Selected motivational English: How Good Do You Want to Be
Everyone wants to excel at their work, but how good do we truly want to be? Good? Quite good? Very good? The best in our field? Or the best in the world?
Talent is important, but ambition surpasses talent in shaping success. Everyone wants to do well, but only a few are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve greatness. For most, being nice to be liked is more important. While being kind and being liked both have value, they should not be confused.
Most people look for ways to perform well. In reality, there is no shortcut to excellence; the only path is through experience and learning from mistakes.
You can become whoever you want to be. You can achieve the seemingly impossible, but first you need to set goals beyond your current abilities. You must ignore your perceived limits and attempt what you once thought impossible.
If you think you cannot work for the best company, make that your goal.
If you think you are incapable of running a company, make that your goal.
If you think you cannot appear on the cover of Time magazine, make it your mission to achieve it.
Turn your vision of the future into reality. At the moment when dreams come true, nothing is impossible.