I read an old article the other day about the cheese standing alone…
If you’re not familiar with The Farmer In The Dell, it’s a children’s song about people and animals on a farm, but in the end the cheese always stands alone.
Yup it’s a silly song, but the article writer (A chap called Jason Leister) makes a really good point about that cheese.
All through school/our lives we are conditioned to think different is bad or weird. If someone wears clothes that don’t match our own clothes, or they act or think differently than we do, then often we make fun of them for being different.
It’s pretty cruel, but this is how most of us are taught in mainstream society right from being toddlers. After all, what better way to control people than to make them police themselves. (It’s a bit scary when you think about it)..
Independent thinkers are scary to the establishment and to big business. Because if we think on our own, then we realize we don’t need the latest gadget or newest brain washing device to make us happy. Thus we can’t be controlled by others because we are controlling ourselves and what we choose to do or buy etc.
In life and in business, strive to be the cheese.
Be different. Think for yourself. Find all of those innate qualities you’ve repressed over the years in the name of “getting along” and conforming to the wishes of others, and reincorporate them into your life, (you’ll find you’re really rediscovering yourself when you do).
The real you is the person others are going to love following online because you’re going to stand apart from the crowd. You’ll be unique and individual.
People need leaders. When you let your true, authentic self shine through, people will be drawn to you, to your charisma, and to your unique views and opinions. You stand apart and you become a leader instead of a slavish follower..
Then you finally become the cheese….