h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

[Are you a member of a club? What's it called? What's it like? Can we join?]
* I've been connected with a few clubs in the past, but nothing to serious or for very long. Most clubs seem to have the core manics for which either the club or the reason for the club is a passion. I just don't take these things as seriously.

A couple of the clubs were fun, for a time, but the more I helped them to grow the more like work it became.

[Is better to follow the example, quoted above, of the wonderful Mr Marx (Groucho not Karl, who wasn't known for his hilarious after-dinner bon mots) and follow your own path?]
* Not really. I'm certain that I've missed out on some valuable networking opportunities by not being more involved in organizations, and there must be something there that I haven't experienced or there wouldn't be so bloody many of them!

[Is setting yourself apart from the crowd the key to success and betterment?]
* No, I don't think so. Loners will occasionally be invited to groups but, after awhile, people realise that you're not a joiner and leave you alone. That is both a blessing and a curse.

[Or is it possible to belong to a group without sacrificing your individuality? To have your cake and jolly well eat it?]
* Yes and no, in that order. Yes, you can belong and not sacrifice your individuality, but groups are all about identifying with the group. You can't really do it long without coming off as disresepecting the group.

* The only one I'd like to join is the procrastinator's club, but I just never get around to it.

Wowbagger's take on joining the h2g2 procrastinator's club
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Glorious in its simplicity!

How sad it is, though, to think that some have such poor vocabularies, just for my amusement!

[Is setting yourself apart from the crowd the key to success and betterment?]

Can you think of anyone in public life who's succeeded by deliberately avoiding falling in line with a group? Politicians have to play by the rules of their parties or they won't get in, or be elected. Independents can only get so far, or if they do it's only usually on a single issue...

ZZ your the tops! (sorry about that)

True, for politicians it's play along to get ahead, but not so in business. Many a business has flourished due to one man's vision driving the whole thing. The founders of Microsoft and Apple come to mind.