The Easy Road
I know this
sounds like a simple or odd question, however, I believe it is important. Why do you think there are so many ordinary
people around? It is not just because we
are all ordinary. For one, I do not
believe that is true. There are many who
have achieved extraordinary things in life.
So why do some succeed and others do not? I think the answer is just as simple, they
fail because they choose not to do anything to succeed.
For some it may be a case of
plain old laziness. For others, it is
just not being willing to put forth all the effort that it takes to
succeed. They want to get what doing
nothing can bring them. Here are four
things that you can succeed at without having to do any work at all.
"It takes
no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary
is not even a challenge.
You can do
nothing and be ordinary."
-
Bernard Hopkins
American
Boxing Champ
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I have heard from people that
they have not done extraordinary things in life simply because they did not
want to stand out or gather attention.
That my friends, is just out and out foolishness. People who are successful stand out not
because they are prideful or desire to get attention. Most are very humble people. They stand out because they have succeeded at
something. They stand out because they
have done what others would not do and therefore they are different than the
crowd. There is no honor in hiding and
keeping your gift from the world. The
person who keep their talents and skills to themselves is not humble, they are
selfish.
#2. Never live out your dream
We all have a dream. It is something that you were born with. I know that some have beaten it down so much
it seems hard to find, but it is there.
The problem is never finding the dream, it is living the dream. It takes no effort at all to sit back and go
through life with, what Oliver Wendell Holmes called, "Having the music
still inside them". Every day,
ordinary people die with nothing to show for the years they have lived on this
planet. What a waste of human potential.
#3. Always fail in life
We have become a society that
takes pride in being a failure. We allow
others to take care of our needs. We are
told what to do, what to believe and how to feel. Not only do we see no problem with this kind
of thinking but we encourage it in others.
So many people go through life dead, only waiting for the moment they
can be buried. Failure takes no effort
at all. In fact, all you must do is give
up and you are there. Thomas Edison
reminds us, "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how
close they were to success when they gave up."
#4. Never leave a trace
In Scouting, we have a badge
boys can earn that is called, Leave No Trace.
The purpose is to help them understand that you should leave the woods
just as you found them and leave no trace that you had been there. In life, it is different. No one should leave this life with no
evidence that they have ever been here.
A successful life is one that is full of tracks left behind by a
productive person. For those who wish to
do nothing you will leave nothing but space behind you. A sad legacy if a legacy at all.
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© 2017 John Patrick Hickey. No part of
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