Gemma Spake

We're all in the race.

None of us are winning.

There are like 10 or 12 people in this world, 10 or 12 amazing 20-somethings who are Olympians, who are business owners, who are authors, who are experts.

They're winning, but we are not.

And the question always seems to be like,

why can't that be me?

Why didn't I make it?

Why don't I have the motivation to be this extraordinary person?

Does that mean that I am less than?

It is so exhausting.

And I think we really need to dissect where that comes from, from a psychological standpoint, what it does to our ambition.

I also want to talk about the role of viral fame, how that has changed

our interpretation of what it means to be extraordinary, the gifted child phenomena, all of these things, but mainly the personal cost of this pressure to be extraordinary that just seemingly follows us around everywhere and why our current version of what is extraordinary is probably deeply, deeply flawed and deeply, deeply wrong.

So without further ado, I feel like this is the pep talk I need right now.

This is an important episode for me as well.

Let's get into it.

What does it mean to be extraordinary in modern society right now?

I think there are a few major themes that spring to mind.

The biggest being fame, money, status items.

being busy, being the best, accomplishing as much as possible in a very short time.