I used to believe that I wanted to become famous until I found the idea grotesque. Grotesque in so far that I realised the previous ideology shaping my beliefs were contrived.

Fame or the necessity of want of fame derives from requirements of want of “greatness”. “Want of greatness” is prevalent among the young and certain portions of society.

I want to feel great; you want to feel great; we all want to feel great. But are we great?

Try something:-
Close your eyes, tell yourself you’re great. Then ask yourself WHY you’re great?
How long did it take to reach an answer? I’m not suggesting, instead wondering if it took longer than expected to reach the answer?

Greatness on its own is a label with no contents; a pie without a filling. “Greatness” itself is based on ‘meaning’. We feel great = we have a meaning. Meanings make us feel great.

Levels of “greatness” are attributed to how meaningful something is to us personally. The greater the meaning, the “greater” the reason for “greatness” behind it. (if that makes sense)

“Greatness” fuels fame. It’s an oil that lubricates an engine that drives a machine.

Fame gives us meaning. We feel loved, we feel special, we’re adored; we’ve found what we’ve been looking for, but in the wrong place. Those who achieve fame are lucky enough to know this experientially, but for most, fame is elusive and so illusion continues.

Meaning is in what we do, not how we perceive matters. How we do something means something to us, not how we achieve it. Re-read this, it’s a bit strange.

We need to be honest about what makes us feel better. Will the amount of people I know or the amount of people I serve make me feel better?
Or rather:-
(1) You’re on the front cover of every magazine, everyone knows who you are.
(2) Your granny needs your help hanging out her washing, are you going to help her?

Which of the statements feels stronger?

Love will always motivate the strongest. Why? Because it is the stronger inherent force, or rather, it derives from a stronger current of power. Power = truth.

Most of the time we are not honest with ourselves, we spend far too little time understanding or acknowledging the motives for our actions.

Action precipitates thought, thought precipitates motive?
Or perhaps:- Action requires thought, thought needs action and motives generate.
(The generators are the ‘meanings’)

Think about why it is you do what you do, then ask yourself why you are great.

The greater the motive for doing something, the greater the necessity behind it. Do not be fooled by contrived ideologies of “greatness”, they are purely meanings looking for existence.

Stand up straight and see how it makes you feel. Even just pretending makes you feel assertive. Confidence doesn’t always exude but we can squeeze the tube to give it a push start.

Don’t wait for confidence; it might not happen. Confidence isn’t a god-given gift for everyone but certain people practice it more than others while reaping the benefits. The power is in the practice. Practice forms belief.

Pretending to be confident makes us confident, obvious, but a seed with power grows into an oak tree. Confidence has benefits. Confidence allows us to get up, move on and breathe life into the old. Whatever overwhelmed – now has a solution and in the instance of no solutions forthcoming, it’s okay because we feel confident.

Confidence pushes back the mindset of failure and brings forward the mindset of constructive action.

Simply pretend to be confident, tell yourself you are. It’s not difficult and whilst you may not believe it at first – it’s worth remembering –

Confidence isn’t necessarily something that one person has more of than the other, it is simply the belief that one person has more of it than the other