What Matters Now?
You wake up every day to face limitless opportunities. You have the opportunity to become a cellist but it will cost you in money, time, and sweat. You may need to sacrifice your source of income and security to reach your goal. The trouble with each opportunity is its cost. Maybe you’ll forgo being a cellist and select another opportunity. After all, you can force cello lessons upon your child and live vicariously through them.
You need to select your opportunities carefully with regard to your resources. In careful consideration of your opportunities it’s important to know “what matters now”.
Seth Godin compiled an e-book where he asked some “big thinkers” this very question, “What matters now?”
Your brand of science does not matter as much as it once did. It is a good idea to see what these other people think is important now. Pick up your free e-book now.
Seventy pages of big ideas is too much to process in one sitting. Find a page you like, ponder it a bit, move on. Select your next opportunity.
An excerpt:
Nobody has the answers.
Nobody is listening to you.
Nobody is looking out for your interests.
Nobody will lower your taxes.
Nobody will fix the education system.
Nobody knows what he is doing in Washington.
Nobody will make us energy independent.
Nobody will cut government waste.
Nobody will clean up the environment.
Nobody will protect us against terrorist threats.
Nobody will tell the truth.
Nobody will avoid conflicts of interest.
Nobody will restore ethical behavior to the White House.
Nobody will get us out of Afghanistan.
Nobody understands farm subsidies.
Nobody will spend your tax dollars wisely.
Nobody feels your pain.
Nobody wants to give peace a chance.
Nobody predicted the Iraq War would be a disaster.
Nobody expected the levees to fail.
Nobody warned that the housing bubble would collapse.
Nobody will reform Wall Street.
Nobody will stand up for what’s right.
Nobody will be your voice.
Nobody will tell you what the others won’t.
Nobody has a handle on this.
Nobody, but you, that is.
Never forget, a small group of people can change the
world.
No one else ever has.
The author of formerscientist.com has written an excellent article. You have made your point and there is not much to argue about. It is like the following universal truth that you can not argue with: If a modem doesn’t work in Linux, it’a probably a Winmodem. Thanks for the info.