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I Could, But I Won’t
While I’ll always be who I am, growth is always a good thing
I know I could become the self-help guy. I could take advantage of readers who feel just like I do most days, via the written word. I could fake it.
I could tell you it’s all going to be alright if you just sign up for my newsletter.
I could tell you all about what I did to become a five-time Top Writer on Medium and how I made it into the top 8.5% of writers here while leaving out the fact you only have to make a measly $25 a week to statistically do so.
I could openly celebrate the fact I’ve held Top Writer status in the “This Happened To Me” category for months on end, despite the fact I don’t even recall the last time I used the tag.
Sometimes I’m tempted to join the snake oil salesman who wants to convince you they know what it takes to become successful here or anywhere else.
I could bullshit my way through click-bait self-help, productivity-hack nonsense articles, just like I used to do with essays in high school.
Yeah, I got A’s — but I didn’t mean what I was saying. I wasn’t passionate about the majority of those assignments, I simply pretended I was for the sake of a grade.
