http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/ Freelance Writing, Personal Development, and Making Money with Freelance Writer Michael Kwan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-68003 Wanting to Be Someone Else « Beyond the Rhetoric Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:32:34 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-68003 [...] and life is far more worthwhile when you take the time to find your own way. Do you really want to be normal? I don’t think any of us want to lead a mediocre existence and in trying to achieve something [...] [...] and life is far more worthwhile when you take the time to find your own way. Do you really want to be normal? I don’t think any of us want to lead a mediocre existence and in trying to achieve something [...]

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67687 Chris Jacobson Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:53:39 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67687 The most creative and inspiring people are anything but normal. The most creative and inspiring people are anything but normal.

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67100 In The Sphere: Success and Optimism | BlueFur.com Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:14:43 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67100 [...] Coach Stan of the Thinkreferrals Blog Network recently picked up a copy of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. In this book, Gladwell investigates the phenomenon of highly successful people of how they lie outside of the norm. From Tiger Woods to Bill Gates, did these guys have unfair advantages over the rest of us? Maybe you don’t want to be normal. [...] [...] Coach Stan of the Thinkreferrals Blog Network recently picked up a copy of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. In this book, Gladwell investigates the phenomenon of highly successful people of how they lie outside of the norm. From Tiger Woods to Bill Gates, did these guys have unfair advantages over the rest of us? Maybe you don’t want to be normal. [...]

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67095 Joe Fong Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:50:13 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67095 Haha...Van Gogh couldn't draw obviously, so he doodled "crazy" stuff. Van Gogh cut off his left ear, probably cause he could paint it correctly. He was a sad sad little boy. On the other hand, Picasso rocked at drawing. Yet his difficulties accepting formal instruction led him to stop attending class soon after enrollment. Quitter! Haha…Van Gogh couldn’t draw obviously, so he doodled “crazy” stuff. Van Gogh cut off his left ear, probably cause he could paint it correctly. He was a sad sad little boy. On the other hand, Picasso rocked at drawing. Yet his difficulties accepting formal instruction led him to stop attending class soon after enrollment. Quitter!

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67094 Michael Kwan Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:05:38 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67094 Because drawing is the secret to happiness? Then what happened to kooks like Van Gogh and Picasso? Because drawing is the secret to happiness? Then what happened to kooks like Van Gogh and Picasso?

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67086 Nick Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:26:57 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67086 Thanks for the inspiration to stray from the norm and do something crazy! Oh, and normal is just a setting on your washing machine :P Thanks for the inspiration to stray from the norm and do something crazy! Oh, and normal is just a setting on your washing machine

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67085 Raul Pacheco Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:17:19 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67085 Normalcy is over-rated ;) Normalcy is over-rated

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67084 Speedlinking - Be Successful » Derek Semmler dot com Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:12:24 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67084 [...] Over at Beyond the Rhetoric, Michael Kwan asks what might seem like a simple question: Do you want to be normal?. While the question appears to be simple, the answer is more complex than you might think. People [...] [...] Over at Beyond the Rhetoric, Michael Kwan asks what might seem like a simple question: Do you want to be normal?. While the question appears to be simple, the answer is more complex than you might think. People [...]

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67083 Joe Fong Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:29:14 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67083 Like most people, Hitler was just pissed off because he sucked at drawing... Like most people, Hitler was just pissed off because he sucked at drawing…

]]> http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/01/19/do-you-want-to-be-normal/#comment-67079 Michael Kwan Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:33:14 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=3158#comment-67079 And Spider-Man is exciting! And Spider-Man is exciting!

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