He’s a Talker, Not a Doer
See, it’s not always that we need to tear Kishore’s article bit-by-bit. And we hardly ever disagree for the sake of disagreeing. We should always try to be ‘objective’, right?
And, yes, we disown the governing philosophy of ‘you die your business’ and show concern if we see some possible health problem in a fellow Singaporean, even an elitist one.
So, what gives with Idea #10?
Well, Kishore’s idea is born out of his urging us to ‘slip out of our comfort zones and think outside the box. In short, we have to think and dream big like the founding fathers of Singapore’ (let’s forgive him for again kissing the ground whereupon his heroes treaded).
His readers would have thought, OK, show us how to do it, Big Man. Unfortunately, after all the blah blah blah about outside the box and big thinking, he says, ‘This is why I own a car now’ because that’s the most convenient option.
Hello, ‘Physician, heal thyself’.
If you propose a radical idea that turns the current one on its head, urge us to think outside the box and to dream big – and observe that everyone else thinks owning a car is the most convenient – and you do likewise, then, what’s that again you are saying?
COME ON, Professor, Dean, Thinker!!!
Put your car where your words are!
Think outside the box – and Do what’s outside the conventional!
Think big – and Do big!
Breakout of your comfort zone!
Roll with your own idea! For goodness sake, show some true leadership to make things happen instead of just puffing out hot air ideas that few will be alive to judge you by 50 years hence.
Or do we get this sneaking feeling that it’s one pie for the elites and another for the common people when you say to Downsize the PIE?
Do more, talk less. Or better yet – hush.
http://2econdsight.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/idea-10-kishore-talks-lots-walks-not-2/
