Life is one big pyramid
Written by R. A. Stewart
Rugby is the national sport in New Zealand with about 50,000 Kiwis who play the game, possibly more so how many of them will be good enough to play for the All Blacks?
There are fifteen players in a rugby team + five reserves I think it is. This is a very small percentage of the total number who play the game.
THe Next level down is the Super Rugby; there are five teams in the competition, this year the participating countries have their own competition due tp Covid-19 and border restrictions. The other countries involved were Australia, South Africa, Argentina, and Japan.
The five teams in New Zealand each have a pool of thirty players which mean 150 rugby players are good enough to reach this level.
Next level down is the provincial competitions which has a lot more teams involved which mean a greater pool of players taking part.
Do you see what is happening here?
Life is like a pyramid with the elite at the point of the pyramid but with each level down you will find more participants.
Those at the top have exceptional talent but have worked their butts off to reach that level.
Talent can only take you so far but diligence and the right attitude will take you further.
The point of all of this is that to get yourself further up the pyramid in any sphere you have to do something which the majority are not.
A lot of youngsters like to booze at the weekends but if your ambition is to be an international sportsman then you need to give up the booze.
The same is for those who want financial success. There are sacrifices which have to be made in order to achieve your financial goals.
I think it was J. Getty who once said, “If you divided the world’s wealth equally between its inhabitants people would after a period of time be in the same financial position as there were previously.”
What he was saying is the mindset of people will dictate what they would do with the money.
It is important therefore to network with like-minded individuals who have the same goals as you or have at least achieved what you are setting out.