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2% is not a majority but still gets its say. I had a great conversation with my dad about 2%. My partner also was able to chime in, and it’s always great to have her influence on the things I write and share. 2% feels and seems like such a small amount. In retrospect, it is.

But 2% is still part of 100%.

In the conversation that I had with my dad and my partner, we were talking about how we are all very positive people, but negative thoughts do come to mind from time to time. We talked about how those negative thoughts are the 2% (and sometimes more).

Sometimes 2% isn’t necessarily negative. It just goes against what normally would be. It’s always necessary to listen to the 2% and acknowledge it. However, it’s important to not allow the 2% to overrule the 98%.

The 98% should always take into account what the 2% is saying, thinking, and feeling.

It’s kind of like a board meeting. In a board meeting there are people having a conversation discussing different topics and there’s usually some kind of descent. That said, there's a discussion. During that discussion somebody might say something absolutely wild. Out of respect you hear them out and listen. However, you make sure that you remind them that what they’re saying is absolutely wild.

Sometimes that wild thing actually could be a good idea. So this is when the 2% isn’t always negative, but is sometimes contrary to what everyone else and everything else is saying.

When it comes to the creative process or just being a creative in general, you will hear that 2% sometimes louder than the 98%.

In life sometimes that 2% will tell you that you can’t do something or that you should be doing something else that’s safer or easier. In life that 2% may be telling you to be a different type of person than you are. Maybe you’re a kind, loving, caring person, but that 2% is telling you to be vindictive and disrespectful and rude.

In this conversation that I was having with my partner and my dad, my 2% was telling me to be vindictive and disrespectful and rude. I told my partner and my dad that I wanted to talk to them to remind me that I am who I am. I wanted them to help drown out the 2% with the 98%. I wanted them to be a combined 2% for me.

Another interesting thought that goes with this 2% thought process is that 2% is also two cents when we discuss money and a dollar.

So I guess this is just me giving my two cents.