If You Want an Extraordinary Life, You Need to Give up On a Normal One 👨‍🚀

Published: Sun, 07/25/21

The hours that ordinary people waste, extraordinary people leverage.

Robin Sharma

I'm sorry to break it to you, Gentle Reader, but doing what the majority of people do, will not get you to extraordinary. It's not snobbery or that I feel world-beaters are better than anyone, but it is about choices. Most people choose comfort and security over freedom, but that's a choice they've made. If they're happy with it, then it's a good choice. If you're striving for excellence like many of us are, you need to start making choices no one else will.

No One is You and that is Your Power.

You're never going to feel like doing the things you need to do in order for you to get what you want. You're always going to need to push yourself; you're always going to need to moderate yourself. That, in my opinion, is human nature. The bottom line is you are responsible. There is no one coming to save you. No one to tell you to get up early, no one to tell you to exercise, no one to push you.

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The responsibility rests solely with you. Depending on the type of person you are, knowing this can be scary or liberating.

If you're on the side of scary, that's okay. It's what you do, knowing you're scared. If you stay in your comfort zone, your life will never change. But if you take that fear and set out to explore the vast unknown, the skies the limit.

If you're on the side of liberating, then there's not much for me to say. You will get out there, experience new things, and fight for what you want. It's hard to do because living an extraordinary life takes extreme discipline and focus. Most people are simply unwilling to do it.

But why not?

Is it because of the risks? Life itself is risky. Blazing your own path isn't safe, and neither is sitting on the couch. The difference between both is one will give you incredible results and the other an expanding waistline. The extraordinary is only possible when you embrace the risk.

I find it's easy to tell when I'm not living up to my potential. Those are the times when I'm going along with the crowd. If I focus on what makes me extraordinary, be the unusual guy, then I'm golden.

Extraordinary choices deliver extraordinary results.

So what do world-class choices look like for me daily?

Writing - Novel Writing, Book Marketing, Social Media
Journaling - Thoughts, Ideas
Exercise - Walking, gym
Reading - Studying my Craft, Research
Healthy eating - Cooking
Quiet Time - Meditation, Family

I'm not going to lie; it's tough, but how you allocate your time and energy decides what your life looks like. Do I get it right all the time? Hell no. It's a work in progress. And I have no excuses, no matter what life throws at me. I want to carve my own path and live the life I want.

It's available to us all.

Live by your own rules

Be a creator more than a consumer

Positively touch as many people as you can

There's no mathematical formula to living an extraordinary life. All I know is you cannot get to that place by doing what ordinary people do.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out.

Dr. Seuss

What makes YOU extraordinary?

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