Shut up.

I'm tired of motivational speeches. I'm sick of all the nonsense that people keep trying to force on me. I have a life, priorities, and commitments that go beyond the silly technicalities that you try to preach. I make my own decisions. I am rational about the effort that I put into my pursuits, and I make conscious choices concerning what I do. So leave me alone.

If every time I actually work something, you come to lecture me about how I could have or should have done more, or you tell me that it could have been better, or that something wasn't right, then you really shouldn't expect me to show up at all anymore. The sheer fact that you have the arrogance to tell me how to do things is appalling. I have more experience than you in this area, and I can assure you that I love it far more than you ever will. So shut up, and walk away.

You can't honestly expect to tell me that with half as much experience as me, you are any more of an expert on it. And as far as passion goes, if I didn't love what I did, I can assure you I wouldn't do it, because right about now I am very close to the line of absolutely despising the people who do it, so that sure as hell is not what I do it for.

The lesson here? Stop being arrogant. There is nothing wrong with certainty, no problem with confidence. But when you start overstepping your bounds as you have here, that is absolutely unacceptable and I will not tolerate it. You may think that I didn't confront you about it because you're right or because I have any semblance of respect for you, but that's wrong. I don't confront you because it doesn't per se suit me at present given my situation. And when you get up the foolish guts to individually confront me about this, you'd better not expect to get anywhere, because unlike you, I know precisely what I’m doing and exactly how to fight this battle. Go ahead and try me if you will.