A speaker argues you should embrace your aggressive, competitive instincts instead of trying to be harmless and virtuous. Become the monster first, then learn to control it. The point is to stop being passive and channel that raw drive toward what you actually want.
You should be a monster, you know, because everyone says, well, you should be harmless, virtuous, you shouldn't do anyone any harm, you should sheath your competitive instinct, you shouldn't try to win, you know, you don't want to be too aggressive, you don't want to be too assertive, you want to take a back seat and all of that. It's like, no, wrong. You should be a monster, an absolute monster, and then you should learn how to control it.
