The Journey Within

There are different degrees of enriching uranium. You can enrich uranium to such a high grade that it can turn into a nuclear bomb. You can also choose to enrich it to a degree suitable for a power plant, producing electricity enough to power a city, a town, a village, a house, a room, a computer, a calculator, a light bulb…

The cost of enriching uranium is high. So to enrich uranium to power just a light bulb may not make economic sense. But the point is, there is a choice to the level of enrichment.

There are times when we choose to enrich ourselves through additional courses, additional work, additional challenges. As we look within ourselves, we want to improve on certain aspects of ourselves. Be it a new language, a new skill, or a new habit. We can also choose to polish our existing skills e.g. writing, communication, negotiation, sales, etc.

As with uranium enrichment, there is a choice to the level of your own enrichment. You don’t need to be the next Einstein. You don’t need to be the next Carnegie. You don’t need to be the next Warren Buffet or the next Steve Jobs. What you need to be, is to be you.

I love enriching myself. If possible, I would like to speak 10 different languages, memorise the world history better than google, able to run a marathon without loosing breath or aching legs, draw like Picasso, understand science like Richard Feynman, solve problems like Leonardo Da Vinci…

But I’m not these. I may be some of these, but I’m not all of these. I’m me. And it’s not a bad thing. The uranium enriched power plant is still producing electricity power capable of powering a small nation. The level of my own enrichment is still useful. I just need to find the right location for this power plant.

So, do you aspire to be a nuclear bomb or a power plant?

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