We all have goals in life.
And without taking action, it’s impossible for us to achieve them. It’s not easy and it takes determination to attain all of them but at the end of the day, our efforts would always be worth it.
For one 10-year-old boy from Iceland, his goal was to build the world’s largest Titanic replica out of LEGOs.
You see, Brynjar Karl Bigisson is obsessed with ships.
He loves everything about them, and his favorite ship, not surprisingly, was the massive Titanic.
He had spent hours researching this ship online and knew everything there was to know about it.
He wanted to build the Titanic.
It may sound impossible but he was so willing to make it happen. This obsession, according to Brynjar, came partially from the fact that he has autism. Because interacting with other kids was more difficult for him, he preferred to play on his own.
LEGOs allowed him to stay focused on what he was doing and provided him a space to be creative and have fun.
Brynjar told Bored Panda, “LEGO has been an important part of my life since a very early age. Because of my poor social and communication skills, I was always on my own, playing by myself, so LEGO bricks became my best friends. While building with LEGO, I was using and developing my imagination and creativity. I don’t remember feeling lonely, I was too busy building something.”
So Brynjar got to work on his Titanic build.
But he wasn’t going to be able to do it alone.
He requested some help from his grandpa and his mom.
“Obviously, I was not going to build the 7-meter (26-feet)-long model all by myself and needed to convince some key people in my life to help me,” Brynjar said. “My grandfather, Lulli, helped me to create special LEGO instructions on the real Titanic blueprints. My mother helped me to set up a crowdfunding page, so I was able to raise the money I needed to buy the LEGOs.”
It took him many months to be able to build the replica.
Thankfully, he received support from his loved ones. Not to mention that he really wanted it.
He would work for 3 to 4 hours every day after school. This young man was completely determined to achieve his goal.
He made the astonishing result!
It’s definitely jaw-dropping! If I didn’t know that it was built by him, I would think that this was made by several adults.
This project brought him life lessons, too.
He was quoted as saying, “We know that if you are allowed to develop your skills through your interest, you can become stronger. I have had that opportunity and today there is nothing that I cannot do if I focus on it. This message is important for me to get across.”
He felt so strongly about this message that he decided to put together a TED talk about it.
In the talk, Brynjar lays out the three things that he believes are crucial in order to achieve success–believing in yourself, building a good team around you, and never giving up.
Brynjar’s will power is inspiring. I can’t imagine that a 10-year-old would have that kind of passion to achieve his goals. He is so amazing! Hopefully, his story would motivate you to achieve your goals in life, too. Nothing is impossible.
You can watch Brynjar’s TED talk below.
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