TODAY'S QUOTE:
The most damaging phrase in the language is: It's always been done that way."... Grace Murray Hopper
This is scary true, and the mind-set formed by its message erects solid walls to keep the status-quo tamper proof. The higher the level of the person who lives by that maxim the more widespread the damage. If they hold a leadership position at work or at home then they have followers... some willing... some not... but from top to bottom insanity rules. The only difference is that some recognize crazy and some do not; either way it is the top dog that is leader of the pack.
If you have to follow crazy then sprinkle enough sane around to make things better whenever possible. All progress is not impossible, no matter how bleak it seems; subtlety is a sane persons best weapon when they are stuck-in-stupid. The, "always done it" people lack vision, but love flattery enough to slowly change their behavior if they, "think" it is their idea. It becomes an easy fix to convince them of their brilliance once you persuade them "their" idea will gain them praise.
Change is hard for some of us. Life is fluid, alterations are necessary no matter how things used to be they are not meant to remain stagnant for all eternity. A stuck in the mud mind may be tiresome to deal with, but it is not a contagious illness. We may look upon it as stupidity, but all it really signals is fear. If you work or live with someone who fights against change use empathy as your guide in dealing with them. If you are the one stuck trying to halt progress then learn to manage your fears. Allowing them to manage you will doom you to growing roots where you stand while the rest of the world passes you by. If God meant for us to remain stationary he would have created us torso high, without legs for motion and feet for balance. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!
The most damaging phrase in the language is: It's always been done that way."... Grace Murray Hopper
This is scary true, and the mind-set formed by its message erects solid walls to keep the status-quo tamper proof. The higher the level of the person who lives by that maxim the more widespread the damage. If they hold a leadership position at work or at home then they have followers... some willing... some not... but from top to bottom insanity rules. The only difference is that some recognize crazy and some do not; either way it is the top dog that is leader of the pack.
If you have to follow crazy then sprinkle enough sane around to make things better whenever possible. All progress is not impossible, no matter how bleak it seems; subtlety is a sane persons best weapon when they are stuck-in-stupid. The, "always done it" people lack vision, but love flattery enough to slowly change their behavior if they, "think" it is their idea. It becomes an easy fix to convince them of their brilliance once you persuade them "their" idea will gain them praise.
Change is hard for some of us. Life is fluid, alterations are necessary no matter how things used to be they are not meant to remain stagnant for all eternity. A stuck in the mud mind may be tiresome to deal with, but it is not a contagious illness. We may look upon it as stupidity, but all it really signals is fear. If you work or live with someone who fights against change use empathy as your guide in dealing with them. If you are the one stuck trying to halt progress then learn to manage your fears. Allowing them to manage you will doom you to growing roots where you stand while the rest of the world passes you by. If God meant for us to remain stationary he would have created us torso high, without legs for motion and feet for balance. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!
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