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The Secret of Super Coolness

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Two simple characteristics differentiate between those WITH super coolness and those WITHOUT it. They might not be the qualities you would pick, but I’d love to hear yours.

As follows:

• People who are super cool see the value of living, working, and serving in community with others. They see people as valuable tools to strengthen their own life. They can’t do it alone. They don’t need companionship or people to travel with out of fear, but out of necessity. They realize they are made better by God and others!

• People who are super cool have a willingness to be extremely different. They stand out, but only because they are unwilling to bend on certain things. They go places that their friends probably wouldn’t, because they are compelled. They don’t act like everyone else. They can’t. They know that others won’t agree with them, and maybe won’t even travel down the road with them any further. They realize that this is the necessary price for doing great things and traveling the path of God.

Which of these have you been working on?


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1 Comment

Love it. I wrote a series on how to be interesting, and it totally started with the first point you have here. I think the second one is true as well… the point about being willing to go where others aren't. Just being different, though, for the sake of being cool isn't cool. Everyone's different, so no one is. The real differentiator (ooh, big word) is offering something that others want to latch onto.

Nice reminder.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

Posted by bondChristian on 28 January 2010 @ 9pm

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