My goodness, that almost sounds nasty. No, it is just a gentle reminder, … just a little creative nudge.
I post my quote here again, as it has been posted on my blog and website before in the past. A great reminder, for creativity in business, and life.
If I do not have the courage to stand out, to get noticed, to be different so that I can be remembered, then what business do I really have? Happiness and success in business is about courage, taking risks, living and working like there is no box.
When everyone else is trying to think outside of the box in business, you always know there is no box and there never was a box. All an illusion from the past, and from sheep following sheep, with a catchy phrase.
Conform and you will be bored. Conform, and you will not express your true creative potential, for creativity does not conform to any mold or formula. It constantly changes, evolves, moves, starts and stops, and you never know where it will go, into the unknown.
The life of happiness is one of courage and passion. How many businesses do you know, which do not, and did not conform? Which ones were the pioneers, leading, at the head of the pack with no fear … or maybe even with fear … but they lead the way anyway.
Creativity requires that we not conform, and take the path less travelled on the creative process route. You never know where you will end up if you have the courage to not conform. Beat your own drum. Dance your own dance. Sing your own song. Write your own story.
And, run your own business like it is the most brilliant and unique thing that has ever come along since … well, you fill in the blanks. “Run” your business. Run it far and run it wide, run it through the side streets and through the back alleys and down the country dirt roads and up the mountainsides, where you are alone, and only your ideas carry you to your next destination of success.
Some say it is lonely at the top, and yes it can be, but only for awhile. You will not be alone for long.
The rest will follow, because eventually followers will join and conform. 
So I ask you a creativity question. Do you want to lead, or do you want to conform?
Afterall, Conformity is the Shortest Route to a Boring Life.
~Brenda Johima~
