Here are 5 interesting ideas to spark your curiosity heading into the weekend.
Today at a Glance:
Question: Boring, basic actions.
Quote: Pain as a teacher.
Idea: The Fosbury Flop.
Image: The importance of the present.
Article: Repair & Remain.
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This story completely changed the way I think about innovation...
The high jump is a track and field event in which a participant runs toward a raised bar and attempts to leap over it without touching the bar.
Throughout history, high jumpers had used a few traditional techniques—like the scissors or the straddle—to clear the bar by leaping forwards or sideways over it.
But that would all change when an Oregon State University high jumper named Dick Fosbury came onto the scene.
His progress had stagnated using the traditional jumping techniques, so he started experimenting with new ways of clearing the bar. In particular, he challenged the conventional methods of a forward or sideways approach, instead developing an angled approach that culminated in him arching his back as he went over the bar backward.
Fosbury was widely ridiculed for the technique—some remarked that it looked like an "airborne seizure" or a "fish flopping in a boat" when they first watched it.
But at the 1968 Olympics, Dick Fosbury used the technique to win gold and set a new Olympic record.
Within a few years, the Fosbury Flop (as it became known) was the standard in the sport, and it remains so today, over 50 years later.
The lesson: True innovation is often met with ridicule. Enduring that non-belief is the price of admission for anyone who wants to alter the status quo.
Innovation is about everyone agreeing with you...later.
The importance of the present:
How can you radically change the future by taking a tiny action in the present?
This is one of the best articles I've read in the last few years. I come back to it every few months because I experience it a bit differently each time.
My three key takeaways:
Repair the small things before they become big things.
Make the minor upgrades that keep your life feeling fresh.
Work with what you've got, learn to appreciate what you've got, and don't fall for the "shiny object" trap.
I imagine everyone will experience this in their own way. It's a must read.
In Case You Missed It:
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