Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.