Why You Should Never Be Impressed With The Accomplishments of Others

There's so many legendary people in the world that have accomplished legendary things.

It's crazy to think of how impactful one person's decisions could be.

Like Thomas Edison inventing the lightbulb. Or Henry Ford inventing the modern automobile. Or even Steve Jobs inventing the iPhone.

The world would literally not be the same without the efforts of these legendary icons.

Many of us wish to be as legendary and impactful as these people.

Many of us wish to add so much value to the world with such amazing contributions like Martin Luther King, or Abraham Lincoln.

The truth is there is a reason that many of us will not accomplish these great feats.

Anyone can do it. But many of us will lead our average lives for one simple reason.

We don't believe.

One key to accomplishing legendary acts in our lifetime is simply to undervalue the legendary acts of others.

I know this sounds horrible.

"What kind of life advice tells you to essentially be a hater of others?"

"That's only going to make people more bitter."

You're right. But if you apply this lesson with more context, skill, and finesse it can do so much more.

The key to accomplishing great things is unlocking the barriers in your mind that think they are so impossible.

Many people think of Steve Job's iPhone and think I could never in a million years create something as special.

That's sad.

Steve was no different than you and me...

A human.

So many people will put legendary characters on this extremely high pedestals and compare themselves to what they believe is true greatness.

Instead, it would be more helpful if they took the time to undervalue the work of these legends.

And I don't mean just hating.

Calling MLK boring, Kevin Hart corny, or Thomas Edison a weirdo isn't going to help.

I mean taking the big accomplishment and breaking it down into much simpler steps.

Instead of saying, "Elon Musk created the first multi-billion dollar revolutionary electric car company."

Say, "Elon just took a regular car, removed the engine, put a battery in, and then got investors to give him lots of money to make a few thousand more."

That's the same story, but with two completely different feelings to them.

If you read the second version in a history book somewhere you'd think, "Who's this loser and why is he in my history book."

And honestly, the goal is never to disrespect any of these legends or the work they have accomplished.

But learning to look at your icons and role models this way will add so much more value than worshipping their every move.

When we think of our role models as humans just like us, we start to believe there is nothing holding us back from accomplishing the same or more than them.

And that's the trick.

Not even the trick, that's the truth.

You can accomplish literally ANYTHING you put your mind to.

But your mind won't try to do anything it doesn't believe it can do.

So no more glorifying idols.

Be grateful for them as humans, but as for their accomplishments, break it down, simplify, and humanize them.

Because as one of my "regular" role models once said...

"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." -Steve Jobs, a regular human bei...

In progress,

Tim