Like the famous saying, "When you start thinking you are already good that’s the time you stop being good". You will lose the need to improve when you think you already achieved or fulfilled your goal. If you want to keep a room for improvement and become better than before, I always keep this kind of mindset, you have to set to be the best as a goal, but never think yourself as the best because when you start thinking you are the best that’s the time you stop being one . I never said that I am the best because I never think that I am, but I used this mindset so I will always do my best in everything I do to improve either myself or my performance.
Think this way, when we think that you are already the best you will lose the need to work hard and to improve, but when you think that you are still not, you will keep doing your best and work hard. The good thing about this is, you will be surprise by the improvements you can make with this kind of mindset and at the same time this will also help you to keep your feet on the ground every time when you achieve something. Because when we achieve something we start to have this kind of mindset we start thinking that we are better than others or we are already the best, eventually we will lose the need to practice or to work hard for next time. Then we start to lose humility and the passion to work hard to become better.
Do you know where did I learn this kind of mind set? I learn this kind of mind set on people like Michael Jordan (the legendary basketball player super star), Francis Kong (a top business man in the corporate world) and the famous R&B singer Usher. The one they have in common is they are on the top of their own field but they never think they were the best, because they always make sure to leave a room for improvement.
Let me borrowed this one story from Francis Kong’s article.
Basketball great Michael Jordan once said, “When you see me play, you see Larry play.”
Larry Jordan, that is. He is Michael’s intensely competitive older brother. Sportswriter David Halberstarm called Larry Jordan “a formidable athlete in his own right, though packaged in a wrong-sized body. [He] had great strength, athletic ability, and ambition, but was simply too small to achieve in sports what his heart, will and talent normally would have earned him.”
Clifton Herring, who coached both boys at Laney High in Wilmington, said that “Larry was so driven and so competitive an athlete that if he had been six two instead of five eleven, I’m sure Michael would have been known as Larry’s brother instead of the other way around.”
As a kid, Larry Jordan beat his little brother’s butt so many times playing one-on-one in the backyard court that Michael learned to hate losing. “As soon as I grew taller than him, I vowed to never lose out to him again, “Michael remembered.
Michael Jordan become what he was today, it’s all because of the size of his heart’s desire that elevate him to the top. As a kid, he never thinks he is the best, but he works hard that’s why he became one.
Same with Francis Kong mentality he remain on the top of business ladder, it’s because he doesn’t stick to his job description but he become well-rounded person . He is adventurous. Accept challenge and make the most of his time learning things and adding more value to who he was and what he can do. If you are going to read his biography you see that he is man who have a multi-profession.
The famous R&B singer Usher confessed in the press conference of his comeback album Raymond VS Raymond that, when you are the top of your league you feel you are the best, like he was invincible. But that is his mistake, when you start to think that you are good that’s the time you stop being one. Because he thought he is already the best, that’s why he stops to venture new things to offer to people. But he realized that he was wronged on that, because people change. Like the famous line in American reality show Project Runaway, “one day you're in. And the next day, you
I think sharing this kind of success stories and kind of mentality make us realize that the people we thought who are best doesn’t think themselves as the best. Isn’t it amazing that when we are not thinking that we are the best, it makes you work harder and improve ourselves? And the opposite reaction is you become better while other people think you are the best. That’s how powerful our mind is, the mind creates our own reality.
To end this entry the point is no one can ever measure our hearts desires or our dream. Same with my favorite quote of Nathan Scott from the American drama series One tree hill, when he was struggling to achieve his dream:
“Numbers are funny. They can measure you, time you, analyze you all they want, but all they know what really matters are how you play the game. He thinks I've lost a step since the accident, so he's gonna play tight, I haven't. Now he'll back off because he doesn't want to get beat off the dribble, just a half step, that's a mistake. Have you ever heard the expression you can't measure heart? Well the truth is you can't measure any of it. Heart, want, need. They think I can't play point guard, but Q knew I could. You can't measure a dream”.
Most importantly, we shouldn't forget God in the process of achieving our dreams because we couldn't achieve something or anything without these gifts he have given to us. To remain to walk with Him in the process and to share this to others is the way we could give Him our gratitude.
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I will just share my own battle cry, When you dream, dream like Neil Armstrong reach for the star. If someday you may not reach the star but with your hard work and determination you'll be landing on the moon.♥
What I mean is I want to dream like Neil Armstrong because he dream to reach the star, but fortunately he discovers something better than what he dream, he discovers the moon .
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