... I'm a freak?

My Global Marketing Director - Jason Romain (aka The Nomad Marketer), emailed me yesterday, requesting that a few 'IQPCers' contribute to the next global marketing newsletter.

This was what he wrote in his email:

As Tom Peters once said Leaders should hang out with freaks, freaks being people who think differently and push you to think, so thank you all for letting me make that happen, you’re all freaks, be proud.

I'm a freak? Thanks Jason!

As ridiculous as this sounds - it's completely true.

I've often heard the expression 'People like like people' - meaning we surround ourselves by people who think, feel, react, converse, argue, and socialise in similiar ways to us.

It's how we chose our friends, our partners, and our careers.

So the point for me is to continue to share what I know with my peers, so that they can continue to grow. Subsequently, I urge you to challenge me with what you know.

Seth Godin said recently on his blog that the best thing to say to an artist of any kind might be, "someday, people will think what you did is really important."

These words are encouraging for a humble blogger like me since "If it's popular with everyone right away, it might not be art, it might just be good marketing. But if it earns attention and respect over time, if it wins over the skeptical, then you've really created something."

So I hope this blog finds you well, and perhaps challenges you to think differently.

Let's get freaky!

Until next time,

Chris Archer

p.s. Watch this space, first event in-house produced IQPC Australia event videos will be shared soon.