Family Influence in Unlocking Greatness.

The role of family in unlocking greatness

We are all born into a family either we like them or not is not the first issue; we must recognize the role that family play in unlocking the greatness that is within us. We must consider some few things that will be relevant to this brief article.

I want to thank you for taking out time to read this as it will be a great help in the journey of unlocking the greatness within you.

Know your family history

We all have our genealogies, you have a father and your father has a father too. Sometimes, what we do in life unknowingly comes from our family history; there are some families that have very great business people, it runs in their history from their great grandfather as long they can remember, this can help you know the direction of a positive trend in your family and for you to take advantage of it.

I read a story many years ago about a lion that gave birth to a curb, along the line the lion lost its little cub. One day a Sheppard that was taking care of his sheep saw the cub and decided to take it with him. The cub eventually grow among the sheep and did everything like the sheep; eat grasses and behaved like them until one day that they went grazing and after eating they went to the stream to drink some water, there the young lion saw his reflection in the water and noticed that he was different from the rest. With this in mind, one day the young lion saw another lion (the mother lion) in the forest roaring and ran away eventually with other animals but started saying within itself; I look like that one and I think I can do what it did, but within itself he felt like a sheep. Eventually the young lion realised he does not belong among the sheep, that’s how the young lion found its true identity and started living the life that he was created to live.

There must be something good in your family and you can see it only if you look from a positive paradigm

You cannot truly chart the cause of your future properly, when you don’t know the path that has led from the past to the present. This knowledge gives you the courage to break boundaries, cross lines of limitations and create a new cause for your family, future and unborn generation.

Know your personal history

This is one thing we so often neglect in this part of the world, we just find ourselves that we are grown up and whatever we cannot remember is past and forgotten forever. This is why most people from this part of the world have it so difficult to write an accurate biography of their lives.

There are things in your childhood if we know, it can help us unlock the greatness that is within you. Some of the things you should know are;

The circumstances that surrounded your birth: if you read the biography of some great men, this part is always important in the story because it brings out the true picture of why things turned out the way they did in their life. For example the birth of Jesus Christ was one that had a lot of circumstances that surrounded it and it was very important to his life’s ministry and fulfillment, you cannot properly give that account without telling the circumstances that surrounded his birth. This was an indicator to the type of life he  would eventually live.

Know the story of your childhood: this is another very important thing that can help you unlock the greatness within. What you did at the formative stage of your life is very vital to the fulfillment of your destiny if properly understood. Some great men started what they became at a very early stage in life and this was an indicator to their great future. You can practically identify children that are creative, business minded, sport enthusiast, and even special/gifted children. If this traits are identified and encouraged either at that early stage or now that you are grown up it can be a key that will unlock that hidden greatness within you. 

Some examples of people who started early in life; Michael Jackson who started at the age of 5, Tiger wood at the age of 8 had already won a medal in the game of golf, Venus and Serena Williams become world champions in lawn tennis, started very early in life.  Our childhood interest should never be over looked as it plays a very vital role in unlocking the greatness that is within us, the rhythm of that unsung music in our soul. It is not too late to take a retrospect back and see what really excites you and how you can build on it.

I will like to conclude this way;

Never rest on the frame of your family success or failure; when you keep basking in old victories you will not know when you start losing present battles. Some people like to hold on to their family name and boast on what their family has achieved which is not entirely wrong but to be lost in it and forget that you have a life of your own to live and  to unlock your personal greatness becomes a misplaced priority of purpose. People who often boast and say “do you know who my father is?” are in themselves nobody. I watched the news one day and saw the son of a very prominent Nigerian politician, whose father once contested for the presidential election and won but was denied the privilege of ruling. A very well respected man in many spheres of life but after his death one of his sons was charged to court for defrauding a man in a business deal, collected money without delivering the goods, it was so shameful to watch on national television.

Also don’t let the failure of your family become an hindrance to unlocking the greatness that is in your soul, I believe that all men were born great and the challenge of life is unlocking that greatness that is within. I see you becoming that person of your dream, stay focus and keep at it, you will get there!

Felix Smith Aigbonohan

Peak performance coach

CEO, RAZOREDGE Coaching

www.maximumperformancecoach.com.