To have an opinion is to know you will not please everyone. Is it better to please everyone or to have an original thought? If we focus on pleasing everyone, isn’t that like following the crowd? Following the masses often leads to disaster or mediocrity. Some easy access articles state 60% of US citizens spend more monthly than they earn. If you do math like I do the math, that doesn’t add up.
Having an opinion can lead to negative feedback or objections. This negative feedback can be painful or a least annoying. If you & I choose to have an idea about the way to do something or tastes in quality that differs from others, how do we share our thoughts and handle the negative feedback?
First, don’t try to change the world unless that’s your mission in life. Enjoy your independent thought process and be proud you have it. Then share those ideas or thoughts when it’s appropriate, and the feedback will be positive or inquisitive.
Second, remember old stories you heard as a kid, things like people used to believe the world was flat or that man can’t fly. Isn’t it wonderful that thought surpassed the shared beliefs and ideas of an era?
Lastly, enjoy knowing that having an original concept is key to real leadership. In business, doing it the way everyone else does leads to a must to be the cheapest otherwise, what do you have to sell?
Pleasing Everyone, it’s comfortable but rarely rewarding!
