How To Become The Best In The World At What You Do.

Do you want to be a Name or a Number ?

Ajulu

Feb 10, 2024

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So I ask

Whenever your name is mentioned.

What do you want people to think about?

Where do you want their minds to go?

The biggest personal brands that we know today have certain thoughts that they evoke when mentioned.

Satoshi, Elon, Ronaldo……Tinubu

There are so many things that you can be known for in this day and age.

And as you read this, you might be thinking about a skill or a business.

But even if, at this point, there is nothing that you can lay your mind on,

Don’t worry.

Read On.

As an online educator, I have taught a lot of things over the past seven years, and there is one thing that I am sure of.

The current design of the world makes it okay for you to be a number instead of a name.

What does it mean to be a name?

And what does it mean to be a number?

At the beginning of this article.

I wrote out some names, and depending on your level of knowledge, I believe you would know who most or all of those people are.

I mean, who doesn’t know Ronaldo?

You didn’t need to think twice before knowing who he was.

You knew.

The best place that you want to be in life is at a place where at the mere mention of your name, people instantly know who you are and what you stand for.

As Humans, we have come up with things that we use to group ourselves

Academia: Peter et al
Social Media: Mr. Alex is with 59 others
Business: Okafor and Sons

It always seems like there is limited room for everyone to shine.

But that is not how the real world works.

World-renowned philosopher and Actress Funke Akindele was one of the people who helped me understand the significance of this saying early.

The sky is big enough for every bird to fly

Before I go on to talk about becoming a Name.

I want to address something that affects a lot of people.

And that is comparison.

I wouldn’t want you to start thinking of Names that you know at the end of this article and feel that you are not doing well.

The Comparison Trap

The world recognizes and celebrates those who become a name in their field.

And when the ovation is loudest, the easiest thing that you can do is to compare yourself with that person.

Don’t fall for that trap.

Because it would push you to take the wrong steps all in a bid to reassure yourself that you are somebody great too.

But greatness can’t be rushed.

It takes time and effort.

So before you compare yourself with someone else,

Ask yourself.

Have I put in the same level of work as this person?

Most times you will find that you haven’t.

I know a lot of people who have abandoned something that they were growing for an entirely new field.

And the testimonies of people in that new field were the only thing that drove them.

I am not saying that you can’t start something new.

But make sure you understand what it takes to excel there

You still need to do the work.

There are no overnight successes anywhere.

The Importance Of Service

The sky is big enough doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t serve.

Without service, you can never rise to the top of your field.

There is a time for learning, incubation, mentorship, and service.

Choosing to declare independence prematurely will always come back to haunt you.

With that, we get to the central point of today’s message.

Your goal should be to become the best in the world at what you do, Keep redefining what you do until this is true - Naval

Seven years ago, if you had asked me what I did.

I would have told you that I am a content developer.

The same question five years ago would have brought a different answer.

I would have told you that I was a Community Manager/ Online Educator

If you had asked Three years ago, I would have told you that I am a Growth Hacker.

The difference between these careers was the amount of skill I had each time.

But no matter how skilled I am now and how skilled I get in the future my foundational skills will always determine what I get

Things like Curiosity, Pattern Recognition, and Taking Action.

Curiosity is what fuels every single skill or knowledge that I have now.

It is something that I urge you to build.

Seek and you shall always find.

The traditional educational system has taught us that we need credentials to stake out a claim to significance in this world.

And there is nothing wrong with credentials, I have some and am still chasing more.

However, you need to understand that things have changed.

And in the words of Chris Ani

The Jobs of the Future won’t be taught in schools.

When I say that you need to be the best in the world at what you do,

You need to realize something, no career would help you attain that.

Your purpose is what would.

I am someone who believes that everyone on Earth has a purpose and it is in finding that purpose that you would truly find out what you are meant to be the best at.

Elon Musk plans to build Rockets that take Humans to Mars.

That’s a very lofty goal that has been laughed at for years, but as time goes on we are seeing him getting nearer to his goal.

No school on Earth teaches a degree on how to colonize Mars.

What we are seeing is one Man harnessing every natural and man-made resource that is available to him to achieve his goal.

He isn’t the only one building Rockets, but he needs no Introduction.

Also, not everyone is known on a global scale like Elon.

I have found out that the size of our dreams always determines the size of our world.

And also, getting to global significance is a journey that takes decades.

Elon didn’t start today. He is currently in his early Fifties.

No matter where you are now, there is one question that you need to ask yourself.

Do my daily actions match the actions of a world builder?

The things that you did this week, are they Net Positive or Negative?

If someone watched your life today like a movie, would they be able to predict who you are and where you would be in let’s say five years?

Also, the purpose of this post is not to motivate you.

I have discovered that the people of this current generation have sold themselves mediocre dreams.

So when you try to make them understand that they can be much better, they fight you.

The worst thing that you can be is a willing prisoner of circumstance who doesn’t believe that greatness is within reach.

No matter how bad things are for you.

There are people who had less that were able to build something that made the world standstill.

Words are the cheapest form of motivation.

The best kind of motivation is that which comes from taking action.

As you act and see results, you get energized to push further and aim much higher.

Becoming the best in the world at what you do is not child’s play.

It takes dedication to study and personal development.

We live in a time when people think they only need to study in preparation for an exam.

Any reading that doesn’t come with exams doesn’t seem valuable to them.

You need to wake up if you are in that category.

Today is February 10th

How are you progressing with your new year goals?

Or have you abandoned them?

Your personal/Income/Business growth is always tied to your personal growth.

You can’t divorce these things.

You can read this because I am attaining my goal of publishing a newsletter article every Saturday.

But don’t just read this.

Act on the lessons contained in this article

We live in a time and age where information is abundant.

However, what’s lacking is the will to study.

When you created your Instagram or Twitter account, you probably listed many things in your bio.

And depending on your pace of growth, the things in your bio have changed with time.

Bios on social media are what we use to signal to the world who we are.

“I have achieved this and that, so you better put some respect on my name.”

However, the ultimate bios are not what Mark Zuckerberg made room for us to update.

You need to get to that point where you become increasingly better and better at what you do.

With time your bio will get shorter and shorter as you build and cement your place in this world.

Until one day.

Only your name will be enough.

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