There are differences in life between those who achieve greatness and those who simply do not achieve anything that they feel is worthwhile with their lives.
Oftentimes we can get caught in a web of our own excuses.
Is it wealth?
There are many who come from poor and meager beginnings and still become successful.
Is it opportunity?
All of us are in the right place at the right time. The real question is: do we observe the right time? Do we find the courage to take action? Do we believe that we “deserve” the right time and the right place?
Is it moral excellence?
We all know seemingly successful people whose lives are not based on any sense of morality at all.
Does success have to do with an absence of hardships?
We have all heard story after story of people who have only made something great of their lives after being faced with tremendous pain. Then again, not every story is filled with life-shattering hardship either.
What is it that causes people to excel?
There is more power in asking this question than there is in answering it just yet.
- Exercise:
What do you believe is necessary to move past mediocrity? Are there any characteristics of peak performers that are universal?
For me there is no universal charasteristic. You have to have a dream and desire to achieve life you want to live. And also you have to change the way you think and take full responsilbilty for your own life.
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