Spectacular Acts of Self Sabotage

Published: Aug. 22, 2017, 7:16 p.m.

b'You probably know someone like this: a guy (or a woman) who through having loads of talent or tons of luck or both has become successful\\u2026they have everything anyone could ever hope to have\\u2026money, notoriety, stuff\\u2026access to all kinds of pleasure and adventures and opportunity...everyone you know wishes they cold be this person\\u2026\\n\\nAnd then they screw it all up\\u2026not by bad luck or illness or any other misfortune, necessarily\\u2026they just make some bad decisions or questionable moves that damage or destroy their careers and their lives\\u2026\\n\\nSometimes this downfall happens in slow motion over a period of weeks or months or even years\\u2026but sometimes, the crash comes in seconds\\u2026and in the end, there\\u2019s no one to blame except the person themselves\\u2026.\\n\\nThis sort of things happens in music a lot\\u2026ego, bad advice, hubris, arrogance, drugs, stubbornness, being out of touch, mental illness\\u2014all these things can lead to tarnished legacies at the very least and full-on catastrophes at worse\\u2026\\n\\nThese are stories of spectacular acts of self-sabotage\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'