I wish I had the confidence and disregard of some influencers

The Ordinary Man
3 min readMar 31, 2023

I am not one of those people that dislikes influencers, in fact, I’d love to be one myself. The only thing is I don’t have some of the key traits that make an influencer successful, and I can’t work on them either because I’ve made the mistake of working on myself.

One of these traits is a pure disregard for others when they put their content out. They have no accountability or regard for how influential they are. They do whatever for views and give a fake apology when things go wrong.

I annoyingly have a conscience

All having a conscience does is hold you back, and it’s frustrating because I see people without a care in the world get ahead of me. They’ll destroy lives and manipulate people to fill their pockets.

I want to do that, but when I try my conscience kicks in and scolds me, it won’t allow me to screw people over for my own gain. It forces me to think about how my actions affect others and the long-term consequences of my actions.

I don’t want to claim to be an expert in things I know nothing about

Whilst I will speak about things I know nothing about, I won’t claim to be an expert. I made this decision early on in my career because I…

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The Ordinary Man
The Ordinary Man

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