"Crazy is a compliment." —Linda Rottenberg #99conf
Isn't it interesting that as adults we would care if someone thought that we were crazy. Why?
I think that the reason for that is that we take ourselves way too serious. As adults we are suppose to have all of the right answers. Hell at times we might not even have a clue what the answer is BUT we are pressured as we should.
My wife drives me nuts when she tells me that I should have known that. Or even better, when she prefaces it with ... you know so much... how can you not know that?
Or the best one is when I try to explain an idea that another person has and she asks why I didn't think of it.
Maybe we expect too much of others? Maybe we expect them to know and apply when they might not even know? Or maybe they simply think that an idea is crazy?
I think we need to give ourselves permission to think crazy thoughts. They are usually at the extremes.
Crazy thoughts are kind of like picking fruit from a tree. The best fruit is at the extreme end of the branch and at times you have to do some crazy maneuvers to get to the sweetest fruit.
Today's question is:
What crazy idea did you entertain today?
Isn't it interesting that as adults we would care if someone thought that we were crazy. Why?
I think that the reason for that is that we take ourselves way too serious. As adults we are suppose to have all of the right answers. Hell at times we might not even have a clue what the answer is BUT we are pressured as we should.
My wife drives me nuts when she tells me that I should have known that. Or even better, when she prefaces it with ... you know so much... how can you not know that?
Or the best one is when I try to explain an idea that another person has and she asks why I didn't think of it.
Maybe we expect too much of others? Maybe we expect them to know and apply when they might not even know? Or maybe they simply think that an idea is crazy?
I think we need to give ourselves permission to think crazy thoughts. They are usually at the extremes.
Crazy thoughts are kind of like picking fruit from a tree. The best fruit is at the extreme end of the branch and at times you have to do some crazy maneuvers to get to the sweetest fruit.
Today's question is:
What crazy idea did you entertain today?
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