Deep have I thought about this matter, in terms of the ultimate destination of human existentialia.
Do we fundamentally seek greatness or is it relevance that
really drives us?
People like Gandhi and Martin Luther found something
relevant to struggle for and change and then greatness ensued for posterity. They
will also be the first people to admit that they did not get it done alone but
many a soul joined them on their eternal quest. The brand was theirs that got
used in the follow on promotion behind the said initiatives and goals that they
achieved.
Bill Gates found fortune and fame in a domain that grants
him a place in a certain pantheon dominated by industry stalwarts, but I guess
even he was missing the relevance of the human dimension at which he wanted to make
an impact and hence his present day quest to make an impact with the work of
the Gates foundation.
My thesis and personal experience is that something relevant
and meaningful provides a deeper sense of satisfaction at the core of human
existence and most likely leads of greatness in the longer term than the road
traveled in any other direction.
The upshot of this is that if you are looking for greatness
then find something relevant and make a meaningful impact in undertaking the
road to solving the said relevant problem.
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