The World Needs More Fights
Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: Christian | Filed under: Pitching Ideas | Tags: christian parsons, creativity, fight, how to sell ideas, idea drunk, Ideas, passion | 2 Comments »
That’s right. I said it. The world need more fights. More bare knuckle brawling. More punches to the face. Why? Because compromise kills ideas.
We live in a world where people are too willing to play nice. Nobody wants to offend the other person. And what suffers is ideas. In order to get a concept sold through the proper hierarchy, you make compromises. They’re just small changes, gradually pulling your idea back in the realm of the familiar. And the concept dies a slow death as a result of a thousand little paper cuts. The idea that had the potential to be great and earth-shattering suddenly looks a lot like a lot of the other stuff out there. But just a little bit different.
People need to stand fiercely behind their ideas, concepts or principles. If you’re willing to punch someone in the face for something, I respect you and your idea that much more. It shows passion. It show commitment. It shows you’re not a pussy.
And when you know you’re going to have to throw down, you show up a lot more confident, researched and prepared. Because nobody wants to get knocked out in the first round.
- Christian
Inspired by this post.
Here’s one for you:
http://xkcd.com/706/
I totally agree. I think more people need to get punched in the face more often. It keeps you on your toes if you’re always at risk of getting physical recourse for your words.
Or to back up your words with physical recourse.