Don't Rush Greatness

Good morning,

Yeah, yeah, I know I didn't write one of these last week — that's because I travelled and I needed to clear my head. It worked, so I'm back now.

Yesterday, Lando Norris finally won his first world championship in Formula 1, making it the second wholesome sporting moment I've witnessed this year.

What's the first?

It's Rory winning his first Masters, his first major title in golf in lord knows how many years, to complete a career grand slam he has been pursuing for almost two decades.

That's something special.

Both moments got me thinking about dreams and greatness — here are my key takeaways from both outcomes.

You can't rush greatness; you have to be patient and be willing to put in the work even on days that you don't feel like it, or worse, on days you don't feel the dream is worth pursuing anymore.

We all have these crazy ambitious goals we want to achieve, but we don't want to accept that it takes time to achieve them. Realistically, you can't become a successful person in 5 years — it's impossible. Even the people that you think achieved it in that time or less spent years working on things that compounded to give them that result.

You have to be patient, keep going at a decent pace, and remember that it's a marathon, not a sprint.

It took Lando Norris more than 3 years to win his first race in Formula One, but after winning Miami last year, he became a championship contender. He did not win it last year, and every other person would have given up on the ultimate goal, but he didn't — he kept his cool and won it this year despite the negativity from some fans, the media, and his own self-criticism.

It's really not about having the smoothest ride but instead about pulling through when times get hard, because that's what winners do. On a bad day, just take it one task at a time — it might be you just reading emails and responding to some, but it all counts.

Congratulations to Lando once again because it's truly deserved, and to everyone who is fighting to achieve that goal, you've come a long way this year and that alone is worth celebrating.

Thank you for reading, I hope it made some sense.

Have the courage to be different and Unconventional.

See you next week.

Cheers.

Written by Alhassan Abdulmajeed.