Better isn't better, different is better:
While touring Boston, a beautiful city filled with tons of American History, I went to visit the ship USS Constitution. If your not familiar with this ship, it was ordered to be built by President George Washington. Yes, that was over 200 years ago…
The USS Constitution was of course not the first Navy ship built, however, it was the first ship be built not just better, but different. They designed the ship to be larger and to be more heavily armored.
The ship is famous for having survived over 42 battles and the famous war of 1812 where it battles Guerriere.
Guerriere was a ship that was built better than its previous ships but not different. This ship was built by the French and overtaken by the British. The ship had 38 guns (or cannons).
Now what you need to know before these two ships battled is that the USS Constitution was built differently than all other ships because of the type of wood used to build it. It was built out of live Oak, White Oak and Maple woods. This made the hull extremely tough. During the battle against the heavily armed Guerrire, the cannon balls seemed to just bounce off of the hull. The two ships had a fierce engagement and when the Guerrire masts were destroyed, the ship was un-maneuverable and the British surrendered and boarded the USS Constitution. They had thought that because the cannon balls bounced off the sides, that the ship must have been made out of iron. This is how she got her name "Old Iron Side"
So to recap, being better isn't better, different is better. How will you approach your life from this day forward differently? Think about how changing the design of this ship, not only allowed it to win 42 brutal battles, but also stay afloat for over 200 years. What can you do today that is different than the past, something that will make a lifetime of differences?
I challenge you today, to be like the USS Constitution, she took hit after hit, but she didn't give way. I challenge you to push forward no matter what is holding you back or knocking you down... Get back up and keep moving forward!
Remember, better isn't better, different is better. Do something different today!
Owner of Nashville Computer and mentor to the IT community!
5 年Justin Shelley
Our secure-by-design solutions are modernizing the workspace to make life easier, more secure and more productive
6 年Hello Charles, so glad to posted this analogy. It's exactly our goal with a new service, Dittocast.com, nearing completion now.? Isn't this, 'making the same ole thing better not different', what the email and antivirus companies have been doing for decades attempting to combat cyber-security threats? It's time for a 'different', new and bold approach, outside the box of 'normal' or 'traditional'. Dittocast does just that, for eliminating traditional email, providing real security for file sharing and private messaging.??