The Downfall of Society (1/6/15)
The status quo will be the downfall of society. Somewhere in the back of your mind you have your own opinion to the question, “What will be the downfall of society?” You may never actively think about it, you may never express your opinion, but somewhere upstairs you have an answer to that question.
I pulled out my answer after a recent conference call with my Morgan James Publishing mastermind group. The conference call was a free flowing exchange of ideas of my current state of affairs.
“David I’m revising the direction of the second book. I’m giving it a more tangible business feel to hopefully open some doors that were not opened with Average Joe’s Story: Quest for Confidence.”
“Yeah that was some of the feedback we got from some of the book buyers. They couldn’t figure out how or where it fit in.”
The dilemma that those book buyers found themselves in was a desired effect. I never wanted Average Joe’s Story to be pigeon toed into a specific genre. I didn’t want someone sitting behind some desk to be able to say this is a business or self help book. If you are forced to conform to a preexisting notion the opportunity for debate and discussion is destroyed. If someone can unequivocally say that Average Joe’s Story was a self help book then that is where the discussion ends. However, if you have someone arguing that it is self help while someone else says it’s business then all of a sudden you have created dialogue.
The problem is that the vast majority of the population has developed such a desire to be accepted that they are unwilling to go against the status quo. Society’s approval has become more important than free thought. You won’t question the person standing at the front of the room because you are terrified of being ostracized. You will relentlessly defend the status quo against anyone willing to stand up against it until you reach a life altering crossroad. Hopefully by the time you reach that crossroad it won’t be to late for you to effect meaningful change to the status quo.
