DontFollowtheFollower
？厄尔·南丁格尔 / EarlNightingale
95percentofpeopleneversucceedbecausethey’refollowingthewronggroup.
Processionarycaterpillarstravelinlong， undulatinglines， ， theFrenchentomologist， onceleadagroupofthesecaterpillarsontotherimofalargeflowerpotsothattheleaderoftheprocessionfoundhimselfnosetotailwiththelastcaterpillarintheprocession， formingacirclewithoutendorbeginning.
Throughsheerforceofhabitand， ofcourse， instinct， theringofcaterpillarscircledtheflowerpotforsevendaysandsevennights， ， butitwasoutsidetherangeofthecircle， sothecaterpillarscontinuedalongthebeatenpath.
， anditseemseasierandmorecomfortingtofollowthemthantocopewithchange， evenwhenthatchangemayrepresentfreedom， achievement， andsuccess.
Ifsomeoneshouts， “Fire！” itisautomatictoblindlyfollowthecrowd， ： Isthisreallythebestwayoutofhere？
Somanypeople “misstheboat” becauseit’seasierandmorecomfortingtofollow-to-followwithoutquestioningthequalificationsofthepeoplejustahead—thantodosomeindependentthinkingandchecking.
Ahardthingformostpeopletofullyunderstandisthatpeopleinsuchnumberscanbesowrong， likethecaterpillarsgoingaroundandaroundtheedgeoftheflowerpot， ， itmustberight， ， ， stars， andplanetstraveledaroundtheEarth.
Bothideasarenowconsideredridiculous， .
It’sdifficultforpeopletocometotheunderstandingthatonlyasmallminorityofpeopleeverreallygetthewordaboutlife， ， nomorenaturallythansuccessatanything—amusicalinstrument， sports， fly-fishing， tennis， golf， business， marriage， parenthood.
