{"id":406,"date":"2010-01-08T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T13:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/the-roots-of-greatness\/"},"modified":"2010-01-08T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T13:58:01","slug":"the-roots-of-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/the-roots-of-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roots Of Greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How well do you execute on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Returning the client&#39;s call-same day.<\/li>\n<li>Slowing down&#0160;to admire a fresh snowfall or beautiful sunrise.<\/li>\n<li>Seeing people as a source of connection.<\/li>\n<li>Trusting those who work for and with you (this is a big one for those &quot;in-charge&quot;.)<\/li>\n<li>Involving yourself in something bigger than yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The answers to the above will reveal two things:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<strong><em>Your true values (the type you would deny or hide)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\t\t\t\t\t\tOpportunities for growth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I don&#39;t recommend seeking greatness if your motives are suspect.&#0160; But if you are aligned with motivations around changing the world, it can be a good thing&#8230;just make sure you have people around you that aren&#39;t impressed-by you.&#0160; I firmly believe that most people want to leave a mark before the clock runs out.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the roots of greatness are nestled in doing the small well.&#0160; It&#39;s the stuff of obscurity, humility and authentic love\/care.&#0160; If those situations disappoint, you may have issues with self-worth or identity.&#0160; Needing the applause of others is a dead-end road.&#0160; Eventually, the &quot;crowd&quot; moves onto another show.&#0160; Believe me, I know.<\/p>\n<p>So start working on doing the small well.&#0160; Slow down, be ok with coming in second, let someone else have the last piece of cake (figuratively speaking), find someone to love\/care for.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s the secret:<\/p>\n<p><span>&#0160;&#0160;<em><strong>&#0160;&#0160;If you won&#39;t do the small things well, you&#39;ll never be able to do the great things well.<\/strong><\/em><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How well do you execute on the following: Returning the client&#39;s call-same day. Slowing down&#0160;to admire a fresh snowfall or beautiful sunrise. Seeing people as a source of connection. Trusting those who work for and with you (this is a big one for those &quot;in-charge&quot;.) Involving yourself in something bigger than yourself. The answers to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,123,6],"tags":[22,582,177,1390,119],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coaching","category-leadership-development","category-learning","tag-business","tag-leadership-development-2","tag-management-2","tag-process-improvement","tag-self-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}