You Should Be A Monster
I read this New Testament line
Decades ago
I could never understand it
The line is “The meek shall inherit the Earth” and I thought
There's something wrong with that, that line it just doesn't make sense to me
Meek just doesn't seem to me to be a moral virtue
Meek is not a good translation
What it means is this
Those who have swords and know how to use them
But keep them sheathed will inherit the world
Will inherit the world
Those who have swords and know how to usе them
But keep them sheathеd
Will inherit the world
That's a big difference, it's so great
You should be a monster
You should be a monster
You know 'cause everyone says well, you should be harmless, virtuous you shouldn't do anyone any harm, you should sheath your competitive instinct, you shouldn't try to win, you don't wanna be too aggressive, you don't wanna be assertive, you wanna take a back seat and all of that
It’s like, no
Wrong
You should be a monster
You should be a monster
An absolute monster
And then you should learn how to control it
Like is there something wrong with being competitive?
There's nothing wrong with it
There's something wrong with cheating
There's something wrong with being a tyrant
There's something wrong with winning unfairly
All of those things are bad
But you don't want people to win?
What's the difference between trying to win and striving
You wanna eradicate striving?
One definition of a winner is someone who never let losing stop them
Never, never let losing stop them
Never, never let losing stop them (Bucko)
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You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
Life isn't a game
It's a series of games
And the right ethic is to be the winner of the series of games
And part of that means, well, you have learn how to be a good loser ‘cause you're not gonna win every single game
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You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You can pick your level of competition like to some degree
So let's say you pick a level of competition where you're always winning
Well, all that means is you picked the wrong level of competition
Let's say you're a grandmaster chess player and all you do is play amateurs and every night you go home and congratulate yourself on what a genius you are
Because you just stomped these people left, right and center
It's like you're not a genius, you're a dimwit
What you should be doing is playing people who are beating you like
As much as you can tolerate
You wanna be on the edge
Where your skills are being developed
Where loss is always a possibility
Where loss is always a possibility
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You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
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You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster, you should be a monster)