Great blog, some nice ideas. I laughed at Follow Your Ignorance, because it is just so correct, and something we could almost all do better: learn something new. Funny how in our society we’re taught to race to the next hot thing: pet rocks, social media, whatever. But we just might have some great old guitars of our own shelved that warrant our wisdom.

And on another funny note, the tagline of my business (helping companies learn marketing: a full service agency) is “Knowledge is Bliss”. A dichotomy? I think not.

“Ah, what a sweet juicy nugget your latest feed was! I truly enjoyed it.

There is soooo much here!

My observation has been at those points where we are frustrated and angry that a situation we poured ourselves into is not yielding what we want. For example, you work in a job for many, many years, and your boss is replaced with a phenomenal incompetent who is creating chaos and unhappiness at your workplace. How many people in this situation continue to battle with this situation rather than making the choice to move somewhere else? For me, the moment I hear my inner self saying “This isn’t fair, It should be…..” Those are the moments I know that I am not looking at the situation objectively.

So, I was thinking that following your ignorance can also be Journey to your unknown. What will happen to the guitar if I make the sound hole a star shape? I don’t know. What will happen if I take a different job away from my current boss who I don’t respect? I don’t know? Think of the wonderful power and excitement and learning of “I don’t know”

Following your ignorance reminds me a little bit of a book called “F*ck Yes!” One of the ideas of the book was, what if you answered every question with “F*uck Yes!” Should I look for a new job? “F*ck Yes!” Should I explore this committed relationship “F*ck Yes!” Should I vote Republican? “F*ck Yes!” (Okay just threw that last one in to show that visceral resistance to venturing into discomfort.)

The last point of my disjointed email here, is genetics. Humans are wired as pattern recognition machines and to stick to patterns that keep them alive. (This makes sense when we think of our distant ancestors – differing from a pattern (say hunting wild tigers) could have fatal consequences.) Our survival wires us to repeat what our minds BELIEVE works. And yet, our duty on the planet to have a full and interesting life is to do just the opposite. Explore our ignorance, take opportunities, maximize the options we take.

An interesting yin and yang going on here.

My advice?

Always follow ‘I don’t know!’ with ‘Let’s find out!’”