Greatness

“Do not be afraid to be great.” Coach Bill “Congo” Congleton repeated this motivating statement continually during our two championship seasons of cross country. This, along with a plethora of his other patented phrases, are permanently branded on my cerebral mass—my brain. Imagine Greatness fills my website banner.

“Why is anyone afraid of being great?” As a teenager, I firmly believed everyone sought greatness. Greatness personifies America! Freedom and responsibility of pursuing one’s dream provides opportunities for greatness.

“What is greatness? You have it on your website, and you speak of being great. How do you define greatness?” Chuck presented an excellent question.

We speak of great teams, great performances, great achievements, etc. etc. In 1869, Francis Galton associated greatness with genius. Do you believe genius achieves greatness? Other define greatness as possessing great strength, intellect or power.

Would you agree defining great achievements hinges upon one’s values and effort? Greatness equals the value of the achievement multiplied by the percentage of our maximum effort.


Consider creating a list of your activities, assign a value of one to ten (highest) to their positive-permanent impact on you, your family, business, community, and anyone else you feel compelled to affect.

Next evaluate your percent of effort based on your ability in performing these tasks. Multiplying the value and the effort provides your greatness score.

However, our activities alone fail to define or qualify greatness! Rather, our heart, our motive, driving our activities define greatness (Mt. 7:21). Do we serve in response man or God? Does our service originate with love?

Greatness exists in serving others in response to our love of God and those whom we serve.

See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve and Serve with Christ!

Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickEmeyer.com