Misery loves company. Misery loves to sulk. Misery also loves to fuel you for the better if you choose it to.
Seth Godin once wrote about an agonist, which is a person that provokes your best work, often by forcing the not-best work to happen. They bring about the agony of rejection or candor to you. Of course, they don’t do it to berate you into nonexistence; they do it to push you to the next level.
The nice thing about an agonist is that anyone can be one without updating their LinkedIn profile to it.
Every rejection letter you get, the author could be the agonist. Every editor of your work. Any Google review can be.
An Agonist is a title you give to someone.
Stay Positive & Find Your Fuel
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Senior Content Specialist at Encompass Technologies, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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