What makes greatness?

What makes greatness?

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What makes greatness?

How can one be great?

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What does that even mean?

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To be great?

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To be considered the best.

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Elite.

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A cut above everyone else.

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Greatness is achievement.

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Success.

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Doing what most consider impossible.

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Again.

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And again.

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And again.

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Many years of work.

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Many years of effort.

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Many years of achievement.

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Kobe.

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My GOAT.

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He was great.

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Why?

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He did it over a long time.

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Anyone can be great for one year.

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But how many can be great for decades?

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Not just another basketball player.

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But elite.

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Top of the game.

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Top of the sport.

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It took work.

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Lots of it.

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Especially when no one was watching.

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Hours of practice.

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Hours of silence.

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Hours of loneliness.

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Just him and a ball.

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Relentless dedication.

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Relentless determination.

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Relentless commitment.

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Even when he won.

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That’s the hardest.

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When you hit the mountain top.

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When you first achieve.

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Most people take that.

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And coast off that the rest of their lives.

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But the greats know.

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That’s just the beginning.

That’s just the starting line.

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Congratulations.

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You’ve now just entered the arena.

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But can you last?

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Can you keep doing it?

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Keep showing up?

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Even when your back’s against the wall?

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Even when you suffer?

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Even when you fail?

Even when everyone around you is doubting you?

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Even when you doubt yourself?

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Can you still do it?

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Still commit?

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Still work?

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That’s what makes someone great.

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The self-belief.

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The confidence.

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The internal ego.

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The commitment to showing up no matter what.

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Being great is hard.

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It’s not for the weak.

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99.9% of people will never get there.

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They’ll quit along the way.

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It’ll get too hard.

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But the greats know.

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They understand.

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It never ends.

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It’s with you till death.

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The relentless drive.

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The competitive edge.

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The desire to be the best.

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The sacrifice of other parts of your life.

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That’s what makes greatness.

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So do you want to be great?

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I do.

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