Comments on: When to realize you are a revolutionary… http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: !anonymoose http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-49 !anonymoose Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:07:52 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-49 Do you take requests? Blog about the Cyber Anthropologist. Do you take requests? Blog about the Cyber Anthropologist.

]]> By: iconmaster http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-42 iconmaster Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:14:46 +0000 http://candywithawhy.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/when-to-realize-you-are-a-revolutionary/#comment-42 The "people need[ing] to hear it from someone else before they can really 'take it in'" annoys the crap out of me sometimes. Bizarrely, I've found that what helps is to *up* the theatrics surrounding your suggestion. After running into the issue a few times at AlamoFire (yeah, even at our hip company, huh), I tried presenting a new idea as follows: - first, I created an image of an old piece of parchment with my idea written on it - then I announced to everyone that I had "discovered an ancient piece of wisdom" - I asked for everyone's undivided attention - and dropped the image on them It actually worked! I have no idea why some people get "heard" more easily than others, but if the problem for some us is that we come off as too "crazy" -- embracing the crazy seems to help! The “people need[ing] to hear it from someone else before they can really ‘take it in’” annoys the crap out of me sometimes. Bizarrely, I’ve found that what helps is to *up* the theatrics surrounding your suggestion. After running into the issue a few times at AlamoFire (yeah, even at our hip company, huh), I tried presenting a new idea as follows:

- first, I created an image of an old piece of parchment with my idea written on it
- then I announced to everyone that I had “discovered an ancient piece of wisdom”
- I asked for everyone’s undivided attention
- and dropped the image on them

It actually worked! I have no idea why some people get “heard” more easily than others, but if the problem for some us is that we come off as too “crazy” — embracing the crazy seems to help!

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