You hear it and read it all the time whether on the Internet, print or media. You will hear people who are famous or important talk about being great and how to be great!
I know for me when I come across these individuals I tend to give them an ear, I listen intently so that hopefully I do not miss how they became great so I too can become great!
For many people greatness is an elusive animal! Much like a rare animal that only a few will see in their lifetimes.
So because of this most of us believe that to be great is something that some of us lucky ones are born with. You see them with their fancy cars and celebrity status they seem as if they are on top of the world! They make it look so damn easy that you could do it!
Well my friend I’m here to tell you that you too can be just like those who promote greatness. Yes you too have it really deep inside of you just dying to come out and show itself. The problem is that you have been conditioned all of your life to live much like everyone else. Just look around you!
Those who are great tend to walk to a different beat while everyone else just stays and follows the herds beat. You see those who are great have seen something you have not seen yet. That thing is that they followed their own path and along the way worked harder, dedicated themselves longer, compromise and sacrificed many things so that they can become great.
Let me tell you a story about how I became great!
Mind you I’m no big shot like some of those people who achieved greatness but I have my own version of greatness. When I was younger and just finished my stint in the armed services I came to the civilian world. The first thing I noticed was that the civilian world was and is a place where every man was for himself and it took time for me to realize this as my mentality was that of being in the military.
After a few months of interviewing I landed a job at a retail chain selling Electronic Equipment. Although the money was good the hours sucked and I hated it so much! I wanted more and I knew that I was not going to last there too long. To make a long story short I was let go over some petty shit.
At this time while I was looking for work I was talking to a family member of mine who told me that I should look into the Technology field. I thought about it and noticed how much change is happening all around me with computers and figured why not. The problem was that I was not very good at computers at all. The last time i worked with one was back in the 80’s when I had a Commodore 64 and i was not very good back then.
Still i went in head first and signed up at the nearest school to learn the trade.
It was hell!
I had no clue what they were talking about! I tried hard to understand what the professor was teaching about but it did not sink in as well as it did with my fellow students in class. I felt like an idiot to be honest and being the oldest in my class I felt like quitting, a lot of the students did quit or changed their major because it was hard. Me on the other hand I decided to learn this no matter how hopeless it may feel.
I worked harder and put in the time to learn. I even got Tutors to teach me and to explain to me how this computer thing worked. I was the verge of giving up and approached my Professor to tell her I was dropping out and she told me something that surprised me!
She told me that I was the hardest working student she ever had. I had failed tests and the like and yet I still showed up to class everyday to learn! You have a high threshold for pain as most students would have quit and moved to something else. You need to stay and finish this because you owe it to yourself! Even the other younger students can’t believe why you keep coming and a few of them are inspired by your commitment!
I was surprised by what she told me! It could have been Bullshit but still it was enough for me to stay and continue to trudge on till the end. And soon I was able to graduate with my Associates Degree and head out into the world to find my GREAT!
I hit that pavement hard and showed up to every interview I could get myself into. I was on my way to being great like those people who have achieved it. As time progressed and I went from one company to the next I began to notice something that I did not notice before. That being great is not something you have but something all of us can have by working as hard as you can.
You gotta want it really bad that you are willing to spend a your time learning it and I did! Every position I had I learned many things in the field. Even what I was reading in the computer books in college began to make sense to me. At that moment I realized I was on the right path where I needed to be.
Time passes to the present time and now my hard work has paid off as of now I went from being a worker to Management. Now I’m in charge of 4 guys and can operate without being watched over by higher ups. I can basically run the whole department as I got involved in everything that went on in the Department. My version of Cross Training!
Most people work their whole lives and never go as far as i did. I have become great!
Great like those people I admire and want to be. And guess what you to can become great just like did! How? By putting In the time and dedication.
Do you think Mike Cernovich or Victor Pride were great when they first started?
No probably not!
They became great because they put in the time, effort as well as hard work to get to where they are now! They did not just pop up out of nowhere. You have to believe that you are destined to do more than the Average Joe!
To become great is a process and that process is this!
Decision+Time+Work+Effort=Great
That is all it takes to be great!
Now remember greatness does not come in one form but in many forms. There is no one way to view greatness but the process above is the process for you to become great.
The secret ingredient!
I can go around the Corporate office and have my fellow employees come to me to solve their issues even though there are others who could help them but they instead specifically come looking for me! In a way you can say I’m like a celebrity!
Stop being angry and depressed on how not great your life is. The best thing of life is that it’s not unbend-able but bendable. If you choose to become great change your view of your life. This is the very basic thing to do before using the How to become great equation I explained above.
If you need to understand how to change you can read about it online or invest on a book like Gorilla Mindset which can send you down the right path to being great! When you achieve greatness your life will never be the same. Your days that were once dark and dreary now are sunny and warm. Sunny days are always in my life!
Sure you will have your problems pop up from time to time but it will not be as overwhelming as before you were great! All of this is wonderful to have and feel on your life but in the end it will have to come from the one person that can make greatness come into their life and that my friend is you!
Stop messing around, hoping to be great and decide today to be great!
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