I wonder sometimes whether learning to be skeptical is more valuable than learning to trust. I believe myself to be in the former camp, but I feel I could have been more successful if I'd been in the latter camp. This could turn out to be a recurring theme here.
I look directly down the barrel of any rule, obligation, or received thought or belief that comes my way. When someone tells me something, or tells me I must do something, I examine their motives, their stature, their qualifications for telling me. I fight against deadlines, ultimatums, popular wisdom, direct orders. I sincerely believe myself to be the exceptional case, an outlier, an edge condition. This has paid off for me, but sometimes I believe the cost has been too high-- that learning to adapt would have been much more productive.
I look directly down the barrel of any rule, obligation, or received thought or belief that comes my way. When someone tells me something, or tells me I must do something, I examine their motives, their stature, their qualifications for telling me. I fight against deadlines, ultimatums, popular wisdom, direct orders. I sincerely believe myself to be the exceptional case, an outlier, an edge condition. This has paid off for me, but sometimes I believe the cost has been too high-- that learning to adapt would have been much more productive.
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