This is a late post and I made it
late for a single reason, I wanted you to find my post and read it
As a millennial, I Honestly
never met him or saw live videos about him but then I watched a few videos on
him after I watched the Apple think different ad some years ago, When a person refers to him
or herself as “the greatest,” most people don’t react too well.
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The Kanye Wests
of the world come to mind – people whose greatness (which
is often debatable in itself) has only ever seemed to profit them.
And that’s where
Muhammad Ali differed from other cultural figures who insist upon letting
everybody know how great they are.
Yeah, he was a monster
in the ring. But his greatness extended far beyond his physical prowess. He
served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 1990, during
the Gulf War, Ali even met with Saddam Hussein to negotiate the release of
American hostages.
Simply put, many a
public figure could do well to take a page from Muhammad Ali’s book and strive
to be successful not just at what they do but at being a human
being.
There are several
lessons you and I can also learn from Muhammad Ali. Let’s take a look at a few
of them below.
1. On the off chance
that you need to live easily tomorrow, you must relinquish a bit today.
Muhammad Ali once
said:
"I keep running
out and about, much sooner than I move under the lights. I detested each moment
of preparing, yet I said, 'Don't stop. Endure now and carry on with whatever
remains of your life as a champion.'"
Regardless of what
your objective is, there will be some fundamental assignments – maybe numerous
– that you completely abhor. On the off chance that it wasn't that way, is
there any valid reason why we wouldn't all be unfathomable at what we set out
to do?
The choice to
relinquish present joys and longings is the thing that isolates those of us who
accomplish our long haul objectives and those of us who settle.
2. Our lives should be dedicated to a higher
purpose.
Muhammad Ali, who was broadly a
Muslim, once said:
"We have one life; it soon will
be past; what we accomplish for God is all that will last."
Regardless of whether you have
confidence in God, there's something to be taken from this quote, and that will
be that we should all endeavor to satisfy a higher reason. It could help those
in need or it could bring up your kids to be very much adjusted, sustaining
people. Yet, unless you have an objective that goes past assisting your riches
and material belonging, life will be unproductive.
3. Strive to be the greatest at whatever you
do.
You’ve got to admire
Muhammad Ali for saying this:
“I would have been the
world’s greatest at whatever I did. If I were a garbage man, I’d be the world’s
greatest garbage man! I’d pick up more garbage and faster than anyone has ever
seen. To tell you the truth, I would have been the greatest at whatever I’d
done!”
Don’t think to
yourself “Oh, I’ll be great when I have _____ job or ____ amount of money.”
Greatness is a habit and you want to start now. When you’re
doing the laundry, aim to fold those undies as neatly as humanly possible. If
you’re working a retail job, aim to provide the best customer service your
company has ever seen.
That push for
greatness will translate to bigger and better opportunities when they arise.
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that
wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
This is my
favorite quote from
Muhammad Ali.
“It’s the little nasty
habits you pick up in life that will make things miserable for you. So often we
look for the big obstacles to lay the blame on when really, those obstacles
would’ve presented no challenge had we not been surrounded by nagging, negative
people or had we taken better care of ourselves.”
RIP LEGEND!
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