Below is a lesson from Mustafa on LinkedIn on patterns behind achieving greatness, as well as our key learnings.

The Blue Courage team is dedicated to continual learning and growth.  We have adopted a concept from Simon Sinek’s Start With Why team called “Learn, Share, Grow”.  We are constantly finding great articles, videos, and readings that have so much learning.  As we learn new and great things, this new knowledge should be shared for everyone to then grow from.

Patterns in the lives of great people

If you study enough biographies, documentaries, interviews; you start to see repeating structures.

different lives, same architecture.

here’s the blueprint almost all great people share:

1. a period of intense isolation

they disappear for years.

you think they fell off; but that’s when they’re cooking.

deep work. obsession. long lonely nights.

they resurface with something that changes the game.

2. an early spark

some childhood moment that burns into their brain.

a teacher, a machine, a failure, a movie, a sound.

something that makes them go, “I want to understand this for the rest of my life.”

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Key Learnings:

• Intense isolation fuels mastery – Great people often spend long periods alone, immersed in deep work and obsession before emerging with breakthroughs.

• Early spark shapes lifelong purpose – A formative childhood moment ignites a passion that drives relentless pursuit of understanding.

• Obsessive iteration builds skill – Mastery comes from repeated practice, experimentation, and learning from unseen failures.

• Disrespect for convention – They challenge norms and inefficiencies to create better systems, driven by truth rather than rebellion.

• Suffering transforms – Crises, failures, or losses become fuel for clarity, resilience, and growth.

• Relentless curiosity – They explore multiple fields, connecting ideas across disciplines to innovate.

• Uncompromising taste – They hold a high standard for their work, ensuring it’s timeless and excellent.

• Strategic social connections – They surround themselves with a small network of exceptional minds to amplify creativity and insight.

• Asymmetrical focus – Singular, intense focus on one thing opens doors unseen to others.

• Legacy thinking – They shift from personal mastery to broader impact, asking how their work affects the world.