Glinda or Elphaba?


If you have never seen or at least know the basic idea of the musical Wicked, it is the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West (Elphaba) and the Good Witch (Glinda) from the movie The Wizard of Oz (if you don’t know that, no one can help you.) In the story, Elphaba is an unpopular, disliked weirdo that, no matter what, sticks to what she believes, goes for what she wants and doesn’t worry what other people may think. Then there’s Glinda, she is a popular, pretty, perfect and bases every aspect of her life on how she can stay popular and make sure people always like her. Guy Kawasaki says in The Art of Social Media, “90% of gaining followers is sharing good stuff.” What does that mean, though? This just goes to the saying one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. One thing you share may gain you a bunch of followers making you a popular Glinda and another thing may cause you to lose followers and make you an Elphaba. My advice, be an Elphaba. Share what you want. Don’t worry about what other people are going to think. If something stands out to you and you want people to know about it or you just want them to know you’re interested in whatever it is then share away. If they don’t like it, they don’t like it. Don’t be a Glinda and base everything you share on what you know other people like. You do you boo boo and be proud to do it. Sorry Guy Kawasaki, but I don’t think people should be fake in hopes that it will gain followers.

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