Being ahead of the curve is all about being alone, in a sense. You won't have many peers because you are already above the average or the majority of people. If you know what your doing is right, you keep on walking.

I have been in many positions where I just knew a lot more than others around me. When I led new initiatives at work, no one had a clue what was going on and I was researching and creating processes and policies on my own. When pushing for profitable new events with our products, everyone just waited until I had the plan done and they just followed.

When an old company I worked at laid off a lot of my co-workers and they were offered to start a new company by an investor, no one knew how to do anything with the opportunity. They invited me over and I thought I'd just have a normal office job to do, ended up setting up the entire thing from hiring and getting all the necessary permits to creating all the processes and schedules. Had to coach every lead and supervisor, had to talk to the investor, had to handle all the money. Worked out great, everyone got a job, higher wages and a lot more.

When my father died and he didn't tell my mother that he secretly sold her home to fund whatever he was funding, my mom was devastated. I used up all my funds to support her while she remained depressed and not wanting to do anything for three whole years and at the time, my sister was also feeling lost and living with us. That put me into a whole lot of debt just to keep it going until they snapped out of it.

When I got too good at playing fighting games like Street Fighter, Tekken and Soul Calibur, I literally ran out of people that wanted to play with me.

Think back in your life when you led a project or when you were better at a certain thing than everyone else. The situation is the same, with you being ahead, but the difference is the people you are with don't acknowledge you for what you know, unlike when you're better at something 'cool'.

The value of what you know and what you believe in comes into play later when the others start to slowly wake up. You can remain as an example for them, someone that they can turn to when they decide they are done sleeping.

People have to forge ahead for the good of mankind. You keep going because it's what you believe in.

Being ahead of the curve is all about being alone, in a sense. You won't have many peers because you are already above the average or the majority of people. If you know what your doing is right, you keep on walking.

I have been in many positions where I just knew a lot more than others around me. When I led new initiatives at work, no one had a clue what was going on and I was researching and creating processes and policies on my own. When pushing for profitable new events with our products, everyone just waited until I had the plan done and they just followed.

When an old company I worked on laid off a lot of my co-workers and they were offered to start a new company by an investor, no one knew how to do anything with the opportunity. They invited me over and I thought I'd just have a normal office job to do, ended up setting up the entire thing from hiring and getting all the necessary permits to creating all the processes and schedules. Had to coach every lead and supervisor, had to talk to the investor, had to handle all the money. Worked out great, everyone got a job, higher wages and a lot more.

When my father died and he didn't tell my mother that he secretly sold her home to fund whatever he was funding, my mom was devastated. I used up all my funds to support her while she remained depressed and not wanting to do anything for three whole years and at the time, my sister was also feeling lost and living with us. That put me into a whole lot of debt just to keep it going until they snapped out of it.

When I got too good at playing fighting games like Street Fighter, Tekken and Soul Calibur, I literally ran out of people that wanted to play with me.

Think back in your life when you led a project or when you were better at a certain thing than everyone else. The situation is the same, with you being ahead, but the difference is the people you are with don't acknowledge you for what you know, unlike when you're better at something 'cool'.

The value of what you know and what you believe in comes into play later when the others start to slowly wake up. You can remain as an example for them, someone that they can turn to when they decide they are done sleeping.

People have to forge ahead for the good of mankind. You keep going because it's what you believe in.