What motivates someone to build a robot out of Lego’s that can solve a Rubik’s Cube? I think many people would say that is a waste of time.

Our society is constantly telling us that “everything has already been done.” So many people take this to heart and give up. The result is a generation of apathy and failure. The people who make a difference in our world don’t buy into the “its all been done” mentality. If you are passionate about something you will at some point be comfronted by someone who will say,

“Why are you doing that? It’s been done. Why would you want to do that? You will never be as good as…”

Doing something is always going to be better than doing nothing. Just because something has been done, doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing. You will be better for having done it. Just because you will never be able to beat a computer at chess doesn’t mean it isn’t worth playing the game.

Thanks to Seth Godin’s Blog for bringing the Lego story to my attention.