"The village idiot in strict terms is a person locally known for ignorance or stupidity, but is also a common term for a stereotypically silly or nonsensical person."-Wikipedia
Many years ago, when I was a young lad growing up in small town Kansas. My mother gave me a certain nickname that resonates to this very day. "Boy, how many times do I have to tell you? You got to stop acting like the village idiot. Stop with all the shenanigans, and start acting like a normal person does. You need to realize this! Their is no future in being a village idiot. Some times? I think I'm raising the future king of them!" Little did I realize at the time, just how phrophetic my mother was going to be.
My name is Rob Astle, and I moved to Las Vegas six years ago. I originally hail from a small town in Kansas. When I first moved out to Las Vegas? The town was still in good shape. Now that the town is changing? It would behoove a great number of people to change with it. Recently, I read an article published by a demographer. In the article, he mentioned a number of interesting things about the town, but the one thing that really caught my attention? He stated "being audacious" as the key ingredient for future success in Las Vegas. What is being audacious? To me? Pushing things past the norm. Aiming for the next level in your life. The truth? I'm not 100% postive on what it exactly means. The goal of this blog? Find out exactly what "being audacious" is all about.
When being a village idiot is your full time occupation, you tend to think to yourself a lot. I've decided the best way to end a post is with a thought I'm having..Call it the "VI" thought of the day.."My mother was right and wrong about me. She told me their was no future in being a village idiot. For the most part their isn't. You have to be a new breed of village idiot, the kind that actually has a brain and chooses to use it."
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