Part 5/10 - UNFILTERED Substack: Punch First, Explain Never - Bonus 7/16 - Be the First to Say It Out Loud
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🔥 MODULE 5: PUNCH FIRST, EXPLAIN NEVER
BONUS 7/16 - Be the First to Say It Out Loud
Disclaimer: This isn’t a pep talk. Hell, it’s not even advice. It’s me handing you a crowbar and saying, “Break the goddamn wall you built between your guts and the keyboard.”
🩸 THE UNSPOKEN TRUTH ABOUT BEING “TOO MUCH”
Let’s get ugly honest for a second: The internet isn’t crowded. It’s just full of people screaming the same reheated trash into the void. “Be consistent! Provide value! Stay on brand!”
You know that thought you’ve been choking down? The one that burns your throat like whiskey? The one that whispers, “You can’t say this, you’ll get roasted”?
That’s not a risk. That’s your goddamn superpower.
Most writers die slow deaths on the treadmill of “What if they hate me?” But the ones who blow up? They’re too busy screaming, “What if they’ve been DYING for someone to say this?”
Here’s how it works:
I used to write like a Stepford wife — perfect hair, perfect words, perfect lies. Then I cracked open a draft and spilled this:
“I’ve spent years writing for applause. Turns out, the only people clapping were the ghosts of my old self.”
What happened next?
Followers dripped away like I’d pissed in their green smoothies.
Strangers materialized to whisper, “I thought I was the only one.”
The math of truth:
For every follower who wants your mask, you lose a jailer.
For every human who sees their mess in yours, you win freedom.
That’s not a trade. That’s torching the stage you’ve been performing on.
⚡ THE POWER OF GOING FIRST (IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
Going first isn’t about courage. It’s about reckless empathy — the kind that says, “I’ll bleed first so you don’t have to.”
Example: