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Do You Need to Do Impressive Things to Make a Difference in the World?
No. You just need to do the best and be the best you can.
I’m a big fan of audiobooks. When I recently came across Chris Hadfield’s An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth and saw he was also the narrator, I had to download it.
If you’re unfamiliar with Colonel Chris Hadfield, he’s a Canadian Astronaut who’s been to space 3 times, the last as commander of the International Space Station (ISS). He’s also an excellent singer, songwriter, and guitar player who performed from the ISS with Barenaked Ladies a song he wrote. He’s also an engineer, fighter pilot, fiction author, and used his time on the ISS to help educate the world about what space travel truly looks like.
Col. Hadfield is a dynamic speaker, and his reading of his own book gives it that much more gravitas. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it — and the many lessons he’s learned and the trials he went through to become probably the most famous Canadian astronaut.
In case it’s not obvious, this is someone that I greatly admire and deeply respect.
His life approach is different from mine, but still very much resonates with me. One of the key takeaways I’ve gotten from his book is the idea that you need not be impressive or do impressive…
