“2% of people are awesome, the remaining 98% not so awesome”
I hear that a lot. Even from big fancy social media guru types. There’s the cool kids and the uncool kids, cool is exclusive, obviously.
Usually the not so awesome are called some not so nice names.
I don’t buy it. And anyone you ask will claim awesomeness. I’m no math whiz but everyone has to be more than 2%.
My philosophy about people is this- everyone has value, everyone has a talent, a gift. Sometimes it’s a challenge to see it but it’s there.
Instead of the blanket 2/98 statement I propose a personalized 3 tier system.
The top tier is a small group and includes those people you really connect with. The ones that make you a better person. The most awesome people in your life.
The second tier is everyone else you know. Acquaintances, co-workers.. Likely there’s 2 layers in this tier, folks you know and like and folks you tolerate because you have to. Maybe their awesome is buried under something glaringly unpleasant. It happens.
The third tier is the whole rest of the world. When you meet them and they will move up. The undiscovered awesome.
All those people, all the tiers, they make you you. Each interaction and friendship helps you grow and makes you more awesome.I am just going to come out and say it- I totally want to be selfish with this, more great people in my life makes me great people, no way I am limiting it to just 2%.
Be all the awesome you can be. Or something.
>Great perspective! I definitely think that there are a lot of awesome people out there!!
>Every road I've travelled. Every person I have met have taught me something. Sometimes I was not a willing pupil but I studied them as they studied me and we each left with a piece of our lives sewn into each other's souls. I look for the good in everyone and hope they can see the good in me. In the classroom of life I have to say that I am the better for the learning.
>Well said.
>Great take on it. I try to look for awesome in everyone
>Perfectly, perfectly right.
>excellent post! I agree!
>Perfect! I think that 2% business is foolishness. Everyone is awesome to someone!
>Again, I say: hand.
You're my awesome.
>I'm an optimist. I think most people are awesome until they prove me wrong. Even then, I try not to jump to conclusions. There is plenty of awesome to go around. Great post.
>I like the idea… I also take comfort in the fact that one person's tier 1 is another person's tier 2….and so on.
>Its the "or something." that worry me.
But I love the idea of my community is part of what makes me awesome! So yeah for that!
Loved this.
>I will do my best to find the awesome in everyone. Sometimes its hard to look past the glaring 'seriously?!?' but its important
>I need a serious boost of awesome these days.
But, I agree with you . . . I absolutely hate the term "white trash," because it basically says "that person has no value as a human," and we all have some value.
Some, though, well, you need to look a little harder to find said value.
I've always thought of the world in three tiers . . . those who I'd do anything for, those who I wish I could do anything for, and those who I haven't met yet.
Looks like we're on very, very similar pages.
>I call bullshit on the 98/2. The thing is, that's a black and white statement and people are shades of grey. While someone may be awesome in one aspect of their life, maybe they need to improve on other areas. I think that everyone has awesome in them and if you ask the right questions and take the time to listen and learn, you'll see it.