Talented people often destroy themselves. Why?
Here he is, wandering for ages, taking risks in uncharted lands. By some miracle, he finds treasure and returns home. You’d think he’d settle down and enjoy his success. But no—he bets it all on zero and ends up broke.
Society gasps, “What have you done?!”
They didn’t understand him back then, and they don’t understand him now. Before, he wasted time and energy on a “wild gamble.” Now, he’s burning through his fortune. What is he, an idiot?
But he always did what he couldn’t help but do.
Think of an icebreaker and a yacht. The icebreaker has a reactor inside—it doesn’t need the wind. It powers forward, smashing through ice— conventions, habits, public opinion, and so on.
A hammer doesn’t care. It will drive a nail into the wall or shatter a vase with equal enthusiasm.
Its hammerness is its nature. It can’t be otherwise. It runs in his blood—his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were like this. Or maybe his mother secretly wished for it all along.
It sounds like a sentence. And it is—until the person begins to explore his own “reflectivity,” “acidity,” or “fluffiness.”
That’s when he gets a chance to tame the beast he’s forced to live with. With effort and luck, he can forge the best partnership possible.
The individual gains a loyal, strong, and inventive friend.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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