@zachpogrob
Obsession beats discipline - go all-in on your craft until you either die or get reborn.
“There is a certain type of sadness only solved by greatness.”
What It Means
Some existential dissatisfaction cannot be addressed by therapy or comfort. It requires achieving something significant.
Why It Matters
Validates a common experience among ambitious people. Provides diagnosis and prescription.
When It's True
When depression persists despite good relationships and comfortable life. When sadness feels like unfulfilled potential.
When It's Risky
When used to avoid addressing genuine mental health issues. When greatness-seeking becomes avoidance of intimacy.
How to Apply
Diagnostic for persistent sadness
Consider that achievement might be the missing element
Example Scenario
“Person has everything but remains persistently sad. Commits to building something great. The sadness lifts as creation begins.”
Posted: 2025
Related Knowledge
Delusional Self-Belief Framework
The practice of maintaining conviction in your greatness and destiny before you have evidence to support it.
Pain as Qualification for Leadership
Those meant to lead must first be brought to their knees.
Greatness as Sickness to Average
Once you taste greatness, being served average will make you sick.
I want to bleed and suffer at a keyboard to create magic for millions of people.
The highest calling is painful creation that serves others.
A human life should be dedicated to one core thing.
The highest life is one of singular devotion.