Rebel against Status Quo
Photo from Marco Bellucci originally.
Every now and then I need to express myself with a post like this. What do I mean by that?
Quite simple, actually! As the headline claims, I really... let me repeat myself on this one; I really, really think that we need to question the status quo to achieve true progress. Not only when things are bad since then it's easy, but specially when it seems that all is ok. Let me express my point in the next sentences.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE BREEZE
Has it already happened to you, when things are going smoothly and you seem to be a little torpid until you're forced to come alive again by the force of circumstances? Well, did you think about it? Did you questioned if things could be made differently? Yes, it was working the way it was, but did you try to find another way to make the same thing but faster, more productive, more efficiently? Have you noticed this entire paragraph are just questions? Do you understand the meaning of it? Cool.
If you check my previous posts, you find that I question a lot. I really love to make questions and specially to myself. This is how we improve. This is how I break my child and teenage years of formatting in a certain way. Yes, I and probably you were formatted since birth to think and act as a certain standard. The key is to break that format and create your own genesis. This can only be done by questioning everything about your life, your job, your way to do things. Chances are that you're going to find some things that you're going to make in a different way from now on.
BE A SPARTAN AGAINST THE GIANTS
When you're the only one questioning everything, you'll probably find a lot of obstacles. Specially by other peers who don't understand why you need to be the nuisance guy or girl that is always making waves. This can be specially tricky when you're up against your bosses. That's when you need to strip your clothes down (wait, this is a figure of speech), and arm yourself with war paintings (bravery), big and strong shields (patience) and sharp blades (dialogue and clever arguments). Most importantly as we've learned from Spartans Legend, you need to be resilient and keep up against the constant blocks. I'm talking about your owns as well, as we tend to convince ourselves that we've done enough and mined our path to improvement.
HAVE A DEFINED GOAL
There's no use to question everything without some sort of goal. Otherwise it's just planting chaos. You need to have the discipline of questioning something in order to improve something, not to make it worse. Let's give some examples:1. If you're questioning the way you receive your tasks at the office, then try to change that in a way of efficiency, or faster procedure. Don't just make a revolution with no cause. You'll be beaten in the end by a rampaged crowd. I mean it! 2. If you're trying to have a more organized daily agenda where you mix personal and professional appointments, try to find a way to have more time to what's important to you, not to find yourself loaded in a crowded schedule. Have a clear objective to improve something with your questions.
MAKE IT A PART OF YOU
For something like this to work in a long-term, you need to incorporate it at your way of life. You need to become it. Then, you'll find out that you've become more creative, efficient and prepared to whatever it comes in the future. Actually, you'll be the future. You're the one making the changes.
QUESTION ME
Yes, question me. Don't take for granted that this is going to work out for you. I'm no brainiac! Give some other suggestions to this article. Make use of the comments bellow if you want to express your thoughts.
