Over and over and over
Failing fast at long-term planning
Vision started improvising
Who needs strategy, values, and a mission?
Didn’t they say improv fuels innovation?
Aren’t mistakes branded as iterations?
I’m gonna make a course
Call it The Art of Extemporization
Invite people to the full experience
A mountain retreat, at 10k a piece
No one will question my knowledge
I’m a CEO! With an almighty MBA
I’m a startup/tech bro, yo
That’s all you need to know
Repeated failure isn’t failing. It’s Trailblazing
It’s Disruption at the Speed of Infinite Velocity
It’s Unicorn Pivot Scaling Synergy
You lack the intelligence to know what I mean
All have envied my genius since I was thirteen
Take the course — Punch up to my level
I’ll teach you how to make millions
With buzzwords and caffeine
How to sell leadership
And outwork everyone, even after you’re dead
As for my real life — Everything’s in control
On track to scale. I just need more time
(and money) to land on my head
(In the Broverse, it’s all in reverse)
Improv is a curse! (that makes it a blessing in reverse)
This poem speaks to:
- the rise of self-proclaimed thought leaders
- Visionary Messiahs
- Empty Motivational Speakers
- Startup/Tech Bro “Gods”
- the courseification of nonsense (Course Gurus)
- the hollowness of performative “insight”
- the culture where charisma gets mistaken for competence
I’m also commenting on LinkedIn grifters, hustle culture (I’m so busy doing nothing meaningful, but looking busy and talking about how busy I am is enough to show everyone how important I am and make people feel sorry for me.)
I used to work with this woman in HR, she’d come out of her office around lunch time, everyday like clockwork and her first words were always, “I’m exhausted. There’s soooo much work … blah blah.”
And btw, I’m definitely following up with a course poster. lol. That will be fun to create.
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