Brainwashed

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Brainwashed - Written By: Seth Godin
Acknowledge the Lizard
In this layer Seth Godin talks about acknowledging the lizard which is basically the part of our brain that tells us not to take risks. As creative people we need to learn to ignore this part of our brain and not be afraid to get laughed at for an idea or effort. This is a constant struggle with everyone and Godin calls it the resistance. It’s the idea that we should just sit down and shut up and follow what other are doing or told to do.

Fail
This section spoke to me the most out of all the sections, probably because it is the one I have the most trouble with. Being extremely competitive and a perfectionist I struggle with this daily. I have been raised and taught that failure is bad so I try to avoid it will all costs. In this article however, Seth says that failure is the key to succeeding. Without failure Seth says that the market would not be reinvented. He goes on to demanding us to fail and demanding us to create risky things and to create change.

Reflection
Like Seth said in the reading we are being brainwashed to think inside the box. So going through my whole life in public schools and doing what I have been told I cannot really think outside of the box yet. Right now I think that doing these blogs are a waste of time but eventually I get a grade for it and in the end it gets me closer to graduation and one step closer to my career. Therefore these blogs become pertinent to me. Next, some of the things I learned throughout high school I have found uses for. So how am I to say whether or not these blogs are a waste of time, I could find them useful later. The professionals that are out there doing the jobs that we want to do could answer this question better than I could. Overall, I would be lying if I said I haven’t learned anything from doing these blogs. The key to it is applying these lessons and exercises into all the aspects of our life to make us better artists, students, and people in general.