Thought for the Day 1-4-08

This quote was read at my School Accountability Committee meeting at my daughter's school. It's from the book The Backdoor to Enlightenment: Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing Your World and was apparently featured in Oprah's magazine.

For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it. For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door. Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with things they are told are valuable. Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

Makes me think of Will. I think he's peering in my back door right now . . .