A Winner Does Not Complain

A life lesson from Ted Nugent:

It would be easy for me to complain that the music industry is not fair or that I believe the industry is full of scoundrels and liars. Instead of wasting valuable time lamenting and complaining about these obstacles, my modus operandi has, and will continue to be, to play my guitar louder, sexier, more ferocious and more often. I simply won’t go away.

Life isn’t fair, just or impartial. The road to success or victory is tough, demanding and obstructed with any number of moral and ethical hurdles. Sucker punches are legal. When you get hit from behind and knocked down, the mark of a mature, confident person is to spring back up, dusts himself off and get back in the arena. A winner does not complain.

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[Noumenon]

It would be easy for me to complain that the music industry is not fair or that I believe the industry is full of scoundrels and liars.

It seems that the actually easy way out is to pretend you're a testosterone-charged badass who succeeded completely because he deserved to. Like just about any rapper, Nugent is taking the easy road and not criticizing anyone who signs his paychecks.