Don't Go With The Flow
It's easy to get caught up in going with the flow and following the trends. It's not so easy to carve out your own path or develop a way that is not flowing in the same direction as everyone else out there. It's never easy choosing a different bearing, away from the accepted standard.
Look at the iPhone. It's a standard maker that all of the other cell phone manufactures now want to emulate and will be measured against going forward. It completely shifted the flow in a new direction right out of the box.
Stop focusing so much energy on going with the flow. The truth is, you are the flow. You can make a difference. Believing it is the hardest part.
"Dont' go with the flow. You are the flow." Sugi Tanaka
Thank goodness Ray, you had the guts to say this! It doesn't always make sense to go with the flow, but we've been chanting this mantra for way too long without questioning it. The corollary for this could be: "don't follow the lemmings over the cliff."
Posted by: Renee Michaels | November 04, 2007 at 01:53 PM
I don't know about this - I have spent my whole life swiming upstream and I am getting a bit tired - so at my age (54) it makes sense to just "Go with the flow" - perhaps I mean that by not forcing the issue too much you will find the way in time ?
Posted by: Viv King | December 03, 2007 at 08:40 AM