just do what you think you should

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“All I can do is be me, whoever that is.”

Bob Dylan

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“Everything passes, everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.”

Bob Dylan

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Ok. I have never been a big fan of Bob Dylan’s music. But. I like the fact he went out and kind of shoved it back in the face of establishment. He kind of just said “here I am … take it or leave it.” And figured out how to be successful at what he wanted to do.

So let’s talk about success.

First. I am fairly sure the people who know exactly what they want to do, or know what they will be good at, are in the minority. In fact. I would bet a really small minority. And worse? People judging what YOU will be good at have a fairly poor track record as a rule of thumb <because they judge based on their own perceptions>.

What that means is if you are in that minority (who actually knows what they want to do) and the majority of people think you will suck at it … well … it not only sucks but it is tough.

People said Bob Dylan can’t sing. But he became a singer.

If you ever wonder if there is a formula for life … I would imagine Bob Dylan is the penultimate proof that there is not. And while the majority of us will never be as famous or as successful as Bob that’s not really the point.

The point is that there are really only a couple of truths in Life:

  • All you can do is be you … no matter who that is.
  • Everything changes … all the frickin’ time as a matter of fact … so you should just do what you think you should do.

Second. Doing the right thing. Ok. How about “doing what you think you should.”

Unlike the % of people who know what they should be doing and what they would be good at, the % of people who actually know that they should do what they think they should do is high. I feel quite confident in saying the majority of people given the only guardrails “do what you think you should” will do quite well 95+% of the time. Doing the right thing may not be an exact, well defined thing, directionally most people know it when they see it. And this includes choices, decisions, actions and consequences. Yeah. Sometimes doing the right thing <especially in business> can be impossible, but that does not mean you cannot be successful if your compass is always doing what you think you should.

Change is constant, yet, if you remain constant in always doing what you think you should do I will suggest you will constantly be successful.

Anyway. In the end.

Bob Dylan. No. He can’t sing. But he is a singer.

If that isn’t a Life lesson I don’t know what is.

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Written by Bruce