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PENNYSAVER March 12, 2014
It’s True By Frank J. Rich
What do you think—a fair model of the kinds of people? In fact, we are all the People are funny. Some, children especially, above, but for the sake of discussion, let’s are even funnier. We’re quirky, independent, agree that we are one of the three bulleted gregarious, taciturn, heady, engaging, types above. phlegmatic… . You get the idea. And not Those who know what they want are a 30 coincidentally, we’re ever changing. Once percent minority across most population you get to know us we do something totally segments. Typically, we don’t discuss the unexpected. That’s the good and the bad critical issues, though of concern to us, news. for a few reasons. The circumstances of From time in memoriam we defy stereothese issues—illness, lack of funds, higher typical definitions, and spurn virtually education, and strategic initiatives—are all attempts by others to pigeonhole us, not crowding present moments as other at least completely. How else might we extend things might. The issues make us uncomfortable— the next generation of our infinite personalities downsizing, layoffs, losses, moving, finding if not allowed to change, to grow, to be different employment. Finally, we fear upsetting others, or from what we were before, except, perhaps, to our the apple cart, in raising critical issues. The net: we mothers? don’t spend the time to sort out the Expander or container, givers and issues to inform a greater perspective Those who takers, those who walk into a room and a plan. know what and say, “There you are!”—and Those who know what they don’t those who say, “Here I am,” those want are a 50+ percent majority. they want are who claim to have accomplished Oddly, the security in knowing what a 30 percent something and those who actually we don’t want is an effective coping do, and “Thy will be done” to God mechanism that protects us from minority across or from Him, or, as Little Anthony alienating our support network. Most most population made popular in 1958, “they are a “don’t wants,” such as “who not to boy and girl.” vote for,” are safer admissions than segments. We may be encouraging the Theremin telling people who we are going to when putting the mind to “the kind” vote for. In the end, Democrats vote in humans, defined best by their uniqueness. But the for Democrat candidates, and the same is true of temptation remains to make science of art or logic of Republicans, though the independent group (i.e., magic. unaffiliated) is growing. That said, DNA analysis So let’s take a shot at the idea that there are only reveals such things as the DRD4 gene that reliably two or three kinds of people; namely, has most voting as their parents did. • Those who know what they want. Those who just don’t know make up the rest of • Those who know what they don’t want. the population; those waiting for somebody else to • Those who just don’t know. start the conversation about critical issues.
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Frank Rich is founder and CEO of Encore Príst International, an organizational development company that helps individuals and organizations reach their full potential through the practice of effective business fundamentals. You may reach him at fjrich@encoreprist.com, or by phone at 866/858-4EPI. To read all ROIs, go to news.townlink.com and click on Blogs.