Someone asked me; why want a great and successful life? I answered, Because of my mind. A desire for an average life is a product of an average mind and desire for a great a life is a product of a great mind. I continued......

Why settle for less when you can have more? 

Why limit yourself, when you can be unlimited?

Why seek for penny when you can have many?

Why want an average life when you can have a great life?

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Life will be meaningless if we can’t explore all the good things it has in store for us, if we continue to carry a small mind, we see a small world where succeeding is preserved for a handy few (that have a large mind and see a big world). 

Greatness is a function of living life to the fullest in our own way by not getting in our own way.

Survival is insufficient; there is more to life than merely surviving the day and the next day. If I earn a living, I will survive and have an average life just like everyone but if I help many other people earn a living, I will fulfill life purpose and find a sense of greatness that’s worth living for anyways.

If I wake up in the morning, eat, go to work, back home, get paid, get a shelter, and live life randomly like @radonwhale , I’m living an average life.
 
### **Greatness is not as easy as an Average Life is but sure Worth it**

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Many people settle for an average life because they think the cost of greatness is expensive. Why struggle for it when I can have an average life and still live my life anyways?

The problem is not about living your life; it’s about failing your generation, depriving it of great things that should come out from you.

The world wouldn’t be this interesting if all the amazing guys that took greatness as responsibility and work hard to develop amazing great ideas and products settled for less the way you want to.

Every greatness story is a product of thinking beyond survival, beyond ordinary and putting the extra to make it extra-ordinary.

I wouldn’t allow you come to this world and die just like that

Your coming to this world is for a purpose and that purpose needs to be fulfilled

The world needs to hear about you, your ideas needs to manifest to better our world

You can be a simple definition of greatness. When people want to define greatness they just point to you. That’s a life worth living.

Pain is not failure. As long as you never quit, you will never fail.


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#### Check out inspirational post from previous editions of University of Greatness series 

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[University of Greatness (Introduction Episode)](https://steemit.com/steemit/@bania/university-of-greatness-introduction-episode)

[EP. 1: University of Greatness - Age is on Your Side Even at 70](https://steemit.com/steemit/@bania/ep-1-university-of-greatness-age-is-on-your-side-even-at-70)

[EP. 2: University of Greatness – How to Connect With Anyone and Get their Full Help](https://steemit.com/inspiration/@bania/ep-2-university-of-greatness-how-to-connect-with-anyone-and-get-their-full-help)

[EP. 3: University of Greatness – How I Plan to Achieve Greatness in a Day](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-3-university-of-greatness-how-i-plan-to-achieve-greatness-in-a-day)

[EP. 4: University Of Greatness – When You Are Broke and Can’t Afford the Price of Greatness – I Have an Idea](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-4-university-of-greatness-when-you-are-broke-and-can-t-afford-the-price-of-greatness-i-have-an-idea)

[EP. 5: University Of Greatness – How Far Can I Go In Life? (Fundamental and Technical Analysis of Bania Life)](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-5-university-of-greatness-how-far-can-i-go-in-life-fundamental-and-technical-analysis-of-bania-life)

[EP. 6: University of Greatness – How to Become Great on Steemit without Pissing off a Whale (How to Become a Whale without Pissing off a Whale)](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-6-university-of-greatness-how-to-become-great-on-steemit-without-pissing-off-a-whale-how-to-become-a-whale-without-pissing)

[EP. 7: University of Greatness – 7 Things I Will Do Differently If I Have a Chance to Write a New Introduction Post](https://steemit.com/steemit/@bania/ep-7-university-of-greatness-7-things-i-will-do-differently-if-i-have-a-chance-to-write-a-new-introduction-post)

[EP. 8: University of Greatness – A Chapter in My Biography Titled “My Past”](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-8-university-of-greatness-a-chapter-in-my-biography-titled-my-past)

[EP. 9: University of Greatness – The Best Cryptocurrency You Should Invest Your Money in If You Truly want Greatness](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-9-university-of-greatness-the-best-cryptocurrency-you-should-invest-your-money-in-if-you-truly-want-greatness)

[EP. 10: University of Greatness – Steemit greatness can be slow but you have to keep it steady](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-10-university-of-greatness-steemit-greatness-can-be-slow-but-you-have-to-keep-it-steady)

[EP. 11: University of Greatness – Passion Will take you to Places because it’s the Master Key to Greatness](https://steemit.com/universityofgreatness/@bania/ep-11-university-of-greatness-passion-will-takes-you-to-places-because-it-s-the-master-key-to-greatness)

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