Lone Wolf

The idea of being a lone wolf certainly has a certain appeal that being one who runs with the pack does not. Being a person who lives by their own code, answers to no one and marches to the beat of their own drummer carries with a unique romantic appeal that is hard to match. Given that, I do not doubt that there is a person among us who has not dreamt of being such a person and living such a life. For me, fantasizing about being a lone wolf ranks up there with wanting to be a cowboy in the old west or traveling the universe in my own space ship. It is fun to think about but has little to do with reality.

People need people and that is all there is to it. While many of us may like having our own agenda on any given day, the fact is if we are to fulfill that agenda, then we are going to need others to do it. In our minds we may see ourselves as lone wolves, but the truth is we all run with some sort of pack, possibly even more that one. Those who communicate professionally work to ensure we remain connected with various packs. In other words, if one really does have their sights set on being a lone wolf, then they should not utilize the services of those whose job it is to ensure people interact with others on a regular basis.

Communicators strive to create messages that clients can distribute and/or articulate to others to secure consensus, agreement, and like-action. Further, their job is to devise and carry out ways to guarantee folks will not be alone. Communicators are not in the lone wolf business. The act of communicating is not geared to help one become a lone wolf. If one is going to be a lone wolf, my sense is they should just do it. Coming up with ways to put forth that desire strikes me as being contrary to living a life without needing others. Blogging, for example, is not the act of a lone wolf. Bloggers blog to connect. It is what communication is all about.