Great success story,
trikkonceptz !
I've got a little success story for you...
I work with a couple of hundred ppl on a daily basis, and have the opportunity to participate in lots of 30 second conversations, in passing - kind of like a chessmaster playing 30 opponents at once! The way it works is, "Hold that thought, and I'll get back to you later." Sooo... I often have 30 conversations 'going on' at the same time, and each conversation is different.
Having said that, there are certain ppl that I talk to about ECO Driving...
Here's my 'little success story': A guy I talk to about FE came up to me the other night and said, "Hey, you know what? I went from 16 MPG to 20 MPG by simply driving my truck less aggressive." I looked at him, and he was beaming with pride - like he'd REALLY done something great.
Inside my mind, I was thinking, "Big deal!". However, when I was thinking about it later, my lasting impression was, dude, that guy just improved his FE +25% - on his own!!!
And, that's the way it starts, isn't it?
Your success story is great - but IMHO the moral is - you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink! What you need to do with ppl (and horses) is make them think it's THEIR idea. If they think it's YOUR idea, you're sunk!
Independent thinking is a rarity these days, but it’s a bare necessity when hoping to see and act clearly. And, clearly, the independent and fast-thinking Tom Sawyer - the smart-aleck kid whose adventures were brought to life in the book by Mark Twain - made whitewashing his fence look like such a blast that he was able to dupe all his friends into doing this tedious job for him while he kicked-back, soaked in the sun, and simply watched.
In the end, I think an iconic and metaphorical "
green picket fence" needs to become the symbol embodying our attempts to convert ppl over to 'our' way of thinking - rather than 'whitewashing' them with a demonstration of how 'bad' they are.
Would you not agree?
