When you hear the word ordinary, when you are talking about a child, a colleague, a friend, an athlete, a dancer, a school, a place or anything else, what do you think?

You probably think of words such as average, dull, boring, plain, common, and every day. You're probably not thinking of examples—ordinary people and ordinary places don't stand out and simply aren't that important or that memorable. Now what you think of when you hear the word extraordinary. Are words such as amazing, wonderful, talented, gorgeous, outstanding and brilliant coming to mind? We almost always think of a particular individual or a particular place that fits the description: a hero, a partner, a child, a friend, a great school, a great restaurant, an incredible footballer, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, a great poet, or your favourite place.

Many people believe that if you are an ordinary person with an ordinary job, you have no hope of ever achieving success or doing something extraordinary: something that really makes a difference. This is not true. You are a unique and extraordinary individual with incredible potential and the difference between being ordinary or being extraordinary is not skill, the difference is attitude!
Chris