“Do you really see yourself as eccentric?” asked my boss incredulously. “Yes.” I replied – “Eccentric means away from the centre, which means that I don’t follow all the other sheep.”
How it Began
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Probably it all began when I was in my teens and found a book that showed me the easy way to write essays. “Always think what everyone else will write and make your essay as outrageously different as you can.” You can get a free eBook now on the subject from studying-techniques.com
It was such fun being outrageous that it spread to my everyday life. Often the outrageous ideas I thought of made more sense than the conventional thinking.
Soon people started to accept me as an eccentric.
Immediate advantages of being a known eccentric
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* You don’t offend people. Everyone shrugs and says “It’s just Ian!”
* You can say “no” whenever you like.
* You no longer have to keep up with the...