When you get up in the morning do you plan to be extraordinary.   Are you seeking the exceptional?

Planning to Astonish

Being extraordinary probably will not just happen.  To astonish, that is achieve the exceptional, requires planning.  This is a conscious activity.

To some degree being extraordinary is subjective.   I know I am exceptional but what do others think.

The reality is to be truly extraordinary, that is exceptional or astonishing needs to be recognized by others to truly fit the classification.   Without external validation, just thinking  you have achieved the extraordinary isn’t enough – maybe it is for you but the internal satisfaction is just that – internal.

Why Bother?

Get up, seek to be great, seek to achieve.  This is not an effortless set of activities.  Sometimes I have trouble with the first one alone – getting up.  So, what’s the business case?  Why not just go with the flow, what’s wrong with just being ordinary?

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I personally live by the ethos that as I travel through life’s adventures, seeking maximum personal pleasure is my goal, as long, of course, as it does not impinge on the pleasure of others.

What if people said I was an exceptional basket ball player like Magic Johnson?    Wouldn’t it make me feel good.  Sure it would.  (I am a terrible basketball player by the way and not trying to imply otherwise).  It would probably give pleasure to others as they watched and cheered for me as well, satisfying both my pleasure and others.

I am not suggesting we should all seek to be basketball superstars.  The point is not in the achievement but rather in the seeking.  The underpinning of this is planning.  If you don’t plan to be exceptional, if you don’t seek it,  attaining the the goal is unlikely.

And the point

It is kind of a theme through out my posts, if you don’t know what you are trying to achieve, you won’t know when you achieve it and most likely it won’t be exceptional.

A final note:  Thanks to my friend and former colleague for bringing up this topic for discussion today, very thought provoking.