Comments on: If people think you’re strange, they’re right

By: Johnny B. Truant

Johnny B. Truant — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:41:21 +0000

And even if they’re right? Screw it! Strange people like us do what we do because it’s what we feel is right.

By: Donina Ifurung

Donina Ifurung — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:51:36 +0000

So true! I am currently in the throes of being on the “pause” button with my friends regarding my newly launched business. I have a feeling they are all holding their breaths, on pause, so to speak, waiting to see if I will make a go of this business or go back to work. Can’t wait to prove them wrong! Thanks for this post.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:01:52 +0000

I always wondered what “too smart for your own good” meant.

Now I know.

By: Melody Granger

Melody Granger — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:51:27 +0000

There is no such thing as normal for sure.

Many people think my expression of “Comfortably Organized” won’t cut it because if someone wants to be organized, then they want perfection. Oh well, they can keep the perfectionist tendencies – especially if it works for them;-) But for the rest of us…let’s live it up, comfortably organized!

I’m probably strange.

Melody

By: boyo

boyo — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:43:22 +0000

They called me MAD at the University…

By: Stephanie Phillips

Stephanie Phillips — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:02:10 +0000

Great post, Johnny! I fight with the should do/want to do stuff everyday (I still work a 9-5). My upbringing tells me that I should work in a well established organization that pays well and offers good benefits. But what’s the point of that if I’m not happy?

My well-meaning mother is the one who always drilled this into me. She was the one who worked at the same job her entire career. Now that she’s retired she’s experienced so much more in her life than she ever did before and she still works. But she enjoys the work she’s doing and, when it’s not fun anymore, she moves on to another adventure. She’s been a bar tender, a ski instructor and, now, a realtor. She made the comment not too long ago that if she had it to do all over again, she would have done something more “adventurous and creative” with her life. My jaw nearly hit the ground…lol I guess I now have the permission to be an “idiot”.

By: Alison Golden

Alison Golden — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:12:17 +0000

Elizabeth:
You are so right! I have ten year olds and this is the message I want them to hear.

By: Elizabeth Cottrell

Elizabeth Cottrell — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:43:20 +0000

Terrific message for those of us who have been around the block awhile and were raised to think conformity was a good thing. I’ve long since learned to ignore the “Sit down and shut up” mentality, but it’s still terrific to get a fresh blast of reminder.

This message, coming near graduation time, is also timely. As we kick our graduates out into the cold cruel world, they should be equipped with Johnny’s Axiom! I plan to include it in some of my graduation notes.

By: RhondaL

RhondaL — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:55:38 +0000

Crap. You know I mean “getting shot at” metaphorically, right?

I never met a “phor” I didn’t want to mix, too. Yeesh.

By: RhondaL

RhondaL — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:53:35 +0000

Hey, Johnny, in military-speak or “action-adventure” jargon, “taking point,” means you get shot at first. Kind of like the pioneers.