You want to make a difference in life? You want to stop just being concerned with what's important like what people think of you, and what's your position is, and how much money you got, and your posture in the community, and what you believe in, and all that other stuff that ultimately doesn't make a difference? You want to play around "difference making"? Then you need to be willing to take a stand. You ain't going to get any applause for it either. But if you want the monument of having made a contribution to the quality of life, then this is the domain. And as you've heard from the people who've expressed this, it often takes a lot of courage. But what if it turns out that you were a fool? Well, fool is probably not down very far from where you are if you're worried about it. I mean what the hell it's probably worth taking the chance! You know I can picture people's minds saying "but what will they think"? What do you want me to tell you what they'll think? They'll think terrible things about you! Ha Ha Ha, what the hell do you think they're going to think? They think terrible things about you anyhow! Thinking is about terrible things! You want to move them, you want to inspire them, you want to give them the opportunity to be in touch with and experience and express their own magnificence? To hell with what they think. - Werner Erhard
You want to make a difference in life?
You want to stop just being concerned with what's important like what people think of you, and what's your position is, and how much money you got, and your posture in the community, and what you believe in, and all that other stuff that ultimately doesn't make a difference?
You want to play around "difference making"?
Then you need to be willing to take a stand.
You ain't going to get any applause for it either. But if you want the monument of having made a contribution to the quality of life, then this is the domain.
And as you've heard from the people who've expressed this, it often takes a lot of courage.
But what if it turns out that you were a fool?
Well, fool is probably not down very far from where you are if you're worried about it.
I mean what the hell it's probably worth taking the chance!
You know I can picture people's minds saying "but what will they think"?
What do you want me to tell you what they'll think? They'll think terrible things about you! Ha Ha Ha, what the hell do you think they're going to think?
They think terrible things about you anyhow! Thinking is about terrible things!
You want to move them, you want to inspire them, you want to give them the opportunity to be in touch with and experience and express their own magnificence? To hell with what they think.
- Werner Erhard
Awesome, thanks 🙏🏼