Comments on: Did You Hear the Beat of a Different Drum? http://www.newfuturescircle.com/access/did-you-hear-the-beat-of-a-different-drum/ The place to stand as you change the world Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jim Lord http://www.newfuturescircle.com/access/did-you-hear-the-beat-of-a-different-drum/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Jim Lord Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:26:16 +0000 http://www.newfuturescircle.com/access/?p=1287#comment-245 Thank you both for the heartfelt reactions. Ann, I got a good laugh out of your last line. Madelyn, your "...where things look impossible" -- what a place to be?! In your work I know you encourage folks to visit that place. Thank you both for the heartfelt reactions.

Ann, I got a good laugh out of your last line.

Madelyn, your “…where things look impossible” — what a place to be?! In your work I know you encourage folks to visit that place.

]]> By: Madelyn Blair http://www.newfuturescircle.com/access/did-you-hear-the-beat-of-a-different-drum/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Madelyn Blair Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:13:59 +0000 http://www.newfuturescircle.com/access/?p=1287#comment-244 I was always different from my peers -- darker, harder name to say, smarter, faster. But I was 30 before I burst out of my shell. The amazing thing was that once I had gotten out, I became totally innovative in whatever I was doing. And if you think that innovative is too calm a word given that you are talking about nonconformity -- well, all I can say is that innovation is not about small improvements; it's all about moving beyond and into the spaces where things look impossible. I was always different from my peers — darker, harder name to say, smarter, faster. But I was 30 before I burst out of my shell. The amazing thing was that once I had gotten out, I became totally innovative in whatever I was doing. And if you think that innovative is too calm a word given that you are talking about nonconformity — well, all I can say is that innovation is not about small improvements; it’s all about moving beyond and into the spaces where things look impossible.

]]> By: Ann Brown http://www.newfuturescircle.com/access/did-you-hear-the-beat-of-a-different-drum/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Ann Brown Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:55:01 +0000 http://www.newfuturescircle.com/access/?p=1287#comment-241 Interesting to reflect on that from an almost boomer perspectives. If uncoventional means holding non-traditional views/attitudes I realize that I have frequently ended up in situations that allowed me to be the non-conformist. Even in school, I did not fit into any of the common labels .. sporty, academic, artistic, popular, overt rebel etc. I ended up in college doing Computer Sciences in 1968 (yes I'm a girl) and an MA at the age of 50. Thinking about my working career(s) I have a pattern of adjusting until I <b>am </b>the square peg in the round hole. Particularly in later years, this is a fun position to be in. My dream job (which pretty much the one I have now) would be advertised as "Wanted: Positive Deviants, round pegs need not apply!" Interesting to reflect on that from an almost boomer perspectives. If uncoventional means holding non-traditional views/attitudes I realize that I have frequently ended up in situations that allowed me to be the non-conformist. Even in school, I did not fit into any of the common labels .. sporty, academic, artistic, popular, overt rebel etc. I ended up in college doing Computer Sciences in 1968 (yes I’m a girl) and an MA at the age of 50. Thinking about my working career(s) I have a pattern of adjusting until I am the square peg in the round hole. Particularly in later years, this is a fun position to be in. My dream job (which pretty much the one I have now) would be advertised as “Wanted: Positive Deviants, round pegs need not apply!”

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