This time seven years ago I was at Burning Man and got a flavour of what it was all about when the official greeters welcomed us with: Remember, safety third!
It was so surprising and refreshing to hear, especially compared with the fun-police attitude at festivals in Australia.
Reddit tells me order of importance at BM is: Idea, Execution, Safety.
Too often we stay in our comfort zones and refrain from doing things. Avoid risk is one of the excuses we hide behind.
Safety doesn’t only encompass physically safety, but also avoiding embarrassment or or failure.
But when we put safety in its proper place (note it’s still in the top three, just not stifling and vetoing everything else) we’re able to explore things we otherwise wouldn’t have.
Like wearing a ringmaster’s jacket with no shirt underneath and a plastic decoy dove as a button hole 🐦 😂
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