I hope that 2010 is the year of the visionary.
Americans have behaved like cogs in a wheel for too long. Go to college, get a job, get married, get retired… the week ends the week begins. This used to be okay… like forty years ago. Then, in 2008, our economy died. So what’s next?
Some would argue that greed is what caused the economic collapse. I would argue that it is complacency, laziness, and nepotism. Most of the major industries in America are still driven by a 1960′s train of thought, and in Government… well, I’m not even gonna go down that road. Change starts with Americans, not politicians.
2010. Already. It seems like only yesterday that everyone was in a Y2K frenzy. Ironically, it feels like the only advancement we’ve made since then is in the technology sector. It feels like every other industry fell asleep at the wheel when they learned that Y2K was really nothing to worry about. Now here we are, ten years later, and I can’t even show my health care professional a You Tube video because the hospital blocks You Tube. They have robots in hospitals, but not You Tube… Seriously?
While Americans have sat idly (almost dazed since 9/11…), our jobs went overseas, and our economy crashed. You may not like me saying this (because I don’t like saying it) but we’re losing our place in the world. I’ve talked to a lot of people since I left my corporate cushion who have told me not to re-invent the wheel. Personally, I choose to ignore such nonsense! Sure, the tried and true works, but if it weren’t for re-invented wheels, we’d all just keep going the same old direction. Have these people just become that complacent with the way things are, and the direction we are headed? I want my America back.
While I’m a believer in the phrase, work smarter not harder, I’m even more of a believer in working hard on being smart. So I encourage anyone who reads this who has the slightest hint of a clever idea to write that idea down and work hard on making it a reality. Become a visionary. You just might change the world.
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good article bro!
Thanks, Erik. I appreciate you reading!
Great post, Chris
Thank you, Shae!
Great post!
Dude i am on the same wavelength as you. I just graduated college and too many of my peers are jumping into the corporate world and just becoming a cog in the wheel. It is amazing. It is almost like it is expected. Go to school for 16 years then get a job, grind your head against a desk because you hate your job for 30 more years, and hope you saved money so you can “retire.”
Thats a hunk of BS. The 9-5 is the biggest MLM structure on the planet. Why build someone else's dream when you can build your own.
That old plan isn't for me.
Great post! What we need is some good old fashioned “block and tackle” along with a hunger to surpass our own expectations and the faith to step out!
Hell YEAH! Don't make me get to worked up…LOL
Great post!
Dude i am on the same wavelength as you. I just graduated college and too many of my peers are jumping into the corporate world and just becoming a cog in the wheel. It is amazing. It is almost like it is expected. Go to school for 16 years then get a job, grind your head against a desk because you hate your job for 30 more years, and hope you saved money so you can “retire.”
Thats a hunk of BS. The 9-5 is the biggest MLM structure on the planet. Why build someone else's dream when you can build your own.
That old plan isn't for me.
Great post! What we need is some good old fashioned “block and tackle” along with a hunger to surpass our own expectations and the faith to step out!
Hell YEAH! Don't make me get to worked up…LOL
Nice article. Don't worry Chris, pretty soon we will all be assimilated.
Hey Chris,
I actually wrote you back via Facebook and then got disconnected somehow and lost my note to you. argh. I was to irritated to write again! :>) But anyways- with regards to what you said above, I concur.
On a personal note, I see you are a new Dad yourself. Talk about life changes eh??
Jen, Thanks for reading! Yes, becoming a dad has changed many things!
But all for the better.
Excellent post my friend. I have an idea… let's get people to let us into their homes and plug & wire every TV receiving appliance in their homes so we can gather information of what they are watching. We pay them… $25, $50 or $100 for this unlimited timeframe of snopping into their lives. We can then make reports of that info and then sell it for a ton of money to the TV stations, who then sell advertisement worth millions of dollars. And let's not forget the $12 baskets to entice people to participate in this… as if they needed more incentive?? Pff!
I think when I first read this post it had a completely different meaning. Interesting how time gives perspective.
This line resonates true “working hard on being smart.” For nearly a month now I have been spending time developing my own thoughts instead of merely listing/echoing what others are saying. It is pretty outrageous the difference it makes to take and wrap your mind around what other people are saying, not just listening to what they are saying.
I am a big fan of “Thinking what they are thinking” vs “Thinking about what they are thinking.” I feel like trying on other's ideas from their perspective and seeing how it resonates with your own believes and experiences is a vital aspect to learning and self development.
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