YOU: An Uncommon Breed

By Keval Darji

You- An uncommon breed is all about your gifts. This book is all about your legendary. It wants to tell you that you are a definition of greatness. The stories in this book and the sayings will make you feel that you are the creator of your own destiny.Because no one has come to you ever saying that you are the best creature from the almighty, you are best as you are. People always tell you that Be sincere, Be kind...But no one tells you to be Bold, to be awesome.This book will realize you the lion inside you. It will make you realize you that being extra-ordinary is the only option you have.Playing small won’t be enough. So get up and crack the pavement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Release date: Apr 19, 2018
• ISBN: 9789386487827

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INTRODUCTION

Hey my beloved reader,

I am just like you. Sometimes broken, sometimes tired. When I used to read books, I would often find something missing in me. After months and years of introspection I realized that the missing part was nothing but – My individual greatness. Eventually, I also began realizing that ‘human greatness’ is a topic that no author writes about in his/her book. That set me thinking. Why doesn’t anyone write about how great we human beings are?

For years, we have been taught to follow the crowd, without using our own brains, aspirations and thoughts. This leads us to getting trapped amid herds of people who live their entire lives clothed in cloaks of fear and insecurities. We end up trapping ourselves in a box just as they do.

But, there’s still hope. There still are a few among us who express something magnificent because they believe, because they have hope, and they had something to tell sans fear.

If these few people can do it, why not you? What is stopping you from becoming great? Remember – every human being has been sent into this world armed with something unique. This life is given to help us explore and reach out full potential. To do that, all you need to do is break the chains that bind your mind and limit your soul.

Once you do that, just see how high you soar!

You are unique; you are best as you are. Don’t change; just grow.

I find one of the greatest human

beings of all time, when I remind

myself who am I!

PROLOGUE

You are just one decision away from having a beautiful life; And, there are two reasons that stop us from taking that decision

The first reason is, we think, this one decision can snatch us out from our comfort zone; and we will definitely face problems after coming out of that zone. Our mind does not want us to face problems and thus stops us from taking decisive action. In a matter of seconds, the mind conjures up hundreds of possibilities about what could go wrong if we take that one step.

The second reason is directly connected to the first one. We are afraid to try new things because we are unaware of our own greatness.

Let me tell you a story. Once, a baby elephant got born in a small village. The mahout used to tie up the baby elephant with a rope every day. Slowly, the elephant began growing. She grew in size, she grew in weight. She became so capable that she could have stomped over tree or boulder that stood in her way. Yet, she never did that.

Do you know why? That’s because, the mahout kept tying her up with the rope and it never occurred to the elephant that she could be the most powerful entity around, of only she broke the rope! The thought of breaking the rope never occurred to her because she was so used to it, that it didn’t feel like a burden to her at all.

Our situation is similar to that of the elephant’s. Most of us never know how capable we are and what greatness we can achieve, simply because we get comfortable shackled to our comfort zones – so much so, that the ties of societal prejudice, conventional expectations and jaded ideas do not seem disturbing to us any more. We do not seek to break through them; being rather complacent soaking in them and leading a mediocre life all through.

However, life is a gift that we receive only once. It is meant to be lived in the most beautiful way possible. It is meant to be used for making a difference to others’ lives. It is meant to be lived uniquely! However, uniqueness never happens if one is happy staying in a pigeonhole.

This book seeks to encourage the reader to believe in himself/herself. God has made each of us unique. He has blessed us all with something different from the rest. Break the shackles of mediocrity and use these talents to scale the peaks of greatness. Become a legend. Set an example for others. Lead; don’t follow. Make your life worth living over and over again!

Walk like you are the king

Or

Walk like you don’t care who

the king is.

King’s attitude

We are scared; because the people around us are scared. Their perceptions, their beliefs, their narrow mind-sets, their mediocre ways of living have rusted them and their dreams. We look at that debris of human dreams and get scared if it will be the same with us. We have forgotten that we all have something to prove; and more importantly, something to express. We