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Yesterday, I forgot to add one important point.
It’s not really the happy people that are so annoying, it’s actually the ones that are REALLY happy, all the time!
You know the ones. They seem to have their act together and they get all the breaks, and don’t have near the worry and stress that we have.
Am I right? Are ya with me?
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.”
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:
The movie, Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks, and featuring a song by Bruce Springsteen, won many awards, and was a ground-breaking, big budget Hollywood movie about Aids.
And of course all the Rocky movies with Sylvester Stallone, as Rocky Balboa – they were set on the streets on Philadelphia.
Spent the past two days there and never left the Hilton Hotel.
No streets of Philadelphia, no Rocky moments, no sight-seeing. Just work.
Are you thankful for the heavy load you are carrying?
How much do your parents love you?
How much do you love your parents?
Our parent’s love for us is immeasurable, even if it doesn’t seem so. Maybe they just aren’t great at expressing it.
Anyone who has ever been a caregiver to a child should understand this amazing bond.