“Greatness is the result of visionaries who persevere, focus, believe, and prepare. It is a habit, not a birthright.”
― Lewis Howes, The School of Greatness
There’s New York Times bestseller Lewis Howes dropping a knowledge bomb, and in this way, Lewis is helping celebrate the 20th episode of One Minute Wednesday.
I love the ownership Lewis mentions, “It is a habit, not a birthright.”
A knife straight into the heart of the “entitlement” myth.
As I’ve said before, “Nobody, not a company, nor any effort is owed (or deserves) a damn thing. That’s a fallacy. We each get what we persevere toward and clearly add value to.”
Greatness. Unleashed.
I am very fortunate to call amongst my friends Daymond John and Ted Rubin. They each display a continual recognition of the value of others. I’ve seen how they operate. They don’t take anyone for granted.
It’s enriching to be around such people. Seriously.
I challenge you to look at those who you’ve felt “big” and “worthwhile” around and it’s not by accident or some random variable. You’ll discover you were around people who considered you valuable, worthwhile, not easily replaceable.
Great brands do this. Great people live this. Great organizations support this.
And the most important lesson: you have the ability to do this, and choose that option (or not) every time.
Metrics and Greatness
I got to looking at the difference between two metrics: those that are merely about “quantity” of deliverables or services.
And then, there’s the other vital metric that sometimes gets the short end of the stick: the quality metric.
And those who focus on the quality metric are those who recognize greatness in others. Fascinatingly, these are the same folks who others admire (almost like “karmic credits”) as having qualities of greatness that we see as valuable and worthwhile.
What is this metric that we each see as valuable?
I discuss this in this week’s One Minute Wednesday:
The Greatness Challenge
As I wrote above:
I challenge you to look at those who you’ve felt “big” and “worthwhile” around and it’s not by accident or some random variable. You’ll discover you were around people who considered you valuable, worthwhile, not easily replaceable.
Great brands do this. Great people live this. Great organizations support this.
Weak people, weak brands, and weak organizations make you and me feel like second-rate citizens. Being around greatness does NOT result in that, and anyone who tells you differently is selling you something that is NOT what he, she, or it professes to be.
And the most important lesson: you have the ability to do this, and choose that option (or not) every time.
