Being different means to be unusual, not the same, exhibiting a difference, unlike most others. The reason why most people run away from the word "DIFFERENT", is because of what other people thinks about it. They consider being different as being a freak, loser, lunatic, infamous, forgetting the fact that being different makes you noticeable
whether negatively or positively and it gives you a tag. At first, it might not be a good tag but with time, you will notice that the tag, is what singles you out from others, and that same tag might end up bringing one or two good opportunities your way because, people with good insight, will consider you being different as being creative.
let me take myself for example
~During the steemcamp pre-camp, I didn't socialised much because I don't know how to. I only did what I know how to do best which was, answering questions during the test section, i made it known to them that I knew the answers to almost all the questions that were asked. But that didn't make me popular instead, it gave the others the impression that I was a show off.
Me being the only "Stephanie" in camp didn't make me noticeable either. What made me noticeable is what others might consider as a stupid reason , which was my weavon colour( i was the only one in camp with such weavon colour),
but funny enough, that was what made me noticeable and it also gave me a tag titled "the girl with the red weavon"( this was how I was described by those who doesn't know me and how i described myself to those who doesn't know me by name).
What am trying to say in essence is that, being different, for a start might be tiring and discouraging because of haters and anti-fans, But ignoring them will do you great good because someday in your life, they will come to celebrate you for being you.
Some steps to being different
~Always learn to be yourself and not someone else,
~let your everyday thoughts be "what can I do that no one has ever thought of doing before".
~Build your life with your own blueprint and not with someone else's blueprint: Learn to make your own policies in life and not copy others.
~The only thing that should be copied from your role model is the good parts so as to enable you use it to perfect your own good parts.
NOTE
Being different doesn't make you a loser,
it only shows how creative you are because, at that moment, you are the only one found doing that particular thing that you are doing. Though, you will always encounter haters but that is how you will always encounter people with good insight.