![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s brief, thought provoking, and a real kick in the chops to keep pushing ahead. That’s the money quote from one of the best things I read on the web last year, " Someone is Coming to Eat You," by writer and software engineer Michael Lopp. In your celebration of your awesomeness, you are no longer focused on the finish line, you now lack a clear next goal, and while you sit there comfortably monetizing eyeballs, you’re becoming strategically dull." ![]() His voice was still soft, and he was leaning into me enough so that I could smell the drying blood on him, the richness of fresh blood in his mouth, as if some small cut had not healed completely.The reward for winning is the perception that you’ve won. Why do you have to be the toughest, the bravest? Why can't you, just once, let me do something for you? Going down in the hole doesn't scare me. To me, Richard, I have something left to prove to me. Why? and his voice held the first hint of anger, like a slap of warmth. You don't have anything left to prove to us. Why? Why do you need to know that? You've proven to me and everyone here that you're tough. I don't give a shit who's better or faster or braver. I'm not competing with you, Richard, or anyone else. Why? And somehow I thought the question was about more than the oubliette and why I had to climb inside it. Why? and the anger was more than a faint hint now. He knelt beside me and spoke softly, I can smell your fear. This isn't courage, Anita, this is stubbornness. So when I find something that does bother me, I have to test it. And I can taste fresh blood on yours, but I have to do it because it scares me. ![]()
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