Men In Black – "You're All Here Because You're The Best of The Best - Think Different."
In Men In Black, Agent K walks into a room full of the most elite warriors and specialists on the planet - Marines, Air Force pilots, Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, NYPD detectives. The best of the best from every branch. And he's looking for one person. One. The Best Of The Best Of The Best.
That's what BotBotBest is about. Not the best. Not even the best of the best. The Best Of The Best Of The Best - those rare individuals who operate at the absolute pinnacle of human achievement and push the rest of us to reach higher.
But here's the thing about that scene that most people miss. When the little girl walks through - the one everyone overlooks, the one who doesn't fit the mold - Agent K notices her. He's watching differently than everyone else. He sees what others don't. He thinks different.
That's the Steve Jobs connection. He watched the room the way Jobs watched the world - looking for the one who thinks differently, who doesn't fit the mold, who the establishment has already dismissed. The people who change things are almost never who the room expected.
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
Steve Jobs - Think Different Campaign Speech - 09/1997
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