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Greatness Is Wasted On The Present
In this life there are two different types of people in society as a whole often takes for granted. The first is the person that is doing something that has never been done before. It’s hard for people to fathom something that no one has ever done before and they spend a large part of the time not appreciating the greatness that is forming. It’s not until something or someone else much more significant validates them will that person get their due. The second is the person that comes behind someone tremendous and is often compared to that person. This phenomenon ranges from an older/younger sibling dynamic or NBA superstars from different eras. No matter what the latter does, no matter how spectacular, they can never to add up anything resembling the predecessor. If they appear to challenge the predecessor, the standard for what they have to do to ascend them keeps changing as they surpass the previous arbitrary metric. I don’t think people are natural born haters, even though let’s be honest they do exist. However, I don’t understand what the issue is because in both scenarios something great is still happening.
One of my favorite entrepreneurs is Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla. He as known as a visionary, genius, and a real-life Tony Stark. No seriously, Robert Downey Jr spent time with him to prepare for his role as Iron Man. Musk is highly respected and regarded as the…
