An End To The Days Of Compromise
I'm tired of compromising, watering down what I want, to appease, well, most people.
For instance, I want to sell millions of books. But for that to happen millions of people have to buy my books. See there, I haven't compromised, it just hasn't happened yet.
On the other hand, compromise says that I want to sell a few million and then a bunch of other people think that my million will make it so they can't sell their million, so we figure, hey, we'll all just sell hundreds and now we're all happy. Better for everybody to get a piece than only one person. Or, how I look at it, I'll take less so you can take less.
With that, the days of the compromise have to stop. It's over. No time left. So I reassessed my goals as a writer. Do I want a career in fiction or do I want to make a quick million and get out of dodge. Truth is I want a career. To do so I'm going to have to bring it with severe aggression. No holding back. Because more than sometimes aggression is simply the solution.
Here's an example. When you love someone, you love them all the way. Not a little bit, but all the way. Love them aggressively. You have to love like there's no tomorrow. It's best to love them so much that you fear for their death. When they leave you don't assume they'll be back. So you have the urge to kiss them upon every departure. Each moment could be your last with them so you look them in the eyes and speak with honesty and expect the same back. Be aggressive with your love as you should be aggressive with everything.
No matter what you do, you have to do it all the way, without compromise, even something we take for granted, like voting. Don't toe the line here. If you like to vote, vote for everything, not just the president and legalizing marijuana. Vote at the federal level, the state level, the local level and then vote for who takes out the trash at your house. When you go to the convenient store, before you purchase anything, stop the line and make sure you guys vote on who is going to ring you up. Be democratic for god's sake. Or don't vote at all and simply take actions upon impulse. Vote with a bullet. It sounds negative but, well, what can I say? If you're not going to vote, then don't vote all the way.
I just read my last paragraph and I realize I sound nonsensical and slightly maniacal. But the truth is crazier than whip cream on hot dogs, so I'm going to go ahead and be aggressive with this message.
Don't compromise.
Don't just burn a page in a book. Burn the whole book.
Don't just kick someone when they're down. Kick them hard.
Don't just toss a ball in the end zone. Spike it.
These are rules in life.
Don't just go to school. Learn everything thrown at you.
Don't just be a role model. Be a mentor.
Don't just have a kid. Make a family of three.
Don't just write a book. Author the best novel your eyes
have seen, to your best ability and taste.
You don't think these are rules? Nature is the most aggressive force ever in the history of everything. Completely uncompromising. There aren't just stars in the sky, there are universes. There's not just time, there's infinite. It's not just life, it's death too. There's not just an earthquake, there's an 8.9 that threatens the well being of those thousands of miles away, floods sweeping houses out to see with grown men on them. It's not just tidal waves, it's tsunami's. Death's aren't in the hundreds, it's in the thousands. If you want to be closer to nature you need to be more aggressive. You can't care just a little about something that might kill you. You have to completely care, without compromise.
I'm saying if you have a movie to make, make it. If you're angry, show it. If you have a song, sing it. If you have someone to love, love them. And be aggressive while doing...all of it. And by all means, if you have a book to publish, publish it. It's how nature meant it to be. Don't spill your heart out for someone to tell you your heart would sell more if you took a third of it out and replaced it with theirs.
I know that sometimes it just looks like you compromised but you didn't. I know that if something doesn't go your way, it doesn't mean you sold out. But I do know that there are those who stopped trying, stopped looking for the right way and exchanged themselves for something else, something a little further from the truth, a little less intrusive, a little less them.
For instance, I want to sell millions of books. But for that to happen millions of people have to buy my books. See there, I haven't compromised, it just hasn't happened yet.
On the other hand, compromise says that I want to sell a few million and then a bunch of other people think that my million will make it so they can't sell their million, so we figure, hey, we'll all just sell hundreds and now we're all happy. Better for everybody to get a piece than only one person. Or, how I look at it, I'll take less so you can take less.
With that, the days of the compromise have to stop. It's over. No time left. So I reassessed my goals as a writer. Do I want a career in fiction or do I want to make a quick million and get out of dodge. Truth is I want a career. To do so I'm going to have to bring it with severe aggression. No holding back. Because more than sometimes aggression is simply the solution.
Here's an example. When you love someone, you love them all the way. Not a little bit, but all the way. Love them aggressively. You have to love like there's no tomorrow. It's best to love them so much that you fear for their death. When they leave you don't assume they'll be back. So you have the urge to kiss them upon every departure. Each moment could be your last with them so you look them in the eyes and speak with honesty and expect the same back. Be aggressive with your love as you should be aggressive with everything.
No matter what you do, you have to do it all the way, without compromise, even something we take for granted, like voting. Don't toe the line here. If you like to vote, vote for everything, not just the president and legalizing marijuana. Vote at the federal level, the state level, the local level and then vote for who takes out the trash at your house. When you go to the convenient store, before you purchase anything, stop the line and make sure you guys vote on who is going to ring you up. Be democratic for god's sake. Or don't vote at all and simply take actions upon impulse. Vote with a bullet. It sounds negative but, well, what can I say? If you're not going to vote, then don't vote all the way.
I just read my last paragraph and I realize I sound nonsensical and slightly maniacal. But the truth is crazier than whip cream on hot dogs, so I'm going to go ahead and be aggressive with this message.
Don't compromise.
Don't just burn a page in a book. Burn the whole book.
Don't just kick someone when they're down. Kick them hard.
Don't just toss a ball in the end zone. Spike it.
These are rules in life.
Don't just go to school. Learn everything thrown at you.
Don't just be a role model. Be a mentor.
Don't just have a kid. Make a family of three.
Don't just write a book. Author the best novel your eyes
have seen, to your best ability and taste.
You don't think these are rules? Nature is the most aggressive force ever in the history of everything. Completely uncompromising. There aren't just stars in the sky, there are universes. There's not just time, there's infinite. It's not just life, it's death too. There's not just an earthquake, there's an 8.9 that threatens the well being of those thousands of miles away, floods sweeping houses out to see with grown men on them. It's not just tidal waves, it's tsunami's. Death's aren't in the hundreds, it's in the thousands. If you want to be closer to nature you need to be more aggressive. You can't care just a little about something that might kill you. You have to completely care, without compromise.
I'm saying if you have a movie to make, make it. If you're angry, show it. If you have a song, sing it. If you have someone to love, love them. And be aggressive while doing...all of it. And by all means, if you have a book to publish, publish it. It's how nature meant it to be. Don't spill your heart out for someone to tell you your heart would sell more if you took a third of it out and replaced it with theirs.
I know that sometimes it just looks like you compromised but you didn't. I know that if something doesn't go your way, it doesn't mean you sold out. But I do know that there are those who stopped trying, stopped looking for the right way and exchanged themselves for something else, something a little further from the truth, a little less intrusive, a little less them.
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