Nurturing Ingenuity
February 5th 2010 11:21
Steve Jobs says:
Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine.
They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song thatÂs never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world,
are the ones who do.
I say:
If you get labeled 'crazy' it's because the label-er can't fit your paradigm into theirs in a way that satisfies them. That's their problem, but they have the audacity to make out that it's you that's problematic. So ignore the people who lack imagination to understand you, just as they have ignored your brilliance, or potential for brilliance. It's important to turn the right person at the right time, so that your efforts to hatch an innovative idea are encouraged, not turned away. March straight on until you find someone who is receptive to your vibe. They will be people who show interest in your ideas and know how to follow your intuitive leaps, or at least are willing to suspend disbelief for a minute because they like you.
People who do call you crazy are too rude and narrow-minded to be paid attention to - they are trying to limit you to whatever they think passes for normal... which is not going to get them the label of iconoclaust, reformer or pioneer anytime soon. Don't waste your energy trying to change them - work on being even more brilliant instead, and be prepared to be lonely, maligned and misunderstood by a great many would-be friends-in-mediocrity. Innovation is its own reward... and so are the life-long friends you'll pick up in the process of being the best version of yourself.
You say:
Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine.
They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song thatÂs never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world,
are the ones who do.
I say:
If you get labeled 'crazy' it's because the label-er can't fit your paradigm into theirs in a way that satisfies them. That's their problem, but they have the audacity to make out that it's you that's problematic. So ignore the people who lack imagination to understand you, just as they have ignored your brilliance, or potential for brilliance. It's important to turn the right person at the right time, so that your efforts to hatch an innovative idea are encouraged, not turned away. March straight on until you find someone who is receptive to your vibe. They will be people who show interest in your ideas and know how to follow your intuitive leaps, or at least are willing to suspend disbelief for a minute because they like you.
People who do call you crazy are too rude and narrow-minded to be paid attention to - they are trying to limit you to whatever they think passes for normal... which is not going to get them the label of iconoclaust, reformer or pioneer anytime soon. Don't waste your energy trying to change them - work on being even more brilliant instead, and be prepared to be lonely, maligned and misunderstood by a great many would-be friends-in-mediocrity. Innovation is its own reward... and so are the life-long friends you'll pick up in the process of being the best version of yourself.
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