A Quote from Jack Kerouac

“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”

~ Jack Kerouac

To be honest, I’m of two minds regarding this quote.

My first reaction was “Yes, of course!”, because if we’re afraid to step outside the norm and try the new, or give too much weight to the opinions of others over our own, then we’ll probably never achieve anything beyond that norm.

On the other hand, I do find it can help, especially when contemplating Big Life Decisions and Leaps of ...