Worries are a permanent fixture forever at the helm of the human mind. Worries about an education, a career, a life, a life mate and the list goes on endless.
In a normal lifetime, the average human out there worries more than what he/she does to create a sustainable solution to every worry that exists. The result is, you get more worried. But that is what the average human being would do.
I am not a narcissist nor do I abhor a normal human being. In fact I believe a normal human being is what makes the world today what it is. But since this is a creative post meant to stimulate the thoughts of future leaders of the world in whatsoever a role, let me just take this one through considering that you are not normal, you are exceptional.
By exceptional, what I mean is that you have a vision towards the future. And to get to that vision you have made an expert out of yourself in one area of specialization. For instance there is this friend of mine who is a technology expert and has a vision towards the future. Then I have a friend who can write anything and it would make the reader read through twice. By exceptional I mean people as such.
However the crux of this write up isn’t being exceptional. The crux of the story is why don’t we get to hear about a lot more exceptional things that these exceptional people do?
The reason is very simple. Most of the exceptional people waste most of their lifetimes worrying over mundane day to day worries, which in anyway their unique talents can easily get over and as such even while being exceptional they end up living their lives just with what the world throws at them instead of the exceptional something that they could have given back to the world.
1. For instance getting a secure job and a career: A need of every life, many of the exceptional souls out there keep worrying and planning over what they would do next in their careers. A worry definitely! But the twist here is aren’t you already unique and extremely talented in a particular specialization. Since you are exceptional, you must be. In that case you can obviously do so much more just by utilizing your unique talents, instead of worrying over what opportunities you can get to use your talents for. With your unique talents you are meant to lead your career and not the other way around wherein you career leads you.
2. Worries about making a life: Yes, even though you might be exceptional, you are a human being and you would worry about your life. However being exceptional does have its perks. You can, utilizing your unique talents and exceptional mindset actually script your own life instead of just following the path of being worried about your life. Being exceptional you don’t have to worry about what to do with your life, instead decide and act on leading your life.
3. Worries of finding that life partner: Again since you are exceptional you do have trouble finding that perfect life partner who would match you and be compatible with you. But to be very precise you aren’t the only exceptional person in your field. With the population of the world swelling, there will be others like you and in your own chosen field of exceptionalism as well. You just need to keep discovering your exceptional nature and hey presto! One day you will definitely find a match.
4. Worried about making a difference: This the final and also the initial point about being exceptional. Exceptional folks generally define being exceptional by the difference that they hope to make, which is great. And most exceptional folks do worry most of their lives about how they would make a difference to the world with their exceptional selves. The result therefore turns out that you don’t do anything at all. The reason? You just worried, and you did not actually do anything to make a difference. Therefore if you are exceptional, the best way to make a difference is to first act on it, instead of worrying over it. At least it would get you somewhere, successful or not.
Conclusively, I did not mean to insult the intelligence of anyone with this write up. Nor did I intend to say that you are on the wrong path. What I meant to say was:
If you are exceptional don’t worry over the ordinary, instead plan on executing the extraordinary, which is more well suited to your exceptional self.
And for the record: Every one is exceptional in their own way. So truly speaking this exceptional write up is meant for everyone.
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