ideas will face resitance
None of this is new or revolutionary — just something that occupies my discretionary mind space at the moment.
All really good and important ideas will face resistance, because they disrupt established equilibrium. (I think this might be one fundamental problem of the democratic political process, but I digress). At this time in my life, I have become aware of my stronger-than-usual tendency to play devil’s advocate. I have a natural drive to defend the status quo. I suspect it’s part of our evolutionary baggage, and it works in my favor some of the time, but I think it carries a negarive long-term impact. People don’t get excited about more of the same, even when the current equilibrium is objectively good. One needs to lead in order to succeed in anything. People need leaders most when there is commotion going on. We need to create and ride the wave of positive change and establish new equilibria with our names on them. That is my understanding of success at the moment.
