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There Are No Extraordinary Persons
We only have ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
Think Steve Jobs is extraordinary? Think again! Most of what he went through happens to ordinary people.
Started a Company with Steve Wozniak in a garage? Ordinary! His biological mother placed him up for adoption shortly after he was born? Ordinary! He was sacked by a Company he co-founded? Ordinary in a different style! His life was full of several ordinaries in the formative and full cycle. At the end, what happens to ordinary people happened to him, he died.
Nevertheless, he brought innovation and charm to lifestyle and Apple owes him the credit for his revival and surge till date even after his lifetime. His life was full of ordinary moments, but his extraordinary feats make him look extraordinary.
Malcolm Gladwell may admit that Bill Gates was born into a privileged home and attended a privileged school. But his passion and striving in learning programming was what ordinary people do. Although many other people do otherwise, this does not make them less than ordinary. As an ordinary person, he started a Company with Paul Allen. Though ordinary, he challenged himself and transformed the world of computing beyond people’s imagination. These are extraordinary moments, but it was still done by the ordinary Bill Gates. Just as the ordinary, he got…
