Erika

“If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it. —Vincent van Gogh”
― Jonathan Mooney, Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines

“It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information more mindfully. Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil