title: Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags
author: Linda Rottenberg
description: Call me crazy, but I think Linda is onto something big here. She delivers powerful insights with her legendary wit and candor to show how everyone can think and act like an entrepreneur.<br /><b>Michael Dell, founder and CEO, Dell Inc.</b><br /><br />"For nearly two decades, Linda has been teaching and learning from the boldest entrepreneurs around the world. In this terrific book, she shares what it takes to master the chaos of starting your own business -- or simply to grow your own career in today's fast-changing world of work."<br /><b>Reid Hoffman, co-founder/chairman of LinkedIn and co-author of the #1<i> New York Times </i>Bestseller <i>The Start-Up of You</i></b><br /><br />"Crazy is what they call people who don't fit in. And we need a lot more crazy like Linda is crazy. She is generous, curious, connected and driven to make a difference in the world. And this book captures all of that and more. Buy it, read it, live it."<br /><b>Seth Godin, author of <i>Linchpin</i></b><br /><br /><i>Crazy Is a Compliment </i>is a treasure trove.. Linda Rottenberg is an extraordinary entrepreneur who has guided many of the worlds greatest entrepreneurs, and she offers invaluable insightsnot only for start-ups, but also for companies, nonprofits, governments, and schools. If you have an idea or want to innovate, I highly recommend devouring this book.<br /><b>Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of <i>Give and Take</i></b><br /><br /><b></b>Linda has tapped into something importantthat we all need to be more entrepreneurial these days. With her impressive track record and inspiring story, she shows us all how to overcome our fears and take smart, achievable steps to improve our organizations.<br /><b>Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder ofLeanIn.Org</b><br /><br />"Rottenbergs energy is contagious, and the chatty, conversational presentation is designed to get readers moving. This is a great guide for those with more dreams than courage."<br /><b><i>Publisher's Weekly</i></b>
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  CRAZY ON YOU
  
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  RACHEL GIBSON
  
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  [CHAPTER ONE](Crazy_on_You_split_017.html#filepos237224)
  
  Lily Darlington hated being called crazy. She’d rather someone call her a
  bitch—or even a stupid bitch—because she knew she was neither and never had
  been. Not on purpose anyway. But put the c-word in front of bitch, and Lily
  was likely to go all crazy bitch on someone’s ass.
  
  At least she had in the past, when she’d been more impulsive and let her
  feelings and emotions control her. When she’d gone from zero to ten in under
  five seconds. When she’d dumped milk on Jimmy Joe Jenkin’s head in the third
  grade and let air out of Sarah Little’s bike tires in the sixth. When she’d
  thought that every action deserved a reaction. When she’d been reckless and
  occasionally over the top—like when she drove her Ford Taurus into her ex-
  husband’s front room.
  
  But she hadn’t done anything over the top recently. These days, she was able
  to control he