So for the past week or so I’ve been a rebel at work and refused to sit in my standard issue swivel-chair, the likes of which you can see in cubes all across this great nation.

Instead, I’ve been perched on a slightly beat up, slightly ugly, and slightly more comfortable ottoman that I scavenged from a deserted office (with permission, of course). I enjoy it much better than working at my desk, simply because it feels slightly different. It’s a change from the ordinary.

Now, what I wasn’t expecting when I made my bold move from swivel-chair to ottoman was the incredible volume of comments that I would receive. Just about everyone who has walked by my cube has commented on it.

Why? Because it’s slightly different.

Nobody notices something that is exactly like what everyone else is doing. You have to be different.

As communicators and marketers, we have to see what makes us stand out from the crowd. Why should someone pay attention when it’s the same as everyone else?

More importantly, as Christians, we have to make sure that our lives are actually different from the world’s. Christ called us to stand out, to be different. Why would non-Christians pay attention to us if we look just like everyone else.

So be slightly different. Heck, be incredibly different.

Maybe I’ll bring in a bean-bag chair. Now that would be different…