The Path Towards Realizing Our Immense Dreams Is Not Meant For Everyone

Many people tend to like saying this: "It's not that I cannot achieve something, it's simply because I am not willing to do / lazy to do / no time to do it.". This sort of excuse that we tend to find ourselves, filled with a strong sense of self-defeating connotations, is what many self-help authors like to exploit.


I personally believe that this way of thinking is unmistakably justifiable and legitimate, simply because the majority of us are not willing to (or too lazy to, or have too little time to... fill in your own excuses) take on some of the most important and arduous tasks required of today's society. Hence, those who are willing to take up the challenges and passionate enough to see through it are often appreciated and worshipped by the many who dared not.

These people, who are deemed successful in the eyes of many, committed most of their time and energy, and probably also raked up countless debts in the process with the aspiration to perhaps devise a form of transportation that emits zero harmful exhaust fumes, or setting up medical research facilities to rid the world of diseases and cancers that plagued the lives of many. Given the same amount of time and resources, most of us would most likely to spend it on expensive good food or high-end entertainment systems to pamper ourselves good. 

Our innate tendencies of daydreaming and lazing around are just naturally part of human nature. Those who are able to overcome these shortcomings in our behaviours and work hard to achieve progress are what makes them the outliers. Or perhaps we can put it this way, these types of people are what we call truly talented people, and for the most of us, we are just not that talented.

Why, for the most part, are we feeling sorry for ourselves for not being talented enough, and desperately finding reasons to justify it? It is not shameful to admit that you are not talented. After all, the world and the society we created today, is balanced by the 1% whom we regard as talented, together with the rest of the 99% that aren't. There is nothing worthy of criticism for belonging in that 99% that aren't. There is nothing worthy of criticism for belonging in that 99% end of the spectrum. 

Some of us may refute that those successful people are able to achieve great success simply because they have the backing of the wealthy fortunes in their families, and it has simply nothing to do with the individual's capabilities. They may say things like this: "If my father were Bill Gates, I will also be able to...". The only problem here is, there is only one Bill Gates, and there are millions and billions of us who are simply just delusional.


Instead of declaring to the world aloud with "It's not that I cannot achieve something, it's simply because I am not willing to do / lazy to do / no time to do it.", why don't most of us just admit that we are unworthy people that do not have that kind of ambitions that the 1% of the people possess? Why can't we gladly claim that even with the time and resources that those people have, we would rather spend them on good food and high-end entertainment systems to savour what this society has on offer? These claims not only does not seem shameful, it also makes life a whole lot easier.

Coming to terms with some of your own incompetencies can be a key toward a happier way of life. Not willing to face up to the cruel society, and fantasizing about some of your improbable successes can be a source of agony and frustration in life.