A Press Conference? Really?

Our Local Heroes First Press Conference!

Dear Reader,

The Unstoppable Dr. Stan had a press conference today (do Superheroes do that? Like…. Why? I mean, you’re a Superhero, not a politician…) and all of us citizens were shocked, just shocked when we found out the local hero could speak intelligibly. But I jest Dear Reader, we were all rather excited as to what the hero had to say. He seemed to be focusing on what he is hoping to achieve in our fair city, something which I wish more heroes would do.

In the beginning (haha, I sound like the bible) our unstoppable friend kept talking about one thing, his one true goal. “One goal?” you may ask, Dear Reader, “How can he have only one goal?” Well, a reporter in the audience asked that very same thing (yes, there were local reporters there. I’m sure many bloggers and vloggers were very excited about this. CNN, not so much).

Apparently, Dr. Stan has a simple concept he likes to keep in mind, “That’s a great question Reporter #1! My goal is simply to succeed at whatever I am doing right now. That’s it. Sometimes that goal can take five minutes, sometimes it can take 5 hours, sometimes it can take five years. The goal is simply to succeed. Like right now I’m trying to defeat Professor Pause. That will likely take a long time, but that is what I am trying to do. The only goal there is to be successful at it.”

Well Dear Reader, that was the longest I had ever heard our local hero speak. I was duly impressed that he could string together that many words (I mean, the dude spends his time fighting evil, he has got to have received so many concussions). But he wasn’t done apparently, he kept right on going!

“See Reporter whatshisname, if I try to focus on too many goals at once then I will fail, I cannot keep them all in my mind and will eventually not put enough effort into one of them to succeed. And if I have too long-term of goals then I will never finish them as I will lose sight of them. But if I just focus on succeeding at whatever I am doing right now, I will always complete whatever I want in the long-run.”

Many of the reporters started to nod their heads at this point, writing on their little legal pads (who knew reporters still used those?). But one had a follow up question, “does this mean you just wing everything? You don’t ever make any plans? That seems irresponsible for a superhero.” (Dear Reader, why oh why would you say that to a man who can kill you?)

The Unstoppable Dr. Stan just nodded at the question and went to answer it, to which your own Author became even more impressed, as violence was pretty much the only result that was expected here. “Well Reporter #2, I do actually make long term plans, but when I make them I am particularly focused on the next actionable step. After all, I am Unstoppable, how would it be if I let the planning stage stop me from completing what I needed to? Then I’d have to change my name and the paperwork involved, a new logo, a new phrase…. Just too much work.”

Yet another reporter quickly stood up (too quickly if you ask me. Never make someone with superpowers nervous, good policy to have) and asked “But what about your purpose? Why do you do all this?” The superhero up on stage then looked nonplussed, “what do you mean? I want to succeed because it’s right, it’s what you’re supposed to do.” Which, admittedly Dear Reader, isn’t wrong. Our hero did try to go on though, “I simply stand for the idea that you should always try to do your very best at whatever you are doing, that’s it. The only thing you should try not to be is a person of inaction.” I guess we have a little Theodore Roosevelt here.

And on this note, Dear Reader, our local hero stepped off the stage. A little abrupt if you ask me, but the hero clearly did not ask me so an abrupt exit it was. This leaves us with many questions, does the Unstoppable Dr. Stan have any projects he is working on? Has his philosophy paid off? How did he call a press conference in the first place? Don’t worry Dear Reader, your Author will continue to dig and will shout to the world what he finds! (Well, not literally shout, just loudly type.)

Sincerely,

The Author