To recap: - "weirdness" means what others will think is weird - many options feel right Therefore, following the advice in the title leads to the selection o

To recap: - "weirdness" means what others will think is weird - many options feel right Therefore, following the advice in the title leads to the selection of the path that works personally, and which is most likely to be true to one's inner compass. But I do wonder about the "feels right" part. The thing that feels right often only does so in hindsight. In the moment, it may feel very, very wrong. This reminds me of something a speaker at a corporate "Innovation" symposium during a summer internship once said many years ago. There was talk after talk about how you have to "take risk" and "push the envelope" and "think outside the box." Then this guy stands up and gives the best heuristic I've ever heard for identifying innovation in your actions. He said You'll know you're innovating because you'll feel deeply uncomfortable. Nothing makes you stand out like actually innovating. Nothing makes you hated more than actually innovating. Nothing raises the stakes of what you're doing like actually innovating. And usually, nothing feels more wrong than actually innovating.