Misfits In Charge

[…] John Carltonâ??s Big Damn Blog wrote an interesting post today on Misfits In ChargeHere’s a quick excerpt News flash: If you are neither on, nor in need of, attention-deficit medication… you’re probably at a serious disadvantage marketing your business online. I’m not judging anyone here — I’m just making an observation. A few weeks ago, I was sitting at a big sloppy banquet hosted by one of the top online entrepreneurs. Very nice restaurant, and we had a back room all to ourselves. Seated around me were a dozen other rich, respected online entrepreneurs — mostly men in their thirties, and one o […]

I can’t remember what it’s like to work a job and the longest I ever lasted in a full time job was 12 months…even then I was moved from one shop to another shop as an alternative to firing me because I was so young (17).

Most of my millionaire friends are nuts too.

In fact if you’re “normal” I start to wonder what’s wrong with you.

“Normal” people work jobs their whole lives, complaining constantly about how hard it is…and then live in near poverty when they retire.

Screw being normal.

There’s an old story of a millionaire who had a jar of peanuts in water.

He’d shake up those peanuts and after a while he’d ask what the jar of floating peanuts told you.

“Only the NUTS float to the top.”

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

[…] John Carltonâ??s Big Damn Blog wrote an interesting post today on Misfits In ChargeHere’s a quick excerpt News flash: If you are neither on, nor in need of, attention-deficit medication… you’re probably at a serious disadvantage marketing your business online. I’m not judging anyone here — I’m just making an observation. A few weeks ago, I was sitting at a big sloppy banquet hosted by one of the top online entrepreneurs. Very nice restaurant, and we had a back room all to ourselves. Seated around me were a dozen other rich, respected online entrepreneurs — mostly men in their thirties, and one o […]

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Great article John! I can attest to the fact that those in my network are all “misfits”… you know who you are.

That makes me feel better about having been diagnosed with an “other than specified” personality disorder. The shrink had to make up a new category to get the diagnosis he was looking for.

“Misfit” sounds better than “other than specified.” If anyone asks, I’ll tell them I have the misfit personality disorder.

John,

Very true, my friend. I’m so ADHD that I even made a business from it! What other linear-thinking people might see as weaknesses, I only see as strengths, and the Internet has helped me to prove it.

Raking in the dough helping people to do what I do isn’t such a bad job, especially since I can do it from my very chaotic office.

Be well!

Oh the misfit stories I could tell, and some of them
include Mr. Carlton.

I’m damn glad your not normal John.

Lovely post! I really enjoyed it and remember the first time I had that revelation as well. It was at a fairly large networking event and the room had split into two distinct groups.

The normal people who wanted to be polite and hold their proverbial pinky up while drinking…and the REST of us. Having fun. What the other group never realized was that we were really the only ones making emotional connections in the room.

Those emotional connections? They’re what networking is all about!

Thanks again for a great post.

“No one normal ever ran a successful company” – Jennifer G.

My name is Laura, and I’m a misfit. I’m glad I’m not alone. You’ve inspired me to write a post about this at my blog. Thanks for the boost!

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I would not label myself as a misfit. It’s just that the whole rest of the world isn’t fit for me!

Thank you, John, for clarifying for me. Now I know that I am back on the right path for my life. If you are familiar with the book about “The Marginal Man” in the african countries where apartheid was practiced, then you will understand just how much of a misfit I have always been. Some thiry years ago Dr. K Bradford Brown, my counselor and mentor at the time, told me I was a marginal woman. He defined that for me and added that, perhaps, some day, the females of our world, and maybe the business world, would come to value the way I think. Until then I was/am doomed to be one woman who just didn’t fit into either the corporate world of men or the protected homemaker world of women. Today, thankfully, the world of women has changed somewhat. I still don’t fit. I have not adopted the corporate dress code and was criticized in my last “real” job for going shoeless in my office.

I have lots of information about working online. Once I figure it all out, I think I can find my niche in the online entrepreneurial world. I know that working for others, especially when there are lots of “rules” to follow just doesn’t work for me. I was fired from my last job and not hired for another one recently because I found creative ways to use a computer to do my work or my proposed work more quickly and better. Hmmmm.

Peace and Love to you and yours,
Jemyl

Thank you, John, for clarifying for me. Now I know that I am back on the right path for my life. If you are familiar with the book about “The Marginal Man” in the african countries where apartheid was practiced, then you will understand just how much of a misfit I have always been. Some thiry years ago Dr. K Bradford Brown, my counselor and mentor at the time, told me I was a marginal woman. He defined that for me and added that, perhaps, some day, the females of our world, and maybe the business world, would come to value the way I think. Until then I was/am doomed to be one woman who just didn’t fit into either the corporate world of men or the protected homemaker world of women. Today, thankfully, the world of women has changed somewhat. I still don’t fit. I have not adopted the corporate dress code and was criticized in my last “real” job for going shoeless in my office.

I have lots of information about working online. Once I figure it all out, I think I can find my niche in the online entrepreneurial world. I know that working for others, especially when there are lots of “rules” to follow just doesn’t work for me. I was fired from my last job and not hired for another one recently because I found creative ways to use a computer to do my work or my proposed work more quickly and better. Hmmmm.

Peace and Love to you and yours,
Jemyl

Thank you, John, for clarifying for me. Now I know that I am back on the right path for my life. If you are familiar with the book about “The Marginal Man” in the african countries where apartheid was practiced, then you will understand just how much of a misfit I have always been. Some thiry years ago Dr. K Bradford Brown, my counselor and mentor at the time, told me I was a marginal woman. He defined that for me and added that, perhaps, some day, the females of our world, and maybe the business world, would come to value the way I think. Until then I was/am doomed to be one woman who just didn’t fit into either the corporate world of men or the protected homemaker world of women. Today, thankfully, the world of women has changed somewhat. I still don’t fit. I have not adopted the corporate dress code and was criticized in my last “real” job for going shoeless in my office.

I have lots of information about working online. Once I figure it all out, I think I can find my niche in the online entrepreneurial world. I know that working for others, especially when there are lots of “rules” to follow just doesn’t work for me. I was fired from my last job and not hired for another one recently because I found creative ways to use a computer to do my work or my proposed work more quickly and better. Hmmmm.

Peace and Love to you and yours,
Jemyl

One of the greatest misfit is Bill Gates. He does not fit in the mold of most our thinking, but these and their likes are also millionaires today.

Without misfits, we might all end up like Ward & June Cleaver.

Gary Bacchetti
The Gentle Mentor

haha, here we come again… Guys , i mean guys who try to earn money from f.ing MISFITs, why don’t stop doing this and mocking at us. John no offense but how are you trying to solve misfit problem???