What makes an Extraordinary Human Being?
October 27th 2011 03:11
Link: www.theprofitfrog.com
I am prompted to write this with a picture in mind of people I believe create their own extraordinary existence. It comes to me to write it because as I sit here, I feel I am not in any way extraordinary.
Yet I know from observation that to become extraordinary, I "merely" need to exert that I am passionate about something - one thing - and determine to give my undivided focus and attention to that one thing, to learn all there is, to understand it, to examine it, analyse it, think about it, challenge it, explore it and begin to somehow fully comprehend it - in such a way that no one else has done.
This means that my own interest, input and attention will be unique to the way this one thing is interpreted, so then allowing me to claim the expertise as my own through influence and understanding. Not just a rehash of what is already in abundance about the one thing.
I have not yet worked out what my one thing is.
However I am brought here to write today as I find myself exploring the extent to which confidence influences how we approach the every day in our worlds.
Young Jack Vidgen who won Australia's Got Talent eloquently stated that the show "takes ordinary people [like him] and lets them live their dreams" (paraphrased).
I also noticed very recently that an "ordinary" woman I met while in the US who had a passion for FB and other social media has become elevated to pretty extraordinary status appearing at a 4 day seminar as a guest speaker, where other guest speakers included the Dalai Lama, Mr De Clerk, Steven Covey and Richard Branson.
When I met this woman and spent a few weeks in her space, I noticed she was quite driven and excitable and had a real love for FB. I didn't know her well enough to know how she came to see herself as the next BIG expert in social media. But I do know that her personality made her a perfect fit with FB and social media - she described herself as being "nosebleed" extrovert. (Very VERY extroverted!).
I am impressed with the billing - to see her side by side with some of the greatest thinking minds on the planet - how can I not be impressed.
I am also drawn to think about the ordinary woman who has pursued passionately two pretty amazing acts of love:
Moira Kelly adopted two young boys whose bodies were severely disfigured by chemical warfare.
These boys are amazing in themselves, one recently auditioned for the X Factor and reduced me to tears with his rendition of "Imagine" by John Lennon. Both boys actively pursue sport... and to watch them play is awe-inspiring.
While providing them with love and filling them with self belief and confidence, Moira went on to take guardianship of two little girls who were conjoined at birth - at the head.
Moira saw to it that they received the best medical care - and after intense and incredible surgery to separate them, BOTH girls survived, one with some impairment, but with the chance now to be loved, encouraged and filled with self belief and confidence from this most EXTRA-ordinary woman.
Moira is extraordinary because of what she gives her children, and she must be extraordinary, because she got to greet Queen Elizabeth on the old Monarch's recent trip to Melbourne. I am not a big monarchist, but hey, it's impressive to me.
Moira was an ordinary person once upon a time, but through love, dedication, passion and unerring confidence, she has elevated herself to extraordinary status.
What all of this relates to is confidence and a sense of extraordinary.
Extraordinary people:
(1) think BIG - really big.
(2) believe in themselves - totally
(3) want to share their gift and skill with the world - and make a powerful contribution
(4) are just ordinary people with a passion, with drive, with determination and the ability to move beyond all set backs, and to overcome the challenges and obstacles in pursuit of their BIG dreams.
You can be extraordinary.
It is possible.
I feel very ordinary writing this. However, I think this blog today is helping to crystalise the reality - that I can become extraordinary. I just have to think BIG and believe in my own extraordinariness.
You can, too.
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