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vegancookie t1_iwpo6at wrote

How to tell if your motivational message is a bad one: Would it be applicable to Putin? Similarly , would would it gaslight someone who is in a toxic relationship? If yes to either, it’s a bad motivational message.

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theusernamesusername t1_iws9sgu wrote

Do you have an example of a better quote? Not asking rhetorically, just curious to see a comparison to something that is a constant truth.

Edit:

After reading your post I imagined telling this quote to a POW or a person in a concentration camp. In modern day maybe this would be considered a "white (read as 1st world) privilege" quote.

Funny enough I had initially found it somewhat motivational. But it's clearly something an authoritarian could say to make someone submissive to their ways.

But maybe it's all semantics and requires proper context.

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vegancookie t1_iwsc8bh wrote

Most “motivational quotes” are just toxic positivity. To really give someone motivation you’d have to know and understand someone, and acknowledge the shite they’re in that makes a motivational speech useful to them.

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ComparisonGen t1_iwwa6sm wrote

"It requires proper contex" nailed it. The post is talking about a general sense of trust in one's instincts and a sense that you have to commit to doing something. If you realize a mistake you may fix it and it also can be part of your path. But there's the dilemma of personal vs. social responsibility. I know that at times I trust myself and let go of the social situations I do better. You have more control over yourself. But what about when you have to protest and lobby for your goals. You have to cry for justice in a society. What if you are marginalized? Even at that point one may reason that your trust in yourself makes you a better campaigner for social causes. But it's a dilemma.

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Arijan101 t1_iwpta13 wrote

Yup, 99% of "motivational" messages are trash.

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