I can’t put my finger on it. I’m not really sure what it is. You know, that little “something” inside of people like you and me who want more out of life. That feeling inside your body that says “bust your ass…stay dedicated…stay motivated…strive for something more…something greater…don’t be content with what’s in front of you… make things happen at any expense!”
Seriously, do you know what I mean? Do you know that little “something” that particular people — not everyone, of course — have in their body and minds? That killer instinct to breakout of the societal molds we’ve been so tightly cemented in.
It’s something inexplicable. It’s not something theoretical that can be proven or torn asunder or even used to justify something. It’s more of a paradigm; a certain wave that only certain people are tuned into.
I was speaking to a fellow young entrepreneur about this today and he agreed with me by saying that “it’s something that you either have or your don’t… something that people will either understand or be completely lost.”
So true. People, society, our parents, family, and friends can look at us and think to themselves: “what does Dave think that he’s doing? He doesn’t have a job (9 to 5), he’s wasting his time following a vision, he’s spending so much time and energy into something that will amount to nothing. I just can’t understand that.”
I’m telling you, when someone steps outside of the herd and goes off on an path to achieve something great — something that is not perfectly aligned with the status quo — people begin to fear you.
They try with all their might to pull you back into the herd. It’s like “ok..ok.. enough of this silly business… come on back into the herd and be a good sheep…. Be smart and get a job and work hard for the next 40 years of your life. Don’t disrupt the status quo, embrace it!”
You know what I say to that? Yeah-fu*king-Right! No thank you. And guess what? I don’t expect you to understand why I’m doing what I’m doing. I don’t expect you to comprehend the nature of the entrepreneur because you have been conditioned and trained and rewarded “never” to understand and to “never” accept what we entrepreneurs are trying to do.
So while you’re busy on your linear path to making your boss happy and being a good sheep in the herd. I’ll continue to be that lone wolf disrupting the hell out of that herd, that dogmatic philosophy that you so badly want me to adhere to. Woof! Woof!
sheep:
baahhha aaa, lol.
everyday we see sheep.
go to the store, or any business – for that matter, you can see the zombie-ness in the eyes of employees/sheep
they’re devoid of any personality – life shouldn’t be like that.
start a business, make real cheeze – buy your porsche…life’s good. that’s the way it should be.
wooo….wooooo…whoooo…..ooooooo… haha, that’s my wolf sound!
Let’s get those sheep!! heh
Indeed, live life to the fullest extent and don’t waste any time.
There are those who are afraid of failure and those who flirt with it get bit and then try it again. I’m not sure it is a killer instinct as much as it is a desire to run free. To be out of the cage. To go where you want, when you want. I would be happy to take as many others with me as have the courage to make the run. I’m not out to kill anyone, Just to live free.
Not that I’m worried or anything but I’ll keep an eye on you David, just the same.
Watch out Roger, I’m coming!! Woof!! Woof!! Great comment, btw. It’s all about being outside of the cage and removing yourself from restricts of society.