There are those among us that reach greatness. We notice many of them only after they managed to grab the attention through some impressive achievement. News of these exceptional men and women circulate and make us wonder just how they did it. The easy answers most of us come up with are: “They are naturally talented, otherwise they wouldn’t be standing there, receiving praise”, “They must have had the right connections, so an easy ride to the top was a given”, “That person is an as**le that must have used others and then abandoned them”, “There’s no way you can get to that level without doing something fishy” and so on. These are the reactions that expose our pettiness, weakness of character and mediocre achiever mindset. We judge others without knowing what they went through to get to where they are. In stating this, I don’t deny the existence of terrible people who are willing to walk over bodies to get what they want. I’m trying to shed some light on the inner workings of the minds…