jean valjean asked this highly provocative question in the well-known and long-running musical "les miserables." his answer was 24601. he was a prisoner. he stole a loaf of bread. later, he became mayor.
marisa mayer posed this highly provocative question a few days ago. she is the uber smart and uber loaded head of something or other in research and development at google. "are you a starter or a finisher?" "are you a dreamer or an executor?" it made me think.
i don't think i like either of those choices. what's in the center there? middler? meddler? true, in many cases i am an extremist. i tend to the fringes. i like the fringes. fringe was very popular at one time. jon bon jovi liked the fringe when i was small.
so who am i? well i don't know, you jerk. why don't you leave me alone? why don't you probe your own self and stop nosing around in my business? why do i have to be any one thing? why do i have to define myself by your constructs? why must you insist on this either/or situation in which clearly there is a wrong answer and a right answer? i can already see you snickering. you really are a jerk. i'm getting super steamed about this invasion of my privacy.
who am i? i am shiny penny. or am i?
why can't you be both? you start AND you finish. you dream something AND execute it ... there doesn't have to be an either/or. this google woman may be smart at what she does but perhaps not so smart in the "words of wisdom" category.
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