Winning Ideas

Everyone seems to move so quickly. They say there are no new ideas out there. But I must say it is additionally frustrating to see ideas I am working on take off elsewhere just as I'm developing them. Such is our world. We must press forward. Make our respective contributions. Let the flow of events and the multiple trajectories of creativity emerge onto the today into which yesterday I was planning as my tomorrow, and in light of which I must already adjust as my past.
I must say, though, that there is also the desire to win. Something about being first, seen, recognized, rewarded. To be a part of something incredible, influential, helpful and world-changing. To have high-school students assigned essays about what would the world be like if Karl hadn't made his contribution to the workplace culture revolution.
We'll leave it to others to debate whether we're on a flight of self-absorbed vanity or a determined trek toward fulfilling our destiny. I, for my part, must live my day.