Hmph. I guess it depends on the circumstance. I think of myself as ground-breaking because when I look at something I think: how could we do it differentlly?
I'm an early adopter when someone ELSE says, why don't we do this differently and I say OK.
For sure, much (most) of the time we break ground on somethign that will never develop, and i'm adopting (early and often) something that won't turn out to be popular, or maybe even interesting.
the trait of the two categories is the willingness to get started on something BEFORE it is clear it will work.
A stick in the mud, in my view, is the person who STILL WON'T ADOPT the new idea even after it is clear that it DOES work, and even better than the old way.
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I'm an early adopter when someone ELSE says, why don't we do this differently and I say OK.
For sure, much (most) of the time we break ground on somethign that will never develop, and i'm adopting (early and often) something that won't turn out to be popular, or maybe even interesting.
the trait of the two categories is the willingness to get started on something BEFORE it is clear it will work.
A stick in the mud, in my view, is the person who STILL WON'T ADOPT the new idea even after it is clear that it DOES work, and even better than the old way.