The Confidence to be Different
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”
- Dr Seuss
I love that quote.
At Perform, I come into contact with children every day who worry that they’re ‘different’. All too often they want nothing more than to ‘fit in’.
I think that as a species the desire to conform is all too high on the list of our priorities. We all want to fit in.
Being different is frowned upon all too often in my experience. Different = Bad.
But we’re all different, right?
We’re all unique – and shouldn’t that be something that we’re keener to celebrate?
I get a little tired of the “It’s OK to be different” shtick. Being different is *so* much better than OK. Being different is wonderful.
But how do you deal with a child who wants nothing more than to fit in?
