LivinGology

Alternative Directions

I was listening to the BBC news today when I heard the actor Russell Crow saying something interesting. It was addressed to his new movie 'A Good Year'. "We shouldn't do what others want us to do, but do something conceptually fresh and new", he said. His words reminded me of the Henry Ford's famous quote: "If I had listened to my customers, I would have given them the fastest horse." Both the movie and the invention of the car were breakthroughs. So, does success necessarily mean breking the limits of our imagination? A famous Bulgarian saying states that one should do exactly the opposite of what others are doing if one wants to succeed. However, there are quite a lot of examples of people (like Leonardo Da Vinci and 99% of the greatest artists) who surpassed their times indeed, but remained unappreciated by their contemporaries. Perhaps it's all about having the right people, at the right places in the right time.... equipped with a brilliant idea of course.