How do you define crazy?

August 9, 2008 by  

Oh, you probably don’t experience it yourself. Maybe you just see it in others. Think. Do you encounter the crazies?

  • A web designer hasn’t updated his site in four years
  • You hear a good idea, take notes and put them on top the TV
  • A service provider covets “The Four Hour Work Week” for herself (without the time to complete the book)
  • Your book club doesn’t even pretend to read anymore although you still meet
  • A business owner hires a consultant and then won’t take time to meet
  • You cancel appointments at the last minute in order to grab time to finish proposals
  • A ‘networking’ opportunity includes all the same people
  • You figure seeing and being seen is better than nothing
  • An entrepreneurs postpones an appointment for that afternoon
  • You move a potential vendor out three weeks because you really don’t want to deal with that now
  • A completed project has been three weeks waiting approval
  • You tell yourself “If it’s important, they’ll send another message.”

Think about it. The definition of crazy: doing the same thing you’ve always done and expecting different results. How crazy is that?

Sound familiar?

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2 Responses to “How do you define crazy?”

  1. Mary Schmidt on August 12th, 2008 1:27 pm

    I’d add:

    1. Paying a consultant (doctor, financial planner, attorney) good money – and then not implementing any of the advice – and then wondering why “it” didn’t work.

    2. Continually being amazed (at least I am) that your body doesn’t work like it did when you were 20 – and indestructible (or so it seemed.)…then continuing to act like you’re indestructible…then being amazed…then continuing…;-)

  2. Middle Zone Musings » What I Learned From 2008 - Mary Ellen Merrigan on January 25th, 2009 12:01 pm

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