I was walking in a shopping mall when I noticed an advert saying “Nowadays being excellent means do things that others think is crazy“. This sentence is really inspiring to me… and I agree about it.
When you can do things that others can, you will not make any differences and it won’t get you anywhere. I remember about the example that was set by James Skinner about an entrepreneur, using an analogy of swimming fishes. A fish that is swimming to different direction, this is THE entrepreneur.
In my experiences, doing so called “different” things (in positive ways) may not be comfortable at first. The reason is because people will start to question me and bombard me with so many arguments of “Why?”, “How?”, and finally the finale question of “Are you sure that it’s going to work?”… and at first I hate these questions. I am a person who prefers to just do the things I want and don’t feel that I own so much explanation to others, and somehow this situation will make me feel “lazy” to do “crazy things” or to do something different or new. But then I realized that even when I manage to successfully do it, and people see all the great results that I can make, they will still ask me, “Why?”, “How?” and even more than that.
The slogan of “Dare to be different” is very common, but it seems that some people will still prefer to reject changes due to certain reasons that they have, like “It’s been a tradition!” or “Too risky!” or “Everybody also does that! Why must be different? “or even worse “Changes are troublesome!” But whatever reasons they have, I realize this mindset will not help to get the targeted goal. People who are afraid to change will not get any changes in the result as well. People who are afraid to be different will not “shine” or “appeal” as well, because in order to look appealing, a person must be different or look contrast from others around. People who rely on tradition to excel will lose their glory someday because everything is changing rapidly.
At the end, I understand that I have to let go all the “faces” that I have and just be “crazy”… and be different in positive ways in order to be excellence. Of course it doesn’t mean that I neglect all opinions and suggestions from people around me, but just do it and don’t be “paiseh” to be different than others, and I receive the success that I always want.
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