The Extraordinary Project: How To Become Extraordinary
Since I was a kid I have always been fascinated with the idea of ability and how things work. No matter what the subject may be if I found interest in it I wanted to learn about it. If it was a skill I wanted to know how was someone able to do it. Who knew that I’ve always been asking myself how to become extraordinary.
As time passed and I got older that feeling never went away and I had the desire deep inside. This led me to explore many aspirations and ventures to eventually develop interesting hobbies. As my interest continued to grow and me wanting to become better in my abilities; this led me to, what I think, was one of the greatest questions today…
What Does It Mean To Be Extraordinary?
As I meditated on this and looked at the word I realized the combination of 2 words.
Extra & Ordinary
What happens when you take the words apart and separate them individually. This thought led me to a new concept. What if that was all that was needed to reach greatness. Doing a little extra more than the ordinary, or average, to reach a point of remarkability.
Could it be that simple?
So What Is The Extraordinary Project?
In its essence the extraordinary project is an attempt for me to answer all the questions and frustrations that I’ve had in my life.
Frankly I’m sick and tired of the idea that I can only be good at one thing if I want to excel and become a master. This idea was very hard for me because there were a lot of things that interested me and I wanted to learn how to do it.
Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of mastery and still believe in it strong today…
However, I don’t want to master everything but just be good enough to my own standards.
Perhaps I needed to look at things differently.
The goal is to learn a new skill based on my interest. As said before, not to be the best but to reach an adequate level where I feel confident. Confident enough to show and tell what and how I did something.
I want to break normal conventions and beliefs that you can’t be good at everything. Which I don’t! I just want to do things I think is fun and interesting to me. I think that looks like creating simple mini projects that I can complete, and when I’m done, I can have that ability for life.
In all honesty, the extraordinary project is a science experiment to answer some of the questions I’ve had in my life. Starting from finding the answers to questions, documenting that process, and sharing my findings.
These projects/experiments can range from learning to draw, how to code, learning UX design, creating an online business, to creating an animation. There is no LIMIT.
Here is an example of some of the questions I’m looking to answer…
- What do I want to do after learning this skill
- How long will it take to learn this skill
- What do I need to know to be confident in my new skill
- How do I keep this skill for life
- What does it mean to be the best if I choose, and who are the best in this field
- What are the core fundamentals of this skill
So as I think about these questions I have to define what this would look like and make a plan.
