Activating The Extraordinary From The Ordinary
It is true that everyone starts somewhere - some start life from just ordinary circumstances, everyday routine, their average dreams, etc. However, there is a possibility of achieving the extraordinary that lies in everyone. If you follow life based on just the ordinary approach, the result you will achieve will not be too far from the ordinary. It is when you have put in the extra that you will be met with extraordinary results. Achieving the extraordinary is not a function of luck nor of chance alone, but it also requires your mindset to align with what you want to do, coupled with the willingness to go beyond the ordinary.
When you do just the basics or what everyone does, then you will get the ordinary results. Settling for ordinary leads to ordinary results. By settling for the ordinary, I mean being confined to your comfort zone, avoiding risks, and doing what everyone else does. However, when you want to achieve extraordinary result, then it is important that you need to do something different, something unique, push harder, have bigger dreams, and pursue excellence. The truth is that you can still do the basic things that others would have done but in a uniquely different way, and you will get an extraordinary result.
In order to activate the extraordinary from the seemingly ordinary, there are things you can do and we shall take a look at some of them. The first one is to try to add a personal and unique touch to everything you do. A friend of mine who does handiwork and specialises in painting told me something. Anytime he is asked to do a painting, maybe in a house or other places, he would always do something different and unique. This is why he has been sought after, and he is making money in it. Do not just do what you are doing in the manner that everyone else is doing it, make your own unique, customise your own style. It may be a regular task, a presentation, your routine duties, etc, but always add a touch of uniqueness to it. Adding a bit of personal and creativity to what you do can make a lot of difference.
Another way to activate the extraordinary is to try to innovate. Think differently, act differently, move from the usual way of doing things into doing things in an entirely different manner. It is when you try to do things in a different way that you will invent new ways of doing it. Do not be stuck at doing things the old way, or putting yourself in a straitjacket to do things in a particular way - try to be innovative. Then try to be intentional in what you do. Approach any task with passion and purpose, and do it like your world revolves around it. This will make you to achieve extraordinary result out of mere ordinary.
The next one is to focus on excellence. Success and excellence are mutually dependent. If you want to achieve extraordinary result, then you have to focus on doing things excellently well. A friend once said "whatever you want to do, you have to put in extra effort to do it well." You may not even have the whole opportunity that you want, but you can maximise the little that you have and make it worthwhile. As a matter of fact, it is not the extent of the opportunity you have that makes you extraordinary, but how you have made the most of the ones that you have.
The last point to note in order to create the extraordinary from the seemingly ordinary is to continue to build up yourself. If you see people like Messi or Ronaldo dribble, you will understand something - they have built up themselves so well that even the little things they do will appear extraordinary. One of the things that I have understood is that the more you build up yourself, the more the extraordinary will become ordinary to you. To build up yourself, you have to; acquire skills, read books, engage in intelligent discussions, meditate, etc. Keep building yourself, there is a point you will get to and you will not have difficulty doing the extraordinary because you now flow naturally in it.
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