"That smells like a win. Breathe it in, folks. Remember that smell? It smells like the moon."

[kpete]

The Road Previously Traveled
September 9th, 2008 | by Jet Netwal |

Our citizens are looking for answers. Americans are a nose to the grindstone kind of people. We work hard. We like it. Give us an insurmountable task, and we’ll do it. We think it’s because we’re Americans, and that’s how we roll. To a degree, that mindset is part of it, but we tackle things like going to the moon or building railroads across and entire continent because we’re winners. We interact in a highly competitive mindset. American companies who set their people up to grow and excel in their work kick ass. You can almost predict when the middle age spread, in the guise of too many layers, too much compartmentalizing, and too much self-positioning robs the essence out of a company. Right now, our nation is feeling this bloat.

We’ve felt this way before, and we tap our best tool to dig ourselves out. We call it American ingenuity, this ability of ours to continually reinvent ourselves. In reality, it’s not a we as much as a few. A few Americans (or people who have adopted us) burst into our consciousness as the right people at the right time. In my lifetime, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, Helen Greiner and Al Gore are some of the people who moved us, inspired us, and changed the way we tackle the world.

There are unknown citizens out there right now who are on the cusp of being the next amazing Americans. There are people who will harness renewable energy in an economically viable way. Still others will tackle the distribution issues, while others will build the new technology for transportation of the next decade and beyond. It’s an exciting time to be an American innovator. This is a cyclic opportunity, and for a few thinkers and doers, their time is nearly here. Barack Obama sees this. He sees that this country can renaissance yet again, be the global phoenix, cement our innovation superiority, lead by example and wean the world from a self destructive fossil fuel addiction by making it more profitable to embrace the new greener business model, mindset and markets.

That smells like a win. Breathe it in, folks. Remember that smell? It smells like the moon.

http://www.teambio.org/2008/09/09/the-road-previously-traveled/