To what extremes have you ever gone?

To what extremes have you ever gone? This is a question that I keep asking friends and people I meet. It comes from a conviction that ordinary efforts really never give any outstanding results. That our efforts must border the extreme if we are to register any meaningful impact. If we want the extra ordinary , then we have to put in extra ordinary efforts.

The network effect - Drawing from Oliver Emberton's article

In 2014, Oliver Emberton wrote one great article that I think everyone should read.  I read it twice, shared it on Facebook, and I have read it again.  

If I can summarize it in one sentence: “success is a network effect, you get rewarded for the number of people you impact, and not how good you are”.