They are. There’s no question about it.
You can picture someone in your mind right now, can’t you? They are so annoying.
What boggles my mind though, is, “Why?”
Happy People Are Obnoxious
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You Are Going To Have To Choose
If you want to do great work, work that matters and makes a positive difference, work that multiplies and spreads, you are going to have to choose.
Do you ever think like this?
Do you want to make a difference, but find it challenging to get started? Have you gotten started, but find the path difficult?
This is why you are going to have to choose.
Seth Godin (copy & paste)
This is a Seth Godin blog post entitled, Arrogant. Rather than provide a link to it, it’s been copied and pasted, for your convenience. As you read it, try to find “your fear” in Seth’s post? Take it away Seth:
ARROGANT
“This is a fear and a paradox of doing work that’s important.
A fear because so many of us are raised to avoid appearing arrogant. Being called arrogant is a terrible slur, it means that you’re not only a failure, but a poser as well.
It’s a paradox, though, because the confidence and attitude that goes with bringing a new idea into the world (“hey, listen to this,”) is a hair’s breadth away, or at least sometimes it feels that way, from being arrogant.
And so we keep our head down. Better, they say, to be invisible and non-contributing than risk being arrogant.
That feels like a selfish, cowardly cop out to me. Better, I think, to make a difference and run the risk of failing sometimes, of being made fun of, and yes, appearing arrogant. It’s far better than the alternative.”
Talk About Vision
Some people approach things from an entirely different angle than the status quo. A great many of our breakthroughs, whether in technology, medicine, education or manufacturing come from the fringes – people who just find some kind of crazy courage to face ridicule and still push on. Even comedians:
Skip Knew What He Was Doing
After all, Skip is a Marine. And, he’s been a friend, for like 30 years. We roomed together for a year while in college.
If you read yesterday’s comment, Skip accomplished his “mission”. I knew he was baiting me, but couldn’t resist his bait.
And if you read my reply to his comment, you would have discovered that what I’ve shared so far is literally just the tip of the iceberg. The vision for how these five blogs can make a significant impact on humanity will blow your mind.
It will be revealed as time passes. While the audience is our son (9), everyone who has a desire to do good and decent work is invited. Most likely, if you visit here regularly, you also have a desire to be a better person, and you also dream crazy impossible dreams.