Your Outrage is Not a Strategy

Jake Luehrs
April 25, 2026

ONE QUESTION

How much of what you attempt to convince others of is simply an inaccurate truth wrapped up as enthusiasm?

ONE THING TO PONDER

There is a difference between what we’re giving and what we’re able to give. And if life feels off, it’s because we’re not giving what we’re truly capable of giving.

ONE PERSPECTIVE

The world doesn’t need more outrage….It needs more personal responsibility.

Maybe the most radical thing any of us can do right now isn't louder outrage…..it's quieter personal ownership.

Outrage ≠ Responsibility

I get it. There is real pain. Real injustice. Real reasons to be angry. I see it and I’ve felt the heaviness.

The truth is that it’s always been that way!

Broken and beautiful. Cruel and kind. Messy and magnificent, all at the same time, running side by side since the beginning.

However, we’ve convinced ourselves that we're only allowed to feel okay once the outside world finally gets its shit together.

That's not a strategy. That's a life sentence.

While we're busy cataloging everything that's wrong in the world, doom scrolling, performing our ‘righteousness’ for an audience that's doing the exact same thing….our own room is a hot mess itself.

We’d just prefer to look outward rather than turning around to look at our own mess.

That's not a judgment. That's a mirror. And if it stings a little, it's probably because it's true for most of us, myself included.

We have good intentions. Most people do, but he hypocrisy is real, and unfortunately, it’s hidden in plain sight.

We’ve accepted hypocrisy because we have good intentions.
That doesn’t mean we’re making a positive impact.

Good intentions without honest self-examination aren't making the world better. They're just making us feel better about not changing.

So if the choice is to be righteous and perpetuate negative energy until the world molds to our expectations, we've been served a life long sentence of misery.

The Path Forward

We are not broken for feeling angry. We are not wrong for caring deeply. The fire in us that wants things to be better, that's not a problem. That fire is actually a gift.

The question is where we aim it?

Because every morning we wake up, we have a choice. Not a choice about what the world does. Not a choice about how other people behave or what outcomes we deserve.

Just one choice:

How do I want to show up today?

That's it. That's the whole game. Too simple, perhaps. Yet wisdom lies in simplicity.

It’s the person who takes 100% ownership of their life, not because the world deserves it, but because they do.

That's not passivity. That's actually the most impactful thing any one of us can do.

We are all part of the problem. Every single one of us.

Which means we are all part of the solution.

I’m not the smartest person by any stretch, so I keep things very simple….

The world doesn't need more noise. It needs more people who decided to become the thing they were asking for.

That is an example I want to be to my kids and to the next generation, I’d like to invite you on this journey with me as well!

Onward and upward!

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