The Guardian made a top-10 list of advices on how to be remarkable. Seth Godin broke it down to a brief summary. And hell, I’ve found it inspiring!

There’s a lot of truth in these advices, and my guess is most people won’t like it. My top would have to be these:

___3. Being noticed is not the same as being remarkable. It’s easy to pull off a stunt, but not useful.

___4. Extremism in the pursuit of remarkability is no sin. In fact, it’s practically a requirement.

___6. Not everyone appreciates your efforts to be remarkable. In fact, most people don’t. So what? Most people are ostriches, heads in the sand, unable to help you anyway. Your goal isn’t to please everyone. Your goal is to please those that actually speak up, spread the word.

___9. If you put it on a T-shirt, would people wear it? No use being remarkable at something that people don’t care about. Not ALL people, mind you, just a few. A few people insanely focused on what you do is far far better than thousands of people who might be mildly interested, right?

I’m not a marketeer, far from it, so I don’t see this in the light of branding and advertising, I think it appeals to a great deal of everyday life (oral exams for instance…). Basically just grabbing life by the balls if you ask me. The continued effort of staying focussed on making moves. There’s a whole lot of things left to be done, ideas unexplored, don’t just assume you’re the only bright mind in town, tomorrow the next man will step up and pass you by.

By the way, the main reason why 80% of the visitors never posts a comment is because they don’t want to be remarked about. And that goes for a lot of people. Which is nice, I guess. Some of them might be spies, of course. (for the Dutchies: more on spies right here, and here too.)

My apologies for the corny use of images in this one, but it did need that extra touch. Plus, the upcoming gigs in Tavernier needed to be pointed out. Still, I’m not a marketeer. Merely a promoter.