Feed Your Head: How To Succeed At Life Without Really Succeeding

[athelind]

Today's alt-text at xkcd is even better than the strip:

I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.

Comments

[toob]

BUT BUT BUT...

If you're excited about success AT the thing you want to be successful at, how can anyone tell the difference?

[araquan]

Pretty much, yeah.

The people I've known who were very interested in success at... success... (metasuccess...?) have long amused me.

But then I guess motivational speakers and people who make motivational posters have to start somewhere right? c.c;

[paka]

Which is really a lot of the weird tangle of emotions with art. I think everyone who wants to make stuff desperately wants to be successful - but ultimately everyone who's doing art wants to make stuff, and making stuff doesn't always synch up with being successful.