http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/being-unreasonable en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. </em></p><p align="center"><em>Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves.</em></p><p align="center"><em>All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ George Bernard Shaw, 20th century playwright and literary personality</p><p>Do you aspire to make a difference in the world?</p><p>Me, too.</p><p>Guess what?</p><p>We&rsquo;ve gotta get over the idea that people are always going to like us. (They won&rsquo;t.)</p><p>And, we&rsquo;ve gotta ditch the idea that everyone&rsquo;s always going to think we&rsquo;re being &ldquo;reasonable.&rdquo; (wtf is that anyway?) Cuz they won&rsquo;t.</p><p>Follow your heart.</p><p>Be willing to be unreasonable.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:11 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:138:138 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/138