You know you’re on the path of greatness when…

You’ve committed to a mission, project or cause with no Plan B. Failure is not an option.

Your mission is one that would be deemed ‘absurd’ or ‘unreasonable’ by even those closest to you. And you smile to yourself because this is precisely why you chose it.

Your decision to take up such a challenge — one that requires continual re-commitment — has you humming with energy. It also reinforces the profound sense that you are totally alone.

You go through the day in a near surreal daze, continually shaking off thoughts of doubt that try to sabotage and trick you into submission. But yet you hold fast.

You find your immunity to such distraction becoming stronger with every decision to remain on path.

It’s no longer about the ‘goal,’ but about what kind of person you are embodying today — right now — as an expression of this fearless commitment.

There is a transcendent, mystical and warrior-like quality to the person you’ve chosen to become.

You’re so deep in this that you even brush your teeth with a newly acquired sense of pride.

You find yourself walking a little taller. You take up more space where you sit. Where you once avoided another’s gaze — you now hold it without a flinch.

You’ve stopped telling anyone about the plan, choosing instead to prioritise conscientious daily action over talk.

People are asking where you went.

You have restructured your habits to reflect this identity — and it takes little thought or coaxing to be and do what it takes.

Why question or resist the disciplines required in service to a mission far greater than yourself?

The naysayers and openly critical are emerging from their dark corners. They see you mean business, and they sense an attack on their perceived inferior sense of self. They want you down there with them, even though the choice was there to be inspired.

Your supporters are also gathering in droves, and the queue is forming around the block.

Many send you heartfelt words of encouragement, and others ask interested questions.

You are riding a near continual wave of adrenalin from the wins and little successes that accumulate.

This provides much-needed fuel to feed into the relentlessness of your daily action-taking.

You might find long swathes of the day disappear behind the fluidity of your flow and deep engagement in the work. You forget to eat occasionally, and your sleep may sometimes be interrupted.

Your intense commitment to the mission has reversed your prior tendency toward self-consciousness.

You experience a more profound sense of connection with those around you. You can’t help smiling at little things in others that previously were of little interest.

Love for your fellow man is flourishing.

This is what it means to be on the path of greatness.

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