THREE MYTHS ABOUT GREATNESS

To be great or to achieve a celeb status is a state of mind. It is about understanding and speaking the language of greatness. It is about knowing the principles underlining or leading to it, and following it tactfully.

The great minds/ celebs we always admire and aspire to be like, truthfully speaking are not always the perfectionists we perceive them for. However, the truth is, they backed their desires (zeal) to be great with absolute devotion and knowledge.

What makes one great/ a household name (celeb) is; wisdom, understanding and knowledge.

Wisdom, according to King Solomon, the wisest of his generation, is a man’s foundation. Your foundation is the root to firmly stem you for life’s endeavor. If the foundation is not strong, what will the righteous (dreamer, the aspirer) do?

To sustain the foundation against breakage, tough times, cracks or life’s storms; you need understanding. Understanding will not only expose you to the vastness of the field you want to explore, but will equally safeguard you with the prerequisites to spear you on.

Finally, be knowledgeable. Knowledge does not only come by reading, though it helps. Experience does help enormously. Acquire all the experiences you need through mentorship.  Look out for certain geniuses making it big in the area you love to explore. But don’t only desire to meet them in person… do meet them in books too. That’s if they have written one, but if not, relentlessly endeavor to meet them by all means.

 
Always remember; that which exists today has ever existed in times and ages past… There is absolutely nothing which is a novelty. Probably, it is new to you because your generation is yet to be exposed to it. We just need that adventurous someone to un-cover the veil. Pastor Mensah Otabil describes it as, discovering the covered.

In our desire and pursuance of greatness, there are certain beliefs which can hinder us from breaking forth. This I describe, the myth of greatness/celebrity.      

The Rich Syndrome:

This myth describes the notion that the great are people from only rich homes. This is an absolute fallacy. Both the rich and poor can attain greatness with their lifetime pursuance. Greatness understands a language; discipline.

Coming from a humble home can in no way incapacitate one from pursuing greatness.

I don’t want to follow the old order by naming some prominent personalities, who though from extremely humble homes, struggled their ways to the top. Stories on such personalities abound.  Do make time and heal yourself of such a notion.

Just identify where your passion lies, pursue it with great love and passion. Always mediate on making the best out of that which is your passion.

Meet you at the top.

Flawless:

This myth also describes the variously held notion about the great as people of no fault, or shortcoming. The truth is, none is a paragon of virtue… we all in our own ways have a shortcoming. Remember the old saying “I am only a human” meaning…man no matter his exception is fallible one way or the other.

Like the Biblical Samson, the great also have a shortcoming. So having faults shouldn't hinder you from pursuing greatness.

Perfection is relativism.

Out of Human

It is probably the most drowning amongst the three. It is the opinion held of the great as persons out of, maybe a different planet.

Until you get close to the great mind you so much desire to be like, you will never believe he/she is flesh and blood just like you. In order not to get trapped in this myth, we have to get a close view of the great, instead of a far/distance view.

The great is only out of human because, he/she does not what all other men do. They believed in their dreams and pursued them with a great deal of diligence. 

Such an opinion about greatness is like judging people from afar. Until you come into close contact with them… you would never know your opinion about them was, but a misconception.

FINAL WORDS…Set the foundations of your desired dream with wisdom. 

Wisdom is, according to King Solomon, taking advice and heeding to instructions.

Understanding is a prerequisite to sustaining it…

Knowledge will propel you into the ways of other great minds; thus, experience.

Hindering yourself from attaining that desired greatness by living with these myths is to live like the sluggards do. These myths are pure products of our hallucinations, a mirage, not a reality.

The great/the celeb you so much idolize are like the JUST YOU!