Overall, there is a difference between a Mohammed Ali and a May Weather, though their both boxers and even May Weather and you and i knows this!
When I got to this statement, I laughed so hard.
Ali had an intelligence and warmth and a self depracating way - just youtube an interview with Ali and you see an intelligent man behind the bravado and spin, listen to an interview with Floyd and its the same format each time; he talks about him, his money, his TMT stable and…… has no opinion on virtually anything else.
The two are chalk and cheese and the products of very different times obviously but I personally cannot ever put someone like Floyd in the same place as someone like Ali.
This teaches us a very important fact about life, especially life here in steemit. When you go for the SBs alone, you can get the temporary reward, but you'll have no substance. Like Mayweather, all you'll have is money, all you'll be known for is the money, but when you go for impact, setting a new pace, what you'll have is legacy.
That's the difference between both lives. We all have a choice to make. You know I was looking at @surpassinggoogle and I remembered when you were writing on one of your posts, and I recolleted that you blatantly said you had little money to take care of a need I don't want to make mention of.. That got me thinking, I even had to call my brother asking him why a content whale like @surpassinggoogle would not have enough money for a very pressing need at that time. And that's when I knew there was a difference in mindset in you. It was never about the SBD, but about impact and legacy.
That's what life on steemit should truly be about. We can choose the immediate gain or the long lasting gains.
You dug, felt and spoke. Thank you for awesomeness. You so grasped. Ali has other facets of human and the world of today relegates to hype more of the superficial. Ali had presence, aura, substance etc. Like you said, sbd will have extra-essence in his hands and if he didn't have steem power, he will be love still. That's what i was trying to touch on when i mentioned "real influence!"
The world adjusting much in this regard and steemit is helping matters. Read this post and its comments:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@surpassinggoogle/steemit-s-untalented-is-in-beta-participate-freely-because-every-participant-in-this-contest-will-win-something-no-losers
How do i surpassing Google?
By doing something, very positive yet unpopular by world standard! This very much involved "brothers".
After reading the post you linked to me, this part really stood out to me. It's not just about doing something extraordinary or new, but about doing something that will bless the lives of others, something that will help a neighbor become a better person. Thank you.
I read the whole link post you mentioned above and I wanted to see the awesomeness there. I saw how you inspired @adeem. It was really touching. I am happy for him and today I go to my new feed and I see him posting a lot and really mentioning how you have influenced him. That's the essence of humanity. Helping to give more strength and encouragement to one another. That's what steemit and #untalented is all about. Bringing out the best in us. Those hidden gifts coming to life. Thank you so much. May you have all the strength you will need for next year. Because I trust you have a lot in stall for us via stewmgigs and #untalented.
Hello @surpassinggoogle
We have given you our still tinnie-winnie upvote!
You have been determined by a human @lorreta to be possessing of special gem. Do join the #untalented family!
Abolishing the conditioning attached to IQ tests e.g smart, dull, bum, average and you suddenly give every human a chance to shine!
So e.g if Bill Gates did Microsoft and i can do Macro-hard, arent we both genius? Oh, we both are! Showcase your talents regardless of its nature freely with us in #untalented. Relegate all reservations as flaws are allowed and we sift even the so-called nonsense to find sense therein.
#untalented is an ongoing historical curriculum with initiatives/contests, where each participant wins something. No losers! It is also a core branch of #steemgigs, so please join the SteemGigs community on discord already containing around 700 gifted steemian family members. See this URL for more info
https://steemit.com/steemit/@surpassinggoogle/steemit-s-untalented-is-in-beta-participate-freely-because-every-participant-in-this-contest-will-win-something-no-losers
and also this URL for the discord community
https://discord.gg/CGuPyyT
If you want to vote a witness, you can vote steemgigs too. Simply go to
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
and type steemgigs into the first search box. Stay awesome!
Just incase you find any level or form of gifts, talents, attempts at out-of-the-boxness, or any steemian low in confidence about their abilities, worth, etc; please don't let it slip emptily by.
Kindly call on me! Simply reply to any such post and add @steem-untalented or #untalented to your reply and i will be there to upvote, acknowledge, strengthen and encourage them.