You are Awesome

You, as an individual, inhabit a world that you have created. Look around you. People you meet. Things you do. Places you visit. That is your ‘world’. You are the creator of that world. You are the source of energy that keeps that world going.

The very fact that you have the power to create your own world makes you awesome.

However, the fact that you have the ability to create your own world does not necessarily mean that you are able to create the best world that you would want. Take a moment to pause and think. The world you live in is your creation. But does your world as it is now, look absolutely as you would truly want it? If asked to express your evaluation in one word, which one would you use – average, good, excellent, awesome?

As a 15 year old kid, I had the opportunity to read The 110% Solution by Mark H McCormack. This book talked about the difference between a sportsperson’s life as compared to a ‘normal’ life that other people live. A sportsperson’s life is measured in absolute numbers: runs scored, distances run, timing achieved, ... every micro second counts. They can never make do with even 99% of the effort. Everything has to be 100%, rather 110%. Every effort has to be wholehearted, or you might as well stay home.

In a normal life however, we are able to get by with 50% effort. 60% makes it good. 70% very good…. Life is often measured in generalizations like I am doing fine, or am getting along well.

What is the difference between the two lives? In a sportsperson’s life there is no room for second thoughts. You have to truly believe you are the world’s best in whatever you do only then will you be able to go the 110% route. You can’t be playing football and thinking that swimming could have been a good choice. As a sportsperson, success will be yours only if you start with a deep seated belief that you have it in you to be the best in your chosen sport. Now all you need to do is learn the finer techniques.

Notice the difference? You are not saying I will learn the techniques and then see if I am good. You are saying I can be very very good at this, I just need to learn the techniques, get my strokes right, build the stamina, …

A wholehearted belief in yourself that you are really going to be the best means that you will never give up on the effort. You will always persist against the odds. If you give up, you will be choosing a life less gifted. And this thought will never let you give up.

In an ordinary life, however, you will choose the safest option. Or what others think you should be doing. You are not necessarily thinking I am truly great at this. You are thinking ok in this one I can make it easily, or I can do fine in this.

Why these two different approaches?

Because you are willing to let go of the fact that you have it in you to be the world’s best in atleast one thing. Bury it deep within. At a place where it won’t come to back to remind you that you did have a chance to be the world’s best at something and you chose not to.

Even if you can’t think of something that you were really good at, the truth is that in each one of us, there is atleast one thing in which we can be the best in the world, we just need to master the technique.

Once you realize what you are truly good at, and you start making the effort to develop that side of you, the world that you have created will change. Apprehension will give way to calmness. Insecurity to security. Dissatisfaction to contentment. And who will bring that change? Without even knowing it, you will. Your own pursuit of that which you are awesome at will radiate an infectious positive energy to those around you. Your dedication to your own pursuit will raise the standard for others. It will inspire them to make their own changes. To pursue their own awesomeness.

Isn’t this something worth taking up then? Isn’t the pursuit of your own awesomeness then the best possible venture you will ever create, the best possible project you will ever handle?

This then is my message to you - You are awesome.

Find your inner self, your own calling to excellence and become aligned with who you truly are to live the greatness you are truly destined for.