[padobson]

"He embraced first-handedness or independent thinking: a primary orientation not toward others’ opinions, but toward reality as you see it."

This is such a simple concept, but it is probably the most rarely employed thought process in all of society.

Original thoughts are rare and usually lucky. No reason to look down on anyone for being original - there's nothing new under the sun. Independent thinking, however, is far more rare then it has to be.