back at Harvard to graduate with a degree in Psychology in June 2009.
Her life became a movie in 2003 and she now works as a professional speaker. A life that should have been a disaster is instead magnificent.
These people and many many others found something from within themselves and we can all learn from them
They are no different from us, all that is needed is the spark that ignites the power within us and this will not be found watching TV and doing endless dead end jobs that do not inspire us.
You may not be disabled or from a disadvantaged background so you are already ahead of the game.
Don't spend you life in mediocrity.
Find out what you love to do, find what you are most good at, discover what motivates you and go in that direction because when we do something we truly love we are always good at it and being good at something is the start of our own greatness.
You may only have one life so don't just sit there and watch it from the sidelines, go out and make it great.
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