I am always happy to hear about people who use their powers for good. Cal Newport over yonder at Study Hacks is in that category, and has worked to bring to our attention the existence of Chris Guillebeau, also in the powers-for-good category. You can read Cal’s interview with Chris here.

Anyone with a blog entitled The Art of Nonconformity gets 20 points right out of the starting gate. And Guillebeau gets extra points for his just-released free PDF entitled A Brief Guide to World Domination (he means it in a benevolent way).

Frequently, the people who are thinking non-sheep-like thoughts and who are moving through the world differently than everyone else are viewed as slackerly or wing-nuttish. ‘Slacker’ isn’t an apt description of Guillebeau as he appears to be in a constant state of forward motion. And I fail to see how being thought of as odd or different or off-the-wall could have negative connotations since the proverbial sheep of the world rarely contribute to the progress or the creative thinking of the herd.

Posted by Alexa Harrington