Good News about Ordinary

What a bold title.  You mean there is good news in being ordinary?

Michael Jordan was an ordinary kid.  He was cut from his high school basketball team.  And he took that defeat and turned his ordinary talent on the court into a stellar talent.  He did the hard work.  He practiced early and late, after a losing game and after all others had gone home from practice.

But he was just an ordinary kid.

Mia Hamm was ordinary, but she desired to be extra-ordinary.  She became exceptional.  How?  She played against soccer players older and better than she was.  She dared to become a great one. 

But she was just an ordinary player at first.

See the trend here?  Ordinary abounds.  The world reeks with ordinary. 

But look what happens when the ordinary person meets a strong desire to excel. 

A superstar emerges.  Notice I didn’t say a superstar is born.  Stars aren’t born.  Stars are made.

If an individual shows an early sign of greatness, that is awesome.  However, unless someone takes that raw, exceptional talent and hones it, shapes it, and drills into that young budding all-star some skill, training and attitude principles, sooner or later that rising star will crash and burn. 

But if that budding talent has the will and the desire to excel – look out world.  You just might see a touch of greatness emerge.

Talent is a good thing. 

Talent that is continually shaped, taught and directed becomes stellar talent.

Do you think you’re not good enough? 

Do you have a strong desire to excel?

What are you willing to do about that?

Something to consider – now and forever.

P Michael Biggs

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