Unknown to many people is the fact that there is a common thread that runs through both successful or world-class people and the people who are either not successful or are yet to taste success: they all have only one brain, but successful and world-class people exhibit other characteristics that make them distinguished individuals.
As a result, it’s easy for ordinary or unsuccessful people to place successful people on a different level or realm and believe that they’re so exceptional that ordinary or unsuccessful people would never become even half as great as successful people. But in reality and all honesty, successful and world-class people aren’t that different from you or ordinary people who have not achieved or are yet to achieve success.
Mr. Lamborghini, the creator of one of the most admired sports car brands in the world, once described himself using very simple words that cut across ordinary people and other successful people who are in his class: “I am a normal chap, a man who likes creating things. A good worker in the morning, and a man who likes enjoying himself in the afternoon”—a very simple description, even though his sports car brands could be regarded as complex or “out of this world”!
So, Mr. Lamborghini just likes creating things. This boils down to a never-ending desire for self-improvement. And just like everybody else, including every ordinary person, he likes enjoying himself after work!
It is quite unfortunate that many ordinary people live with the belief that successful people live in a different realm or on a different planet, and this hinders their own personal growth or self-improvement. They assume—albeit wrongly—that the achievements of successful and world-class people are only within the reach of other people who are superhuman.
Although one must admit that there are certain exceptions in which some people were/are born with extraordinary talent prior to their success, generally speaking most successful people don’t differ much from other people who are unsuccessful or yet to taste any success.
Concluding words
If you have a tendency to believe that the level of achievement of successful and world-class people are beyond your reach, always remember that successful and world-class people are human beings just like you and me or any ordinary person who is yet to achieve success.
It is true that successful and world-class people might be exceptional at one thing or a few things, but remember that the same successful or world-class people may be/might have been horrible at something else or at other things.
The only reason why many successful or world-class people have achieved success is due other things such as their strong faith, zeal, patience, persistence or doggedness, etc. These qualities don’t always emanate from or have anything to do with special abilities or resources available to successful or world-class people.
Therefore, keep your head up high and don’t waver from what you believe in. With enough dedication, there is nothing on planet Earth that will prevent you from attaining the level of accomplishment reached by successful and world-class people.
MoTEnv — MTE 