MAN BITES BLOG

I once had a lesson from a journalist. It was about "what is news?".

The journalists showed us two headlines. One said DOG BITES MAN. That is not news, said the journalist. The other said MAN BITES DOG. That is news, said the journalist.

Yesterday I found myself debating this. The motion was the more successful you are, the duller you are.

It ought to be true, and from personal observation, seems to be.

Success has as its lodestone the mainstream. But oddity is the commodity which makes something interesting, newsworthy.

Success also tends you towards self satisfaction, away from the creativity of re-examination.

The two are poor bed fellows.

QED.

The above makes me feel pleased to have had so many failures!