Unimaginative consistency

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Monday, 9 Feb '09

“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative”

--Oscar Wilde

My Thoughts:
We have a 5 day fun-learning festival every year at my office. We have lots of events during that 5 day period. As a lead organizer for the event, I was brainstorming with the team and they were telling me the same ideas that we had last year.

And when I rejected those ideas, they said they want consistency. I replied that if you don’t have any ideas then don’t conceal your lack of imagination by saying that. And then I came across this quote which fits my situation.

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Sunday, 17 Aug '08

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live"

--Oscar Wilde

My Thoughts:
This quote gave me a new approach towards selfishness. I used to think people who think more about themselves, or rather, only about themselves are sick of this disease called Selfishness. But now I know that’s not the only definition. We always have the tendency to force people to act the way we feel comfortable. We don’t want to leave our comfort-zones but instead want the other person to suffer hardships.

Knowingly or un-knowingly we all have done this (or are doing this). Well I would do my best to prevent myself from this disease called Selfishness. And by the way what about you?