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Three Simple Steps to Extracting Your Greatness!

Greatness isn’t what it used to be.

Not in my book, anyway.

The traditional interpretation of greatness has always relied on an external comparison component. You know, the you’re-better-than-me  she’s-better-than-her evaluative comparison stuff. Only through comparison can something be considered greater than something else.

Without the comparison, there is just is. If Mount Everest was the only mountain in the world, would anyone refer to it as being the tallest? No. It would just be a mountain. It needs lesser mountains around it to claim its greatness.

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Someone Once Said…#11

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”

–Gandhi

Gandhi understood that collectively we all have the capacity to change the world for the better.

Individually, you have the capacity to solve that which needs solving in your own life, and change your own world for the better.

It’s all part of the greatness that lies within you. Rediscover your greatness!

Five Simple Ways to Create Greatness Today

I love random acts of kindness. Giving just because it is the right thing to do and expecting nothing back in return. So simple, yet one of the highest forms of love and compassion.

Attempting to take this to the next level, I like to practice what I call Un-Random Acts of Greatness! Un-random, in that yes, in fact, I did intend to spread the greatness virus today. And while kindness warms the heart; greatness ignites it!

In a prior post I proclaimed that living up to my own greatness was an obligation. I also feel I have a similar obligation to inspire others to live up to their own greatness as well.

So, here are five simple things you can do today to create greatness…Un-random Acts of Greatness!

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Why the World Needs You to Live Up to Your Greatness

How many more children would have died if Jonas Salk didn’t live up to his potential?

I write a great deal about potential and greatness simply because I have yet to live up to my own. Sure, I’ve enjoyed personal and professional successes, but I sometimes feel like I’m a Formula 1 Indy car cruising on a winding country road on a lazy Sunday afternoon..

I know there is no scientific gauge to measure potential-lived-up-to, but I just know that there’s still a lot more in my tank. Conversely, if there was a scientific gauge to measure excuses-made-as-to-why-potential-has-not-been-lived-up-to, I’d be off the charts.

PROFOUND QUESTION Is living up to my potential and maximizing my capacity for greatness really necessary? Or, is it just a self-indulgent quest…just to see what I am actually capable of?

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Three Simple Steps to Greatness Every Day

There are several reasons why I like to write about greatness and full personal development. One of the main reasons is incredibly selfish. Writing helps remind me to live up to my own greatness. Hope that in reading these posts and short essays you’ll also be reminded that it is a great day to be you.

I’ve listed below some simple steps that have enabled me to add more carpe to my diem.  A great day starts with a great morning. A great morning sets the pace for the rest of the day. I often find it difficult to “retake the day” if the day gets away from me. So, starting out each day on the right foot is critical for me.

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Someone Once Said…#7

“Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.”

— Napoleon Hill

Remember that greatness lies within you, unconditionally. The world needs you to live up to your greatness.

Today.

Right now.

Can we count on you?

Paradigm Shift: Taking A Low Tide View of Your Life

Sometimes just looking at nothing a little differently turns the nothing into something.

I was standing on a Cape Cod beach just after sunset. Something I have done quite often, usually at this particular beach. What was different this time was that it was low tide. The same beach I had visited many times before now looked dramatically different. All that was earlier in the day covered with sea water now lay innocently exposed.

Tides are fascinating. A slight tilt of the Earth changes the view completely, revealing all that is there just under the surface. Rocks, sand bars, an entire ecosystem…all revealed to me because of a subtle tilting of the Earth. Amazing what exists just under the surface.

Standing there on the sand, I wondered what would I see if I was able to look just under the surface of my own life. What would I see if I could somehow experience a low tide view of me?

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