After reading the Art of Possibility I realize I am already doing one of the things they talk about. I am playing my own game. I tend to look at situations and try to find all the possible solutions to the problem. Then I take another look and see if there are ones that are outside the box. I like those the most. In my job there are lines of resistance to my goals. That is natural. What other people don't understand about me, is I am playing a different game now. I started playing it last year and so far so good. I don't think many others are playing it, which is also good. You can always win a game if the other people don't show up.
One of the things about the Internet that a lot of people don't get is that the game has changed in a lot of industries. Music, film, games, publishing. All are different. I see things now as in a state of transition. Old powers are crumbling, and new ones are rising. The hungry will defeat the fat and complacent. I am one of the hungry. I will bend like a reed in the wind. Agile of mind. Go with the flow.
Oh and of course, Rule #6. I am so ready for graduation.
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Andrew I am with you. You can be Lennon, I'll be Ringo. I agree with you wholeheartedly with adapting to change. People always give me hell for changing my website and the direction every year. What people don't understand is that staying complacent kills creativity.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the note Saturday morning about it being May 1! Yes!! You have been such an inspiration during this process. You truly are a dear friend, and one I do not plan on losing.
Your post reminded me of how important it is to "stay the pace." Change scares the heck out of people. I thought change, on the other hand, has always been a good thing. Technology is every changing, and as for you and me (and everyone else in EMDT), we are changing with it. How exciting it is to know and understand that we are teaching a generation of students for jobs that have yet to be invented!
I agree with Jake: Complacent kills creativity. (The whole square peg, round hole).
Lesson 6: Ditto!