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Your Heroes Are Flawed, Just Like You
Why the imperfect people, have the greatest success.
We are all inspired by the heroes of our time. Every generation has heroes, and each generation aspires to be like them. From Nelson Mandela to Mother Teresa, Michael Jordan to Aretha Franklin. Heroes become inspiration because they did something truly extraordinary. It isn’t hard to view our heroes in a different frame of light as we do ourselves. An unattainable goal it may seem to reach the same greatness of those we look up to. And as pure as it is to adore our heroes, it’s important to understand they are all imperfect, just like you.
“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist. Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist”.
— Stephen Hawking
Written by one of the most intelligent minds of our time, Stephen Hawking frames the concept of perfection in excellent terms. The reality is that no one is perfect, not even our greatest heroes. This article isn’t designed to tear down the ones we look up to, rather it’s designed to suggest that you, yes you, could be somebody’s hero.
Nelson Mandela, widely renowned as one of the greatest political leaders we have ever seen. He paved the way for equality in South Africa with the…
