10. Want to be great

Either now or on one's deathbed, one realizes a strange truth: There's no excuse for not being great.
If you are a leader, a leader it is what you are. If you are still just a manager, just managing to manage, well, maybe you'll manage, but how fulfilling is that? How proud is your subconscious mind of you? How proud is your family?
Someday you will just decide to be great at what you do. You'll never look back. You'll never regret the decision. It might not have seemed like a big deal at the moment you decided, but somehow you'll know the decision is final. It will not have to be revisited.
There's a reason why it's good to be great: people want to follow you. People start to respect you. People want to be more like you. People want to do things for you.
And if you are honest with yourself, you will someday realize the truth for yourself, either now, or on your deathbed: There was no excuse for not being great.




When life demands more of people than they demand of life—as is ordinarily the case—what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death.