The Hidden Cost of “Greatness”
And why millennials have become impostors in the process
At some point in our lives, our subconscious mind will tell us we want to be great at something. We want to be known and respected as “experts” in a certain field as our contribution to this society.
Yet on the other hand, our conscious “woke” state, while pretending to be happy being contented and demonizing the desire to become actually great, finds all the reasons not to tread down the path to greatness.
Is it because we know deep inside it’s damn hard and would eat so much of our precious time? Or are we just too lazy to spend our energy doing the actual legwork, and will prefer to just talk about it on social platforms as an influencer?
Maybe we are too modest to admit that we secretly want that beam of light shining down on us (scared that people will slam us for being ambitious). Or are we just afraid we might not be able to bounce back once every drop of calculated effort fails?
In my search for this version of the truth, I looked deeply into myself. Maybe Magnus was right. There’s a certain price tag to greatness that a huge chunk of the population doesn’t wanna pay for. And it’s the cost of loneliness.
“If you want to get to the top, there’s always the risk that…
