You're a F##kin Weirdo

Own Your Unique Blueprint

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Priscilla [Player 2]
April 02, 2023

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Weird Wins

The only people that win at life are the people who unequivocally own their weirdness. The oddballs. The outliers. The people that march to the beat of their own drum without a care in the world about what anybody else thinks.

Everyone that you truly admire is someone who paved their own way, embraced their weirdness, and had unwavering faith in their vision.

Steve Jobs. Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan. Kanye. The Rock.

The list could go on.

If weird wins, why do we long to be "normal" and fit in with the crowd?

Normal is safe, weird is risky.

Safe is good, we know what to expect.

Risky is bad, it means leaping into the unknown.

You can play it safe and be normal, but your soul will always long to be free.

Everyone is weird, but not everyone owns it. Most people attempt to fit in at the cost of their individuality because it's terrifying to stand out. But oddly, we always admire the ones that stand out. And this is because deep down, we wish we could be as brave as them.

Is your soul brave enough to be the glitch in the game? 🕹️👾

To forge your path in the game regardless of the "rules"? ⚔️📜

"You only look crazy until it works, then you're a genius." — Unknown

Conformity Is A Slow Death For The Soul

It seems like most people on money Twitter (I'm assuming) have a stable 9-5 corporate job that they are trying to escape from (or already have and are teaching how). 

I never had a corporate job.

Part of it was limiting beliefs about my capabilities. The other part of it is that I'm anti-authority.

I just really don't like being told what to do.

Of course, this is the reason entrepreneurship and online business attract me. Lately, I've been getting into the one-person business model and solopreneurship, thanks to people like Dan Koe, Dickie Bush, and Justin Welsh. 

I've worked in a kitchen and have been a line cook for the past 10 years. No, it's definitely not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but I also don't hate it.

A few years ago, I started learning how to code online and got deep into that for about a year. But even when I studied that I never wanted to get a corporate job. My goal was always to figure out a way to make it work online. In my mind, I had to get an office job to get “real experience“ before I could make things work online and it seemed like an awfully long process, so I eventually stopped.

Even if working a corporate job allowed me to make double my yearly income as a cook, it didn’t seem worth it to me. There are obviously rules for working in a kitchen, but it is way more lenient than a corporate job. (I've worked in lots of local bar & grills.)

In corporate America I’d get two weeks vacation per year and they could deny any requests off. Business attire forcing me to cover my tattoos and meetings that drone on. Where’s the freedom in that? 

I'd rather make less money and be free.

Plus, I can have conversations like this in the kitchen:

Me: "Yo, how many fries all day?"*

*translation: "How many orders of fries do I have?"

Chef: "A FUCKTON."**

**translation: "A LOT"

Having a corporate job never seemed appealing to me. I didn't want to conform to something because that's what you "had" to do.

Conformity is a slow death for your soul's unique expression. Rebel against it. 

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My only grievance with the kitchen life is not being truly free and having complete autonomy over my time.

Other than that, the kitchen life might not be what I want for the rest of my life, but like I said, I don't hate it. Working in the kitchen is where I felt I could be most free. I felt like I could be more of myself. It's where I've met a bunch of weird, unique characters. In the kitchens where I worked the longest, my co-workers genuinely felt like a family to me. There is an unspoken sense of camaraderie. 

"I love the sheer weirdness of the kitchen life: the dreamers, the crackpots, the refugees, and the sociopaths with whom I continue to work; the ever-present smells of roasting bones, searing fish, and simmering liquids; the noise and clatter, the hiss and spray, the flames, the smoke, and the steam. Admittedly, it’s a life that grinds you down. Most of us who live and operate in the culinary underworld are in some fundamental way dysfunctional. We’ve all chosen to turn our backs on the nine-to-five, on ever having a Friday or Saturday night off, on ever having a normal relationship with a non-cook. ( . . . ) In America, the professional kitchen is the last refuge of the misfit. It’s a place for people with bad pasts to find a new family."   — Anthony Bourdain

Your Unique Blueprint

Deep down inside, I believe we are all creators. Whether you are a chef creating a unique dish, a musician creating a song, or a writer creating a story, it doesn't matter. We all love creating. Creating something from nothing is quite an exhilarating experience. 

Just like how you express yourself through your creations; the Universe expresses itself through you. You are a unique expression of the universe and you have a blueprint that is unique to your soul. Just like there are no two snowflakes that are alike, there are no two soul expressions that are the same.

Winning in life means embracing your inner weirdo. It's you learning to light this blueprint up by allowing the unique expression to move through you.

Let's say you're a writer:

The topics you discuss aren't unique, but the expression is. Copywriting, personal branding, personal development, marketing, sales — none of these topics are unique. What is unique is the expression about the topic by each individual because it is at the intersection of all their favorite things, which are unique to them.

"What the f##k do you mean?"

I've worked in the restaurant industry for 10 years as a cook. Burgers aren't unique. Every bar and grill I've ever worked in has them.

But why do you go to one place over the other for your burger?

You like the combination of ingredients they present it with. The way the chef has carefully crafted their dish. That or you enjoy the service and the people that work there. The ambiance, maybe. Either way, you go because of the unique presentation.

It's the same with ideas. Nothing you talk about is unique. Every topic has been discussed before. What makes the topic unique is that it is expressed through YOU. And no one else can talk about the topic the way you do because there is no one like YOU.

At the intersection of all your likes and dislikes, there is only YOU.

Nobody else meets you at this intersection because everybody likes a combination of different things to different degrees.

"I once asked Ryan Holiday about how he developed his writing style. He credited his favorite writers. 'The key is that no one has the same combination of influences,' he said. 'It feels like me because I’m the only person to combine my interests in my way.'" 

And when you're authentic and own this unique expression, you're different, you stand out and the people that align with you will find you.

Again, this is with anything. In music, people differentiate themselves by mixing and experimenting with the sounds they like. Every rapper is a collection of their favorite rappers and influences. Kobe Bryant gives a nod to all the greats he studied before him. We're all playing off of each other and mixing shit up to create something different, weird, and unique.

The real question is, will you allow the expression or will you suppress it?

Whatever you are creating, you will know you are lighting this blueprint up because you will feel joyful and expansive. The mind will try to hold you back with the "rules" but rebel against it.

Follow your heart. ❤️‍🔥

“Embrace what’s weird about you, and use it to create. Never think you need to be normal or perfect. Flawless people don’t need to make art. Picasso was asked if he knew what a painting was going to look like when he started it. He said, ‘No, of course not. If I knew, I wouldn’t bother doing it.’, Don’t just express yourself. Discover yourself. Create questions, not answers. Explore whatever excites you most. If you’re not excited by it, your audience won’t be either.”

This may seem like a paradox, but weird people are f##king cool.

Stay weird.

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(Things that inspired me this week.)

(I've always admire Kobe's work ethic and I just love people like him who go all in on their dream with unwavering faith and determination. He's an interesting character to study.)

(After listening to the Kobe episode that led me to the Jordan one. Kobe learned a lot from Jordan.)

(I shared this before but I've watched it again to gear up for this specific newsletter. "The Universe was designed to be a joyful expression of The One." — Aaron Abke)

(This video is f##kin weird, you've been warned. I loved it.)

🐦 Tweet: On Writing

(Beautifully written.)