"Are You Not Crazy Enough?"

"Are you crazy?"  It's a question that we have all heard before.  Some of us may have been asked this question and some may have asked others this question.

It's a question, when asked, that is usually followed by a stern warning, or some other kind of discouragement of the action being questioned.

You see, people normally don't like change.   Most thoughts, actions, and ideas that are outside of the "norm" aren't normally well received.  

Well, first of all, who said that "normal" was a good thing?  In fact, if you look at most successful people, you will find that most of them were crazy.  The "world as we know it" was molded and shaped by crazy people with crazy ideas.

It is my suggestion that in order to be successful you have to be a little crazy.  Crazy thoughts, plus crazy ideas, plus crazy actions, equals crazy results!

You would have to be crazy to drop out of Harvard University to start a company that sells a product for a device that most American families didn't have, but Bill Gates did it.

You would have to be crazy to pack up your family, jump on a boat, and move to a foreign land that you have never been to before.  But that is exactly what some of the most influential and famous immigrants who have shaped our country did.

You would have to be absolutely bonkers to move across the country, sleep in your car, and not know where your next meal was coming from.  But Jim Carrey did it. Tyler Perry did it.   And so did many of the actors, singers, and artists the we enjoy today.

For the most part, everybody wants to "make it".  We all want to be successful, accomplish our goals, and see our dreams.  Whether it is being rich and famous or simply being happy.  So what's stopping us?  Are our ideas too crazy?  Are our dreams too far fetched?  What goal seems far from ever being reached?

What I am suggesting is that many of us are not crazy enough!  Not crazy enough to leave.  Not crazy enough to start that business.  Not crazy enough to just do "it"!

The problem may not be that you are crazy. The problem may be that you are not crazy enough!