{"id":1864,"date":"2014-04-03T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2016-01-12T13:14:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T19:14:53","slug":"against-humility-in-pursuit-of-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/against-humility-in-pursuit-of-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"Against Humility In Pursuit of Greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great humans like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Steve Jobs, Mother Theresa, and Albert Einstein don’t humble me\u2026<\/p>\n

They inspire me.<\/p>\n

To be a better person, a bigger person, a braver person, a more creative person, a more loving person.<\/p>\n

They were born into more ordinary circumstances than most of us were. They had the same 24 hours in the day that we do. They had brains and bodies at birth no more biologically special then we did.<\/span><\/p>\n

But through hard work, dedication and unwavering conviction to a better world carved their lives into works of greatness.<\/p>\n

And their greatness is within the reach of all of us.<\/p>\n

You know what humbles me?<\/p>\n

The Universe.<\/p>\n

And the size of the work we as a human race have in front of us to fulfill our destiny.<\/p>\n

But that overwhelming awe striking sublimity I attempt to transmute into inspiration too.<\/p>\n

So…<\/p>\n

Pick up a shovel with me.<\/p>\n

And let’s get to fucking work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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