On the other hand, doing something a particular way because that’s what everyone else does – or because it’s how it’s always been done – is a recipe for stagnation and frustration.
And if you’re doing it for a place in today’s status quo, you might be heading for disappointment: tomorrow, the status quo will have moved on, and what you did might not mean what you thought it did.
Here’s Seth Godin:
Are you making these choices simply because of today’s status quo, knowing that tomorrow the status quo won’t even be what it is today?
Seth Godin – Akimbo – The Wedding Industrial Complex