
The Way To Be Extra-Ordinary
- Dawn Light
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min read
Ordinary means normal, prevalent, and a common one with no unique features within. In everything, and every aspect, we have ordinary and extraordinary categories. Whether you accept it or not, it is as it is. But what is the difference? Any idea? Well, I didn't have one in the beginning. As we can see, extraordinary things are always superior to ordinary ones. Maybe it depends on the individual. Here, let's try and understand how. Consider you are going shopping to buy some books according to your interest. Doesn't matter if it's online or offline. Well, if you are buying it online, you will refer to the items with its quality, reviews, and ratings. But on the field, I mean, in a store, you don't need any ratings or reviews to ensure the quality and parameters. You will take the book and test it accordingly. We sometimes forget these while in a hurry. Agree or not? Now it gets worse.
If you don't understand it yet, we'll take just another example. Suppose you are to complete some tasks assigned to you in a week. But turns out that you don't have so much time besides the things you need to take care of. Now you have options to prioritize. One is to work with an absolute focus for a short period daily. Another is to try to complete it within a day or two. Which one is favored to you? Well, if you take the first, you will perhaps finish what you just started. But if you try another, you'll end up with poor results. Right..? It's just one way of perspective that slow and steady always wins the race. There are plenty of others though.
In the same way, if you want to be Extra-Ordinary Human-like or whatever you wish to be, you have to be more precise on how to conduct yourself in everything you commit to. Of course, being an ordinary man or woman is usual, and it's not a bad thing. But if you put yourself with extra efforts, determinations, and commitments in everything, then there is nothing impossible or unattainable. We often wonder about people who are remarkable in various disciplines all the time and adopt their admirable qualities in a good and positive sense because of their uniqueness in certain ways. Let's take Bruce Lee, for instance, he was and still is considered as one of the toughest men in human history because he was more mental than just physical. He didn't do his academics well. But how could he become such a remarkable identity in the world? With only his physique? Not exactly. He started learning martial arts when he was 13. He wasn't so attentive towards the academic. But he was an ordinary student. When he acted with his father, he got the attention of the people. That was the one way to his legacy. The other was his methods and techniques in the martial arts which he referred to as "Jeet Kun Do". These specific kinds of techniques were just brought up by combining every form of fighting skills that he challenged with several fighters/masters.
Besides, he was so greatly concerned with philosophy. As he fused philosophy with his techniques, he made it absolute. He further created some world records that are still very difficult to wipe out now. His principle was simple, that " Do some research on your experience; absorb what is useful; reject what is useless, and add what is essentially your own". However, in everything he did, he took some additional steps to acquire better outcomes. Finally, the most important thing is that you never mistake some fundamental understandings. That's the way of discipline you have to be careful about.
Always make sure you remember,
"Until the self-doubt comes up in mind, you're never said to be in the process of learning ".




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