I heard Herman Kahn interviewed last Sunday on 60 Minutes. This is a quote taken out of context from that interview: "Innovation never comes from established Institutions but always from some unconventional or crazy person".
I have been digesting thos words from Sunday until now. And I have to agree. Most of the people who make real changes in our world are "different". They don't go along with the status quo. A few I can think of right away are Bill Gated, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerburg.
I think that when we have been in the job, church or culture for to long we come to believe that the way things are can't or shouldn't be changed. For us even if it is not working it is something we are familiar with and we reach a certain comfort level. I have stayed in jobs, relationships and groups that were no longer working for me. Mostly because it was easier to stay than to leave. I try not to do that anymore,
Everytime I hear the phrase :If It's Not Broken Don't Fix It", I think of the book title I mentioned a month or more back called "If It's Not Broken Break It". I think that the word break in this case is a synonym for change. It will be either the quite young or the quite old who will break the establishments rules. Particularly the young who havn't heard "That Can't Be Done or That Will Never Work" often enough to get their brain drenched with the message. Thank the Universe for the unconventional or crazy people.
Wednesday Night, March 14th, 2012........9:00p.m.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
"No One Ever Choked To Death While Swallowing Their Pride"
Once again I heard this while driving, on my favorite source CBC radio, another 10 word sentence that got into my brain and began to take root there. Because words get in my head and won't leave until I talk/write about them I though I should do that right away.
For me Pride is such a two headed emotion. The good side of pride gets me out of bed, into the shower, out to get my hair done and good things like that. It also gets in my way, makes me trip over it, sometimes injuring myself quite badly. With me what usually happens is fear says I can't and pride says I won't.
Asking for help, telling you what you are doing or saying is hurting/frightening me, are just a couple of things that pride inerferes with. Saying I am sorry or wrong are other things that pride interferes with. When I say I am sorry, it is admitting I made a mistake, and admitting I made made a mistake leaves me in a vulnerable position. Sometimes I carry this pain for a long, long time. But I don't carry it nearly as long as I used to. Swallowing my pride, or better yet spitting out my truths, is sometimes a scary thing, yet it is like a really bad electrical storm; after it is over the air around me is so fresh and clean.
Afternoon Thoughts
Saturday, March 10th, 2012..........3:22p.m.
For me Pride is such a two headed emotion. The good side of pride gets me out of bed, into the shower, out to get my hair done and good things like that. It also gets in my way, makes me trip over it, sometimes injuring myself quite badly. With me what usually happens is fear says I can't and pride says I won't.
Asking for help, telling you what you are doing or saying is hurting/frightening me, are just a couple of things that pride inerferes with. Saying I am sorry or wrong are other things that pride interferes with. When I say I am sorry, it is admitting I made a mistake, and admitting I made made a mistake leaves me in a vulnerable position. Sometimes I carry this pain for a long, long time. But I don't carry it nearly as long as I used to. Swallowing my pride, or better yet spitting out my truths, is sometimes a scary thing, yet it is like a really bad electrical storm; after it is over the air around me is so fresh and clean.
Afternoon Thoughts
Saturday, March 10th, 2012..........3:22p.m.
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