The Difficulty Of Being Different

I'm going to be honest with you, I was in a creative coma for the month of November…  mainly because I was on the fence about continuing this blog I've been doing.  Although, I mentioned from my last communication, that I was going to combine both sites…  I got numerous responses from others to keep this blog going (separate from TKAC site).

Then I recently asked my mentor about what I should do (after telling you I was combining the two).  He said:

I think you thought logically to the wrong conclusion.  :-)

I would keep them separate.

Gives you more options.  A better business model.

Now since I value his opinion and he's come to build multiple multi-million dollar businesses without borrowing any money… I'll admit it was a dumb move (on my part).

Yet, I don't know if it's because of the holiday time.  Preparing for the new year.  The colder weather.  The alignment of the stars or what…

But sometimes we think and/or try to outdo ourselves or just try to be different just to be "different."  My way of doing that was to stop this site.  Work on some other stuff (besides "The Kick Ass Copywriter") and…  I don't know about you, but it just doesn't always work out like we want it to.  Does it?

I guess for me, I think I struggle more with accepting our difference than sometimes even being "different."  You?

So I decided to pose a similar question like this, to a few people on my Facebook page .  I asked them, "what do you do to think differently?  Do you have a hard time w/ it because of how you've been programmed?"

Here's what some had to say:

Cindie Eggersart said, "Great question Jared! If I need to handle a situation that involves someone else, for example…I imagine them and what might be their angle of thinking on an issue and go from there. If I am looking for an answer to a life situation, I imagine someone who excels in that arena and think about how they might handle it… I imagine it thinking outside an issue in a way."

Dave Waite answered, "Never take the common path. It's well worn and leads to nothing new. Be Your Own Creature."

I'd be curious to see what you think.

How do you deal with being "different?"  Thinking "different?"  Acting "different?"

Do you even care that you're "different?"  Or are we all just cogs in a wheel?

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