Posted by Maung Soe
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to him. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
This quote reminds me of people I have met and also prompts me to question what kind of person myself.
Some people are decidedly reasonable, sensible and level-headed. I admire them for their calmness and coolness even under the most challenging circumstances. They are also popular and have many friends who are ready to seek advice from them. They may not be perfect but they are ready and open to admit their mistakes and imperfections. They are also good at adapting to the changes in the circumstances.
The other type of people is the complete opposite of the first group. They are distinctly odd. They are irritable and dislike almost everything in the universe. Most of their ideas are always at odds with other people. They are not the type you can befriend easily. They are not popular in their community and they do not care less about their popularity either.
Most people fall between those two extremes, they are not too reasonable but they are not too outlandish. However, the interesting types are the two extremes.
George Bernard Shaw, as quoted above, favoured the unreasonable type. Probably he liked the idea of a misfit coming up with a weird idea once in a while.
I always like the reasonable ones who are easier to deal with. They may not change the world but they are the ones who are reliable and always bring results. So give me the reasonable types, please!
Wait a moment! On second thought, imagine the world full of people who are ready to accept whatever is given and always happy, we would still be living in the Stone Age. How about the world full of people who are always unhappy and trying to change the world every moment of their lives? We would have finished each other over the arguments and there would be no civilisation left.
So, I would go with the majority population of the reasonables with probably less than one percent of the unreasonables.
What kind of person am I? I thought, I already answered.
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5 comments:
Thanks, Maung Soe. It's really good one.
Well…for me, I am not too ambitious person to get success, power and wealth.
I just want really happy life with others and don’t want to get too much worry every day/minute/ even second about them which I mentioned above.
But I tried my best when I take every duty in my life.
Just simple.
Am I reasonable one?
Support that In one organization, The reasonable man and unreasonable one work together as leaders. Whose idea will be influence to their colleague? What do you think?
Who will try to get main control key in their organization?
Dear izzy wizzy,
In my humble opinion, the reasonable types have better chance for the key position.
They have more friends, more popular in their community than the unreasonable types and being better at persuasion skills, I think they will be more influential.
Well...Unreasonable one is much much better crazy thinking than reasonable man.
Take care!
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