Staffing Stories

If you are anything like me, you avoid doing things outside of your core competency out of fear of looking stupid. If you read my post "confessions of a high C" you can see that I don't like to break the rules and I have a very hard time venturing outside of my comfort zone. How boring, right?

Recently, I have stepped outside of my comfort zone to try new things and have therefore foreced myself to learn about things that I know nothing about. I won't bore you with the details, but it has been really tough for me wander into unknown waters, even shallow waters. At the same time, there is a true exhilaration in the unknown and learning something new brings a sense of vitality that doing the same old thing over and over just does not provide. I believe I will always struggle with new learning but as the world changes so much every day, it is unavoidable or you risk becoming obsolete.

As I was talking to a friend about this yesterday, it was interesting to come to work today and have a blog post titled Confronting Stupid from Seth Godin staring me in my face as I reviewed my email. As is Seth's style, this is a very short post that happens to mirror exactly this issue that I face. Seth talks about how there is a new kind of work out there these days that requires you to have "the guts to be wrong, a confrontation with the risk of being stupid".

If you are sitting at home today, doing the same old thing you always do because it is easy and comfortable, whether it be in your Indianapolis job search or really anything at all, maybe it is time to stop playing it safe and to start being stupid. Sounds like being stupid might be the smartest thing you can do today.