we need more authenticity

I'm going to preface this by saying that

I write only when I feel inspired; as per Nassim Taleb’s model:

“Why should you read something that I myself didn’t want to write? Why should you read something I wasn’t excited about? Writing isn’t about “producing” content—it’s about transferring energy, tension, and desire.

I was flicking through a instagram post the other day about how to gain more followers and ‘get more views on your post’

The core of it LITERALLY revolved around NOT being original.

“Do what works best and copy that”

Picasso said: “Good artists copy, great artists steal”

These fuckers took that literally and didn’t even try to mask the fact that there is zero originality in their ideas or concepts.

Besides,

History’s most influential figures stood out by embracing their originality.

Their success came from being unapologetically themselves. 

The sooner you learn what moves the needle in your life and motivates, the sooner you’ll find genuine satisfaction in your work.

Being obsessed with the goal in mind is OK.

Don’t let society trap you in this school of thought that you should not be courageous and think independently. 

Because I genuinely feel that day by day, we are being socialised.

A lot of people I speak to are just the same person in different bodies. 

In fact if you speak to enough people, you’ll realise that you can very easily box people into specific categories.

This sucks, I can’t imagine living a life with no sense of authenticity or originality.

I’m not saying you need to go and figure out how to be original.

But

I can guarantee you that there is this deep driving force inside of you that pushes you every waking moment.

For some that force is potent, and for many that force just needs to be unveiled.

There is a voice within that tells you what you need to do to achieve greatness on this planet.

Go and figure out what drives you, what your reason for existing is.

Zach Pogrob said it best.

The best way to 'get your spark back' is burning

everything down. You have to reset your life.

You have to reset your mind. You have to let go

of everything you were, everything you had,

every lie you told yourself. Then, something else

can take their place. Only a few do it. They let

go of years and decades, wins and failures, skills

and pride- to go somewhere new. It's hard, but

simple. You can restart any time you want. Any

time you have the strength. There's no feeling

like it. Beauty starts with a blank slate. And a

blank slate starts with the fiery destruction of

your entire existence. Eventually, that inferno

turns from pain to warmth. You sit there for a

while. Basking in it. Then, The Idea hits you.

And you're never the same again.”