Path to Greatness

Most of the time we do things, which has very little impact to this world or of no interest to the rest of the world. Sometime you feel like a worthless piece of s$#%. I have read the biography and autobiography of a number of high achievers. Gandhiji for example, made a whole nation following him by the time he was 40, Einstein became the first ‘scientist superstar’ in his thirties, and Darwin made fundamental discoveries on evolution very early in his life.

One thing in common to all the people I consider were successful in their respective field (in terms of doing thing differently than other before them, or doing things that’s worth a discussion in the peer circle) was their free spiritedness. They are the people who dare to challenge the existing norms. By being irreverent to authorities, by not allowing anyone to corrupt their thoughts, by becoming a part of the right company and also by avoiding the wrong company. They are the people who have an opinion on pretty much everything and not afraid to express that opinion. They are the people who really walk the talk.

All these people have been surrounded by likeminded geniuses all through their lives.  Their ideas and thoughts evolved by continuous discussion with other great-minds that they had the chance to interact/collaborate with. May be that there is an element of attraction that brought several smart people together. Fundamental contribution to a field of knowledge is the stepping-stone to greatness. A contribution that gets you noticed in your chosen field of study. Until one gets that break s/he is not in the path to greatness. All of us are working for that break, of course not with the objective of becoming a ‘great’ (after all what does that mean?). For that I need to train my mind to think differently, challenge the ‘icons’ and know the rules of my game very very well.