Dear great minds of RG
Can you please share your words with us at today's topic
" How ordinary people can become extraordinary? "
Well, Thanks for your answers
Best Regards
Saqib
Every ordinary people who make progress in her or his soul and humanity will be extraordinary but most of us can not see and touch it and we are seeking only some unique people while the reality of life is not so.
I agree with dear prof Aparna Sathya Murthy and also dear Dr Beemnet Mengesha Kassahun too!
Kind regards
Parisa
Well Dr Irshad , being ordinary too is not bad . What makes some one extraordinary - Research /publication/ teaching/ Scientific Writing skills ...
Sorry all this is the process of building a life and career for oneself !!
If we really aspire to be extraordinary then there are issues that we can do as individuals and that is contributing towards getting rid of poverty / getting quality drinking water / building safe shelter or homes ...
Basics needed from which we think we have come far but unfortunately not all that far ...
This is an interesting question but the answers are vague to the point of uselessness. Most "ordinary" people make choices everyday to remain in whatever situation they are in. As the saying goes, if you keep doing what you are doing you will keep getting what you are getting. Here is a hypothetical approach to moving away from ordinary towards more than ordinary that I literally just made up on the spot. Go forth and be fruitful.
0. Understand that you are going to be making small changes with a cumulative long term effect. This will not happen overnight.
Every ordinary people who make progress in her or his soul and humanity will be extraordinary but most of us can not see and touch it and we are seeking only some unique people while the reality of life is not so.
I agree with dear prof Aparna Sathya Murthy and also dear Dr Beemnet Mengesha Kassahun too!
Kind regards
Parisa
Dear Muhammad Saqib Irshad
EXTRAORDINARY - Unusual, special, rare.
A set of rules that you can take into service.
Practice honesty, sincerity and kindness.
Be prepared for a protracted game. Always choose a straight road
You must have a mission, not a set of goals
Help your head, health and heart
Struggle with mediocre and conventional
Use technology to multiply your efforts
Try to make everyone around you feel great
Do not worry about what you can not control
Act faster than people expect
Avoid any negative influences in your daily life
Live not only work
Regards, Shafagat
This link is very useful
https://www.quora.com/Can-ordinary-people-also-become-extraordinary
Greeting
Character fundamentally shapes how we engage the world around us, what we notice, what we reinforce, who we interact, what we value, what we choose to act on, how we decide. If you want to go from ordinary to extraordinary , it’s your character, not your circumstances, that will take you there. Character is the real foundation of all everything worthwhile.
Thanks
Newton displayed little ability as a child. Even when he gained a lecturer position at university his intellectual contributions were not special, but he worked hard-night and morning as they say, reading, writing, thinking. Show intense commitment and who knows?
Nevertheless, for all his achievements he had few friends (does it matter?) and remained a virgin. Single-mindedness, application, dedication and of course at least above average intelligence.
Extraordinary achievements are products of ordinary persons who work with diligence and are ready to chart a new path that brings the most profound solutions to problems of mankind. When this happens the colour of the ordinary takes the different hue of extraordinary!
By doing extraordinary things and being ok with being diffrent from the majority.
I think its difficult for the ordinary person to become an extraordinary one.
Thank you for your words.. Parisa Ziarati
Wishing you all the very best and really appreciate your extraordinary thinking.
It is great to do little extra than ordinary personal will makes you extra ordinary ?? it that simple Olugbenga Elemile .
Well, Thank you for your contribution.
Dear Aparna Sathya Murthy i think you misunderstood the question.
It is not only about career or publishing papers and doing 24/7 research.. Well you make make better lots of things doing research and by doing research you can create options for jobs and healthy life ans so on.
I am with you to tackle the poverty and provide shelter and food but these will only possible then you done good level of research how to remove and create such inherent problems.
Wish you good luck, have a nice future ahead.
Thank you dear Beemnet Mengesha Kassahun for explanation.
As you said to just control or make these habits will makes you extraordinary.
1. Take an inventory of your life.
2. Assess your desires.
3. Stop blaming your situation on anyone.
4. Stop making excuses.
5. Stop goofing off.
6. Give up junk food.
Most of the stuff on self building. Are these enough to makes you extra ordinary ??
Dear Vishnu Kumar Gupta thank you for your contribution.
You are absolutely right " only ordinary people can become extraordinary"
Even being disable they proved it to whole world " Helen Keller, Stephen Hawking."
Wish you good luck
Regards
Saqib
Thank you for your contribution Proff. Barbara Sawicka
You really proved yourself as an extraordinary person. Wish i could learn from you. Being a full professor what is the most important in your life at this stage ?
Regards
Saqib
Thank you Prof. Shafagat Mahmudova for your golden lines based on gigantic experience of life.
Dear Adnan Abbas great answer from your end. Thanks for sharing such a remarkable words that your character makes you ordinary or extraordinary not the circumstances.
By being just what truly you are to the world an ordinary can become extraordinary....as we often try to hide our true self and act artificially.
Dear Stanley Wilkin , Thank you for your contribution and remarkable example. The most important is consistency.
Thank you Dr. Dickson Adom for your words. Really appreciate it.
Dear Prof. Anastas Ivanov Ivanov . You are absolutely right and i admire your words.
Thank you Prof. YOGESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI .
I wish that you could suggest some doings to become extra ordinary.
Dear Andrew Mtewa . Thank you for your words.
Wish you good luck for your future life.
Dear Sir. Raid M. Al-Ani thank you for your contribution.
Exactly it is difficult but not impossible.
Dear Drlatief Ahmad Thank you for your words.
Wish you good luck for your future.
I believe the brain is essentially malleable, and that its possible for Genius to make itself (with certain provisos). Early reading, I suggest, makes intellectual changes.
I once had a friend who'd trained for two years as a doctor. He left and became a glazier. After ten years nothing of him remained a doctor, that is he spoke and thought on a much lower level. Perish, the thought perhaps, but we are where we are through chance.
Thank you for your contribution Prof. Asoori Latha
Really admire your words and trying to be original and ordinary all the time.
How ordinary people can become extraordinary?
With compulsory and free education (ie at the expense of the state) for everyone.
Do not confuse cause and consequence. The fact that some people are ordinary people, and other people are extraordinary, it is decided by the people themselves. First you need to demonstrate extraordinary actions, and then the people themselves will elevate you to the rank of extraordinary people. Often poets, musicians, artists, scientists and other creative people do not know their prices and just do their work honestly, not realizing that these are future masterpieces. And only later it turns out that their work has made them extraordinary, because the people themselves have decided so.
Answering this question depends on the intention of the person. To where he or she wants to see himself or herself in the future. In my personal opinion, I believe that by having both soft and hard skills with all the necessary competencies with the aim to the point that this person will be looking for or heading off, things will be positive for allowing people to become extraordinary?
There are two kind of people, one who are born extra-ordinary. Others, who become extra-ordinary by learning how to become. let’s look at both below.
A. Some people are born extra-ordinary.
Look at the kid like Tanmay Bakshi From Kolkata, who is just 13 years, in 9th Standard and earning 1.25 Million per annum salary at Google. Watch out how extraordinary he is.
There are people like Joshua Waitzkin, an American chess player, a child prodigy. At the very young age of six, he started playing chess. At age 11, he and one fellow prodigy were the only two children to come to a draw against World Champion Garry Kasparov in an exhibition game where Kasparov played simultaneously against 59 youngsters. Two years later, he earned the title of National Master, and at age 16 became an International Master.
B. Some people become extra-ordinary by adopting a growth mindset and persistence.
There are people, who have become extra-ordinary by not quitting despite their massive failures and staying persistent in their zone and strengthening their mental muscles.
People like J.K.Rowling, Abraham Lincoln, Jack Ma, KFC founder Colonel Sanders, who we admire today continued to fail in their lives a number of times. The best part with them was they continued despite failure after failure. They continuously worked on their.
Jack Maa, the founder of Alibaba[dot]com is now worth 39Billion USD, but in his background he was a teacher at a university in China. In his own words in an interview at World Economic Forum at Davos, he stated, “I failed a key primary school test two times, I failed the middle school test three times, I failed the college entrance exam two times and when I graduated, I was rejected for most jobs I applied for out of college. I applied for Harvard ten times, got rejected ten times and I told myself that ‘someday I should go teach there.’”
See what J.K. Rowling, who is now worth 650 Million USD and popular for his famous Harry Potter Series. She continued to fail massively before she became extraordinary. In her words, “I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless. The fears that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.”
Michal Jordan is considered one of the best basketball players in the world. He already has many accolades in his name, like six times NBA champion, five times NBA Most Valuable Player, fourteen times NBA All-Star and many more. But he was removed from his high school basketball team because he was shorter than the minimum height for playing basketball. On that day, he went home and locked himself in his room and literally cried for hours. But he persisted and didn’t give up.
His famous quote below on its own explains how he perceived failures coming in his life. “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game-winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan
These people didn’t have a fixed mindset. What made them extraordinary was their growth mindset In fixed mindset, people think about their skills as a fixed trait, which cannot change. They think that their minds are fixed and if they fail, they think that they are not made for it and quit.
Whereas in growth mindset, people believe that our minds are malleable and can learn anything new. They treat failure as a feedback that method they chose was inefficient. They take failure as an opportunity to learn and grow.
Also neuroscience has already established the concept of neuroplasticity that means that we can literally change our mindset by exposing to different environment, thought patterns and behaviour. I covered this topic in greater detail in my book The Mindset Makeover.
The moral is that if one is not born as an extra-ordinary, it doesn’t mean that there are no possibilities. The people stated above wouldn’t have been extra-ordinary if they had not continued for long. No one would have known them, had they quitted at initial jolt of failures. They continued despite the darkest time on the faith that everyone has a possibility to become extra-ordinary.
Dear Muhammad Saqib Irshad,
Ordinary people can become extraordinary by,
1) Helping people in need
2) Respecting people
3) Serving humanity
Regards
Waqas
you want to lead like an extraordinary leader, you first have to know how to be a leader.
When it comes to leadership, most people concentrate on what you need to do.
But that’s not the whole story.
Who you are as leader, is just as important as what you do
Whatever you’re doing, it’s who you are being while you are doing that can take you from good to great, to from ordinary to extraordinary.
Here are a few of the best ways to fuel your leadership with a blend of being and doing:
Remember that everything starts with character: Character fundamentally shapes how we engage the world around us, —what we notice, what we reinforce, who we interact, what we value, what we choose to act on, how we decide. If you want to go from ordinary to extraordinary leadership, it’s your character, not your circumstances, that will take you there. Character is the real foundation of all everything worthwhile.
Constantly display confidence: A leader with great skills and competence is good; a leader with good competence plus great confidence is great. Truly successful leaders can may be smart, analytical thinkers. They can may be ten steps ahead of everybody else, the kind who always knows exactly what to do, where to go and how to get there, but without the confidenceto communicate and lead, all all their thinking won’t get them far. The bottom line: where there is no confidence, there is usually no leadership.
Actively seek challenges: To go from ordinary to extraordinary you must grow and develop as a leader, and to do that, you need to get comfortable with discomfort. It’s the key foundational element to success. Extraordinary leaders actively seek challenging assignments for growth and development.
Embrace risk: No extraordinary leader has made the it big by wavering and waffling. Being bold and brash is not necessarily the key to great leadership, but taking chances and embracing the notion of risk is. Nobody looks up to those who shy off life’s challenges and are complacent with being just good enough. Good is not great and great is not extraordinary. Extraordinary leaders know that to succeed, you have to take risks to get what you want.
Build on your capacity to take action. The leaders who stand apart from the rest all have the capacity to act—not rashly, but quickly and decisively. A leader who has to be convinced to do something is not a person of action. The best of the best jump in and lead to get the job done. It’s unrealistic to think that you can achieve leadership success on the basis of only your competencies or capabilities—you also need to be extraordinary at taking action.
Develop an appetite for change. Introducing change into an organization can be challenging. People are often hesitant to accept change and argue to retain the status quo even if it’s not what it should be. Even though we all know change is inevitable, in the midst of transformation too many leaders abdicate. The extraordinary ones, however, are strong and take charge. The best kind of leader envisions, defines, and facilitates change, transforming their organizations and igniting growth. Develop your ability and appetite for being an agent of change.
Engage to acknowledge: To create a high energy and commitment throughout an organization, you need to understand that to engage is to acknowledge and appreciate. A great leader values people’s happiness; an extraordinary leader values the employee engagement that creates happiness. Engagement and leadership are linked together more closely than most people imagine. With engagement, you can change an organization’s culture, people and success.
Motivate and inspire: An ordinary leader may rally people together; an extraordinary leader lifts them up and inspires them to perform at their best. Motivation gets people going and inspiration leads them to do great work. Human beings all deeply want to be able to believe in something—it’s basic human nature. If you want to motivate and inspire, you must understand the core needs of your people and nurture them, develop them and support them.
Give trust, earn trust, build trust:. With trust you can truly change the world. Trust is the heart of leadership. It leads to faster results, deeper relationships and stronger connections. It develops extraordinary leaders at every level whose actions and words are consistent with their principles and values. These are the elements that typically produce consistently high performance almost any way you can measure it—gross sales, profits, talent retention, company reputation, customer satisfaction. The accumulation of trust is a measure of the legitimacy of leadership. It cannot be mandated or purchased; it must be given, earned and built.
Shape and strengthen through experiences: Extraordinary leaders know that you shape people by shaping their experiences. They don’t tend to be the ones who stand out in a crowd; they don’t mesmerize audiences with their eloquence. What distinguishes them is the clarity and persuasiveness of their ideas, the depth of their commitment, and their openness to continually learning more and creating experiences for people. They know how to shape you so you can shape the world.
Lead from within: Anyone can become an extraordinary leader. All you have to do is perform ordinary feats with excellence.
regards
Character fundamentally shapes how we engage the world around us, what we notice, what we reinforce, who we interact, what we value, what we choose to act on, how we decide. If you want to go from ordinary to extraordinary , it’s your character, not your circumstances, that will take you there. Character is the real foundation of all everything worthwhile.
Thanks
The simple difference is the "EXTRA", When the ordinary people go extra mile and give extra commitment, the extraordinary is reacheable.
Thank you sir Leonardo Cannizzaro for answer.
You are right Education is the key to Success.
Thank you Prof. Gennady Fedulov . I got your point of view.
Sometimes people made ordinary things to extraordinary with passage of time.
Thank you dear Abdelnaser Omran .
I totally agree with your point of view " by having both soft and hard skills with all the necessary competencies with the aim to the point that this person will be looking for or heading off, things will be positive for allowing people to become extraordinary ".
Thank you so much Beemnet Mengesha Kassahun for wonderful detailed contribution. Really like your words and the example you quoted.
Wishing you all the very best.
Very well said dear Waqas Mahmood
Totally agree with you and believing in to help others.
Dear Hassan Nima thank you for your contribution.
What do you think, to be an extraordinary must be a leader or a leader must be an extraordinary person.
Dear Saqib
kindly search the following topic on google that can be helpful
“24 Ways Ordinary People Can Achieve Extraordinary Success”
Your thoughts and actions make U special
Poor minds discuss people
Average minds discuss events
Great minds discuss 'IDEAS'
Simple...
Becoming extraordinary starts with a simple shift in mindset. People who set themselves to make the most of their talents are all ordinary people; however, they just cancel ordinary thoughts. An extraordinary could be a leader saving millions of lives, a businessperson revolutionizing an industry, or even the person down the street helping to make life much better for unprivileged people. Limitations like academic, social, and financial status, disabilities, etc. never come on the way to those who choose to do extraordinary things.
All Human beings are born equal they have their mind ,brain , inner urge & divinity within them so that they may carry out their action of their life in a worthy mode . But at the same time all thought human beings are born equal they have with them their different traits positive & negative resulting due to their previous lives of action & as such human being are not equal in their action during their entire world . Besides we have to admit that we have with us our destiny ,the control of which is not in our hand . It is up to the human being so to say a man in real sense can convenient become as we are aware man is architect of our own fortune .
This is my personal opinion
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