Thinking Different About Being Right
December 7th, 2007 by Richard CockrumGrrrr! Why can’t they just do it my way. I’ve thought it through. I’ve tried that way. It’s slower. You can’t do as good a job that way. Why can’t they just listen to me!?
Ever thought that as you watched someone do something you usually do? I have. I do. I like the way Danny DeVito put it in the movie Matilda.
I’m smart; you’re dumb. I’m big; you’re small. I’m right, you’re wrong. And there’s nothing you can do about it.
Whatever the subject, we know everything worthwhile there is to know about it.
Guess what?
We don’t.
I don’t.
My wife says I’m OCD. I say I’m anal. I’ve been working on it for years. I like to think I’ve made progress. I’m honest enough with myself to know I’m not the best person to ask. Ask Lady Glynis. She would know better.
I know I’m not always right. My way isn’t always best. If I can watch how other’s think, I can learn something. If I watch how others do a task, I may find a more effective way. At the worst, I’ll find out how not to do something.
My world is a mirror. I may even learn something about myself.
Think different about being right. Yeah.
What can you think different about?
This post was inspired by Robyn McMaster, who challenged me to think different as part of the Think Different Challenge.
The Think Different Challenge is about taking something in your life that you have negative feelings about and seeing how you can look positively at it.
Technorati Tags: Think Different
Popularity: 10% [?]
Del.icio.us
reddit
December 7th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Wow, Rick, this goes side by side with my “Thinking Differently About Giving Advice.” One can trip you up as well as the other… Thanks for “thinking” until the topic came to a fore and you could spell it out so well for us. It’s sort of like the good, bad and the ugly.
But we’re now thinking differently, right??????? Did I ask, right?
December 7th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Great article Rick! Thanks for participating in the challenge - I added it to my list.
December 7th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
[…] Thinking Different About Being Right - Shards of Consciousness […]
December 7th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Hi Robyn,
You be the good, I’ll be the bad, and we’ll all work on getting away from the ugly of dealing ourselves ineffective thought patterns.
I’m working on thinking differently about being the ‘right man’, but it’s been a long row to hoe. I asked Lady Glynis after I wrote the post. She said I have gotten better. Maybe all those years of my kids looking at me like I wasn’t quite right in the head had a good influence.
I want to thank you for the opportunity to do some extended thinking about this. I think it led to the most constructive self-analysis I’ve done this year.
December 7th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Hello Peter,
Thank you.
I don’t know that I enjoyed this post, but as I said to Robyn, I’m glad I was able to participate.
December 8th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Quite frankly, Rick, I also had an eye opener! Once I looked at needing to “be right” through your wisdom, I saw it in a whole new light.
December 8th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Heya Rick, great post. The anal comment made me laugh, this sense of humor is certainly part of your blog’s charm.
Cheers,
Albert | UrbanMonk.Net
Modern personal development, entwined with ancient spirituality.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:34 am
Thank you, Albert. I do try.
Freudian personality theory isn’t among my favorites, but sometimes the terminology is to accurately descriptive to pass up.
June 5th, 2008 at 7:13 am
[…] Thinking Different About Being Right - Shards of Consciousness […]
June 5th, 2008 at 7:13 am
[…] Thinking Different About Being Right - Shards of Consciousness Think Different Challenge - Flooring the Consumer […]