You will be very rich and comfortable in life if you can be #1 at what you do

My blog post today is reflective. 

I want to inspire you to look within and challenge yourself to greater success by asking, 'What are my presently very good at that people are willing to pay me for without thinking twice about the price?' Or ask, 'What talents or skills can I hone and monetize to achieve financial freedom?' 

The key to great wealth in life lies in your answer to these questions.

While all of us cannot be #1 at the same time, we all can strive for excellence at what we do in order to do it so consistently that we are paid extremely well for it.

Look at the following people (list) and see how this people stand out in their category. Let it remind you that it pays to be excellent and outstanding.

While some of the positions are arguable, transient or not so easy to confirm today, the fact remains that the majority of people on this list are either presently the best/first among equals, or they once were. And they are richer for it:

#1 Richest man and woman on earth- Bill Gates and his wife Melinda of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.

#1 Chess player to earn $100,000- 21 year old Chess GrandMaster Wesley So won the first prize of $100,000 at a $1 million chess tournament.

The boxer who has never lost or drawn a fight out of 48- Floyd Mayweather Jr. He made more than $200 million from his (May 2nd) fight against Manny Pacquiao.

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#1 richest and best Disk Jockey- DJ Calvin Harris (real names: Adam Richard Wiles) who currently dates Taylor Swift

#1 richest bestselling authors- JK Rowling of Harry Potter fame, Stephen King

Youngest female self-made billionaire- Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx.

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World's youngest CEOs at the time- 8-year old Harli Jordean of The Mable King Company, and India's young CEOs; 13-year old Sindhuja Rajaman of Seppan.com, Shravan and Sanjay Kumaran of Go Dimensions.

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#1  male and female head of states- USA president Barack Obama, South Korean president Park Geun-hye.

Youngest CEOs of a fortune 500 company at their prime– Michael Dell in 1992, Marissa Mayer in 2012, Mark Zuckerberg in 2013.

#1 most powerful woman on earth- Angela Merkel, German Chancellor.

#1 talk show host- Opray Winfrey who has made over a billion dollars from 'talking'.

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Bestselling artistes of all time- The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson.

...And I could continue this list forever, but I know you already get the message- Strive to be the best at what you do, enough for the world to pay you millions for doing it!

Cheers!