Transition From Ordinary to Extraordinary

Transition From Ordinary to Extraordinary

The transition from ordinary to extraordinary person is a choice, anyone can be extraordinary. But, the process that  needs for transition is not an easy task, it is hard. It requires determination and dedication.

Elon Musk truly said, ‘I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary’. Transforming oneself to be extraordinary is possible, but remember it is not an ‘OTP’ I mean one time process, it’s a long and continue process.

If we break the word ‘extraordinary’, it has two parts extra and ordinary. It means that, doing something extra can make you extraordinary from ordinary. In other words, we need to do a bit extra to be extraordinary person.

Further elaborating, extra means adding something new in life for example, new habits or replacing existing with the new ones. Also extra means doing ordinary things in extra-ordinary way.

I believe, everyone has potential to be different and extraordinary, but very less number of people make efforts to be one, less number of people choose to take the process of transition and change.

Here, a question arises, why a person should be an extraordinary?. The answer may be different for different people, but in general, an extraordinary person has control over life, live the life on his own way, can make choices. As mentioned by Tony Robbins, ‘the secret of living an extraordinary life is to take control of the mind’.

How to be extraordinary in life?. How to make the transition from ordinary to extraordinary?. So, in this article I share the ingredients and fundamental principles to become an extraordinary person and live an extraordinary life. Those are described below:

Self-awareness, know yourself

The very first element for becoming extraordinary is self-awareness. It means to know yourself. This is the most difficult task anyone can have in life. The reason is that, mostly people aware and know the outer world, but unaware of the internal world.

To know yourself means, where you want to go?, what are your strengths and weaknesses, your emotions and its management, your anger, your talk with yourself, your positive perception, your negativity, your thinking process. And very importantly your point of view about the world.

In order to know yourself, you will have to work on these elements. Alexander the Greatt, once said, 'if you want to conquer the world, conquer yourself first'. It is quite true that in the world the hardest thing is self-awareness. So, the whole process starts with knowing yourself, when you do so you one step move towards extraordinary life.

We can refer self-awareness as ‘self-actualisation’, as mentioned by Abraham Maslow in his famous hierarchy pyramid. Self-actualisation is on the top of the pyramid, which means when someone arrives his full potential in life.

According to Maslow, an individual to arrive at the highest level, he must satisfy the physiological, safety, love and belonging, and esteem needs before.

Find your purpose

The purpose in life makes common people extraordinary. They were many people in the world, who had a purpose in life and they left a legacy behind. Such as, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, King Luther, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates etc.

If you want to give meaning to your life, you will have to find the purpose, a meaningful purpose. The purpose of life does not mean to be happy, but to be useful, to make a difference to the world.

Mostly people don’t have a purpose in life, therefore they live an ordinary life. To become an extraordinary person and to leave a legacy behind, you need a purpose and it will make you an exceptional. You must meet your purpose before you meet your destiny.

A meaningful purpose in life is the driving force for life. It reminds you everyday what should you do and what should be done. It pushes you forward.

Follow Your Passion

This is not an essential, but if you follow your passion it becomes easier to be an extraordinary person. Many people around the world don’t follow their passion. What they do they don’t like, what they like they don’t do. What you do now if it is your passion that’s well and good. If not, then do in a different and extraordinary way.

Jeff Bezos, the owner of the world’s largest online company ‘Amazon’. When he started it was not his passion, but he was consistent and committed. Right now, he is the one of the richest men in the world with net worth billions of dollars.

Self-discipline

To take the journey from ordinary person to extraordinary, self-discipline is an essential element. Which means to organise all aspects of life. It also means to control your feelings and overcome your weaknesses.

In the lives of the extraordinary people they have self-discipline. Because, it makes a person focus, a person knows what to do, how to use the precious time and makes a person focus to achieve objectives.

Setting priorities is an important part of self-discipline. It is essential because it is the guideline that what you have to do everyday to achieve your goals. It makes you focus and saves your energy.

The basics of self-discipline is your mental discipline. If a person mentally disciplined, it corrects the course of life.

Napoleon Hill refers self-discipline as, ‘the mastery of your thoughts, if you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterwards’.

Learning attitude

There are two kinds of attitudes, one is learning and other is earning. If we observe it is the reality that, too many people have the earning attitude rather than learning. To be an extraordinary person it needs a learning attitude. What normally says, learning is earning. Learning attitude makes a person competent.

A person must be open for learning anything and everything by reading, observing and doing. You upgrade yourself by learning new things, and skills.

Also you should upgrade yourself intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. It will give you the power to take good decisions and will enable you to solve problems. In this way, you will be standing out of the ordinary crowd as an extraordinary person.

Growth mindset

‘Dr. Carol Dweck mentioned in her famous book,  Mindset, there are two kinds of mindsets, One is Growth mindset and the other is Fixed mindset’. For developing yourself as an extraordinary person you need the growth mindset.

Growth mindset means a progressive and flexible mindset.  Fixed mindset as the word fixed suggests a mind which is fixed and not easy to change, a static one.

The people with growth mindset believe that, intelligence can be developed. These people have the desire to learn and tendency to embrace and accept the challenges in life. They can persistently face the setbacks and failures.

They also make efforts to master anything in life. And a very important thing is that, they accept criticism in a positive way and try to learn from the feedback. They learn from the success of other people and celebrate their success.

So, a person should replace a fixed mindset with a growth mindset if wants to be an extraordinary person.

Reading Habit

This is a very famous sentence, leaders are readers and readers are leaders. Reading habit is essential to be an extraordinary person. Reading habit is one of the best qualities an individual can possess.

Reading is a big source of knowledge. The CEOs of the big organisations around the world read about 50 books on average in a year. By reading books you can learn from experiences of successful people without meeting them. It can help you build your confidence.

Reading habit enhances your perspective and vision in the way you see the world. It helps you to have a progressive mindset. It makes you a better thinker and you can learn new different skills.

By reading books you can master effective communication, which an essential tool for people skills. If someone wants to transform ordinary life into extraordinary, must have the habit of reading books.

To conclude, there are other factors which are also important and essential for becoming extraordinary person such as, positive thinking, hard work, commitment, burning desire. I think these elements are connected to the points mentioned above in one way or other.

I believe, these traits and the ways to go from ordinary to extraordinary person, will be effective and help to achieve this milestone. But, remember it’s a continue process, you will have to work everyday.