Innovation and progress require testing the rules and assumptions that most people believe are inescapable and unchangeable (Tweet this quote). And in the process, new perspectives often present new approaches that change the way these seemingly stubborn rules affect our lives.
For instance, we all know gravity is a very real thing. But while many people thought this meant it would be impossible for humans to fly, there were some Mavericks who decided to challenge that ‘rule.’
Instead of denying that gravity existed, the Wright Brothers revealed an invention that changed the rules: The airplane. In their day, even the concept of human flight was blasphemy, but thank God they ignored the pessimists – and the ‘old’ rules.
Be a Maverick,
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