Poor-Man's Excuse

“I’m not the only struggling artist, other artists are struggling too!”

“I’m not the only business owner feeling the pinch, others are feeling it too!”

“I’m not the only one waiting for the world to change, others are waiting too!”

When artists & treps point to others’ struggles as some sort of clannish, cliquish solidarity, it becomes a poor-man’s excuse for procrastinating, dragging our feet, and wallowing in the mire.

Important because if we allow the plight of others to lure us into their drama, we’ll start to forget who we are and begin to believe we’re one of them. We’re in this alone. Put on the blinders and dig in.