Annnnnnnd I’ll go do another set of weights . Thank you good person of the internets

that's not always true.

if you are bad at what you are doing you can practice for years and still fail to improve.

I know from personal experience.

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EDIT:to clarify:I am mostly talking about competitive pokemon. I just can't improve on that since there aren't any STRAIGHTFORWARD videos and articles on the internet on team building.(except from that video grady cool made for sticky web teams, that was the one and only straightforward video I have ever watched).

Replace daily practice with money.

No orange juice no fire! Get that juuuice!

thought this was going to be a physics joke.

But with inaction I can waste more time on Reddit.

But with inaction I can waste more time on Reddit.

Finally a get motivated that isn't some syrupy sweet pop psychology bullcrap.

That sounds like a lack of potential.

Awesome image. The biggest risk is not taking action.

How do I milk the sun juice?

you need to pour molten metal through a metal ring to light a campfire. inaction means no metal rings

That's why you practice so you know you have no potential.

Never heard of Wu Wei, eh?

this picture is confusing. Took me time to get it.

I believe that's called insanity

it is not called insanity.

it is not my fault that there are almost zero STRAIGHTFORWARD videos and articles on the internet on how to make good teams in competitive pokemon.

I have only watched exactly one video that was actually straightforward.

Replace inaction with 12 hour shift.

What is happening in this picture 😂

Thats not true. You can improve at anything.

You need to put more time and attention to what you are doing according to your limitations. Thats where good teachers and coaches come into play.

Its rarely a race. Often its a marathon.

Not sure why you're being downvoted. A lot easier to nurse potential when you're not doing 12 hours in the warehouse to get by.

loI i was quoting Albert Einstein.. sorry you suck at pokemon 🫤

Me and my ADD here... feelsbadman

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Get that MOTHERFUCKING JUUUUUUUUUICE

I don’t feel good today.

I feel awful. I want to be unalive.

But I know I won’t always feel this way.

This too, shall pass.

All I can do is hope and pray every day. It’s out of my hands at this point.

So today, I’ll try and focus on the things that I can control.

I will try and obtain the juice, so that I may obtain the fire.

Lord knows I have limitless potential when properly loved and inspired.

Thank you, juice man.

You can work on being better person with zero money. It’s a secret trick the experts don’t want you to know.

Just because someone can do it easier with money doesn't need you just wallow in self pity and do nothing. It's called get motivated, not find excuses to complain.

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Motivation doesn't magic an extra hour in the day. It doesn't pay the bills. For people working 55 hour manual jobs to get by, no ammount of motivation allows them to pursue their potential in anything. Especially when most things cost money on top of that. Any sport, painting anything. Costs MONEY.

You can also practice incorrectly. People always underestimate, or don't want to perform, proper training

Easier to just blame stuff than put in effort

I'm sorry then but why the fuck are you even here if your only plan is to say "well I can't do ANYTHING ?" What are you trying to achieve by just playing the misery card ? What are you achieving by shitting on people trying to get motivated on get motivated exactly ? People realized that the 0th step is to stop blaming the world and try to do stuff within their own measures, not give up and be spiteful for 0 good measure, maybe rewatch the image and see how inaction from self pitying leads to no results

Oh god, I've been there. Trust me friend, its not worth the effort.

I played a lot of Pokémon Showdown (the online, unofficial browser-based competitive battling scene) back around gen6. It gave me an understanding of IVs and EVs, as well as the kind of movesets and types that are good for walls/stalling/trolling/tanking/etc etc.

But it was impossible - even though I played probably many thousands of games, my ranking never really increased. I got much better at predicting attack patterns, for example I could recognise that someone was going to bring out a mon and use a particular move, so I'd switch to a different Pokémon that would resist it. But if I wanted to climb, I had to restrict myself to using only a couple of different Pokémon, essentially abandoning using my favourites which I had been using up til then. I didn't want to do that, as it felt against the spirit of the game. So my rating remained stagnant.

I sort of fell off after gen7 and 8 were released, and have since gotten into Chess. Much more straightforward, everyone has the same pieces and it truly is about skill rather than team composition etc.. ...my rating has improved by several hundred points after about 6 months of consistent play.

You'd be surprised.

Feels like the exact opposite for me.

“What is that thing sucking up the fire?” … Oh. NVM.

Or shit schools

I'm not talking about me and I'm not shitting on anyone. There's just a lot of people detached from the scenario of the average person like you who make these tone death posts.

Go and ask an average worker what hobbies and passions they pursued as kids and why they dont do them now.

Answer will be money, money, money and time.

Go work a 12 hour manual shift and see how inclined you are to pick up your talent of swimming afterwards.

Took me a few looks. It's supposed to be the sun and a magnifying glass that lights the campfire.

This is so dumb

Ok so use tool to make it easier... Steroids!

Can anyone honestly explain the metaphor here?

The sun will only drip into a campfire through a metal ring. It’s not a metaphor it’s just basic science

Pretty sure it's Starkiller base

Magnifying glass. I also had to read the comments for the answer

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Is that a magnetic induction ring..and liquid iron?

And at the root of that, is fear.

I'm not sure this person has used a magnifying glass before.

Oh thanks. Well then I’ll say sarcastically that this is a great life lesson/metaphor:

-No lens in the magnifying glass, so the tool is “broken.” Light isn’t refracted either; there is actually no lens.

-Doesn’t require practice to do it if you see or hear about it once.

-Extremely minimal effort to light the fire if you have a functioning version of this tool.

I thought it was one of those games where you move the metal loop and can’t touch the other metal wire or it buzzes and electrocutes you.

That's why it's so dangerous to leave rings lying around outdoors. Rings= leading cause of global warming.

Oh, that's a magnifying glass. I spent too long trying to figure out how the artist thought fire worked

People that have expensive guitars and expensive golf clubs but never practice are still shit at playing.

Come on bro not on Valentine's.
I'm too scared

This reminds me of a quote I read once that said something like "Luck is opportunity meets preparedness".

Everyone gets many opportunities in life, if you aren't prepared to take advantage of them, it results in nothing. Create your own luck; prepare to seize your opportunities.

Well if the sun starts melting I'm definitely skipping the gym that day

There is a glass, look closely. I don't think it's bad either.

Focus your potential (with whatever tool works for you) on something to get a result. Or don't focus it and get no results.

I can relate.

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Photovoltaic cells to run a juicer?

' ' ' '

Daily "focus" on goals

Yeah, ask lottery winners how well that works out. If you don't have the skills to handle it, money disappears in a BIG hurry.

that's supposed to be the sun rays going through magnifying glass ?

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Except for a lot of americans: you can be the hardest working magnifying glass, magnify the sun's rays for 12-16 hours a day for years, and still fail to start that fire. In the end, everyone will say you're just lazy and don't work hard because the ends define the means.

Hard work isn't worth it anymore.

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What on earth is going on here

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I understand what they are trying to say and I think it fits close enough that most don't notice its muffin toping out of the concept. My left eye twitched experiencing the image.

Thanks! I did this and my bank account was mistakenly drained and I can’t get through to your customer service anymore - is there a website where I could submit a ticket?

No you’re supposed to use a magnifying glass.

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good illustration, sloppy message

Or edibles

Replace daily patience with focus, add glass to the magnifying glass, and make the orange juice look more like light.

Don’t forget! Work and action include thinking about how to start the fire, looking for a magnifying glass, and making mistakes (not enough sunlight, wet wood, etc). Be proud of all your hard work, not just the desired result!!

It's true, just remember that not all skills translate, I've been practicing my love making solo for years, and am shite in the bed, I am however, quite popular at truck stops.

Me:

Eh, I’ll wait for a forest fire. Then also complain

Indeed, having potential, talents, or abilities is not enough to achieve success or make progress in life. Without taking action and putting in the necessary work, these qualities are wasted and have no real value. Stay Motivated and Stay positive guys.!! 🙌

So the final result is entropy in both cases, the difference is that it will come sooner in the 1st case.

Mine's built more like a solar collector. In a valley. In the Arctic.

Is the rich parent someone who comes along with a lighter?

Nah.. poor visualization

Potential magnified by daily practice equals results. Said another way: Hard work pays off.

I came here to get motivated but all I got was a stroke trying to understand this picture

You won't be the best but if you properly practice anything, even out of your league, you won't be terrible either.

It's a difference between whether others outclass you or you outclass others. If you put in the work, you can do anything at some level.

Sure, you want to find out what you can do best and work to get to said best. But not everyone is lucky enough, some just need to take what they can do and optimize that.

You are worth it, bud. You deserve love and happiness and you will find it.

JUICE! JUICE! JUICE BY THADDEUS423!!!

I love this subreddit because it rarely makes any sense lol

Here feeling bad with you, my Adhd and I

I like how they used solar energy to portray potential when potential energy was right there.

Wouldn't "focus" be more appropriate for this image rather than "practice"?

I am playing competitve pokemon in pokemonshowdown for over a year and I suck and I cannot improve because there are not any STRAIGHTFORWARD videos or articles on the internet on how to built a team.

(except from EXACTLY ONE video that was only about building a sticky web team.).

I don't think that there is an "incorrect" way to practice competitive pokemon.

I edited the comment so it will be more clear that I was talking about competitive pokemon when I was talking about experience.

improving on this game is impossible,at least for me.

I always say, knowledge is not power. It’s only potential until you use it.

Sometimes you need friends to compensate for lack of available material.

Yeah but if you got A LOT of potential and no action with no rain for a long enough time you get an even bigger fire

Please do not give anyone advice. Thank you.

There’s plenty of people without these constraints and there’s always ways to shoot down these positive messages. Leave the subreddit if you always have excuses

This image is useless

You see that big ball of potential? Not everyone has it, you don't end up gambling your savings away on lottery tickets if you had any real skills to handle money.

Intelligence without motivation get you the same place as a art degree. Barista at a Starbucks.

And here, we can basically see growth mindset vs. fixed mindset.

Yeah but you're adding a lot to the image. All it says is inaction and daily practice.

There's a million decent image metaphors out there and this is not one of them.

What a dumb illustration for an apt analogy.

Cool

This is extremely true. even if you take one small action every day towards your goal, in no time you will make massive progress.

material?

what?

what are you talking about?

One of the best advice I heard is to not tell someone he/she is smart, but rather say "you're a hard worker", especially to a child. Telling someone he or she is smart subconsciously tells the person they don't need to work hard then, if talent and smartness comes natural without putting an ounce of effort. By telling someone they're hard worker instead, it makes the person think that to keep up, they must keep practicing! I wish someone told me otherwise that when I was younger!

Stuff like written knowledge, videos etc can be collectively called material.

Yep. Would LOVE to do the action. Would loooove it.

Same

ooh that's what you meant by matterial.

anyway as about the friend's part I don't have any anymore,and I doubt if my past friends have even heard of pokemonshowdown.

R/thisisdeepim14

Daddy needs his juice

You can milk anything with nipples

I like this picture a lot. It basically says that whoever drew this image should do more daily practice.

Better:. Sun = practice then glass to fore Right = black sun is no practice, below is no fire .

All action without potential, or better put, intention is worthless too

Hell yeah, man. We all are. I hope the same for all of us, and you.

Why is an orange pouring into a fire? And where have the left orange's extra sesame seeds gone?

Have you tried asking in r/pokemonshowdown ?

Ask what exactly?

If you are talking about the "rate my team"posts they are useless, they are mostly ignored and when people respond to them they give advice that benefits the team very little.

If I ask for team building tips in general then they will jist tell me to watch a video or read an article.

Someone just yesterday told me in the smogon forums that "Teambuilding is a skill you build upon through experience and metagame knowledge. Its simply practice on what you want to build around, your offensive/defensive cores, pivots, hazards, etc."

This info is not helpful at all.

Yep, absolutely agree. Doesn’t even have to be manual. Long hard days at a desk is enough to make you want to go straight to bed when you get home

Ehh I feel like the "daily" part often leads to more demotivation than motivation. Life happens, other things take your attention, and some days you may not have the energy to do whatever it is- so you either have to force yourself in a non-productive way or miss a day then stress about "catching up"

The hardest part is starting but after that it's dedication. That doesn't necessarily mean doing it every day or sticking to a certain routine. It means you keep trying even when things don't go to plan.

I agree, it isn’t. Ask them if they know of good videos and articles for improving your game

Agreed!

One should also keep in mind the following though: https://leebyron.com/4000/

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There aren't any videos or articles that help you. I looked it up.

They are all giving you surface level information like what a wallbreak and a revenge killer is and what then they expect you to figure out everything on your own.

Instructions unclear, letting a 9-5 suck all potential from me.

I don't know anything about that game in particular so what i say may or may not apply.

They say that you need 10.000 hours of practice to master something. Anything. 10.000 hours is roughly 10 years.

I played league of legends and chess for that amount of time and still sucked. The reason i didn't improve is because when they say practice, they mean hard work, which is different than just playing around.

When i wanted to improve i spent more time analying my games, finding mistakes teying to figure out to fix them for the next time. Only when i had no solution i googled wuat othera did in that specific example. Another thing i did was look for chess and LoL guides, video explanations, spent 30-60minus practicing specific skills i lacked. I more about games itself, read ever patch of LoL, general important things about stages of the game, general strategies,... Lastly, i found a communities, played with them, exchanged advice and references, asked for tips,...

I did slowly but consistently get better, however, peronally, it took out all the fun out of the game and i don't have ambitions of becoming a pro player. So i stopped practicing and just continued playing for fun.amd with that, my progress also stopped.

I believe that all pros spent a lot of time practicing hard, and if you want to stay competitive you need to not only beat them in practice, but also find an edge anywhere you can.

I don't know if this reply is useful to you but i wish you find a way to break the plateau and continue growing as a player.

Nah fuck this, idc that this is a get motivated sub. As a (former) burnt out gifted and talented kid (im an adult now) let me say that work isnt always worth it even if you have potential. It is okay and entitely valid for anyone to just...exist. you dont judge a rose for not growing longer or being bigger even when it could be, you just delight in the knowlege that is is there, and just its existance brings beauty into your life

SMH....just wow.

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They’re just venting man. I was in the same boat as the comment OP for years until I had the opportunity to quit and go back to school. Not everyone can be as fortunate, sadly.

For a sub called Get Motivated, every time I go into the comments, half of the people are giving reasons why not to be motivated.

While you may already give warmth and light to the entire solar system, you could also burn a small amount of dead trees if you only had a magnifying glass.

I wish the person who made this meme would practice not using symbolic relationships as causation in the real world

Assuming there's potential to begin with

You should use a funnel in the ring clamp. Not just a ring clamp. The ring clamp does nothing in this instance.

Also, nuclear fusion and/or plasma would turn your results into atomic ash.

Passive investors would like a word.

Thank you I needed this today 😊

You don't need daily practice to know a magnifying glass under the sun can start fires, this is public knowledge, who the fuck is practicing that.

Also, it's be much more efficient and reasonable to just use a lighter, alternatively

if you wanted to attempt to make this imagery work, starting a fire with wood rubbing would be extremely inefficient, however extremely practical in survival situations. Because it's inefficient, it takes practice to get good at it.

No need to thank me

Have you seen The Ring? That’s basically how it works.

These are getting kinda stupid..

I (44yo) started playing the guitar 5 days ago. I practice about 30 min to an hour a day. I can now play 6 notes and two chords by reading sheet music. I also learned how to read guitar tabs. I can now play the opening to Flutes of the Chi (Ween). My goal is to learn 6 (minimum) Ween songs every year.

It’s been fun so far but my finger tips are fucking wrecked lol.

If anyone likes Ween and plays guitar I made a tab book because you can’t actually buy one anywhere. I’m happy to email it for free. If you wanna kick me a few bucks that’s cool too but I don’t expect anything. It’s about 100 songs. DM me your email if you want them. Happy to share the love. Hail Boognish!

In my life, I'm the magnifying glass and it's permanently night-time.

I have nipples Greg, can you milk me?

Money buys gas and a lighter so there is that.

You've never used the wrong tool to try to get the job done because you were too lazy to make a trip to the toolbox?

I don't know anything about competitive Pokemon but based in what you said, you clearly have a problem with team building. Your practice at the moment may be developing and testing techniques to optimize for team building.

This is Christianity. Through action one achieve results. Hard work guarantees the Lord's pleasure

I think the sun is melting into the wood

Then some dude just walk in with a gold plated lighter and lights the fire right away

What if its night time?

Yes.

So Sonic the Hedgehog is a good guy or an enemy of the world?

and half the people around will clap and cheer, telling everybody that he made that fire all by himself, the self-made genius of our time, and anybody saying otherwise is just poor, jealous, and lazy

> EDIT:to clarify:I am mostly talking about competitive pokemon.

lmao i was not ready

> What are you achieving by shitting on people trying to get motivated on get motivated exactly ?

mostly laughing at how cringe it is. JUST TRYIN'A GET MOTIVATED, BETTER CHECK OUT THE MOTIVATION POSTERS!

Well, he collects them, which means there are fewer around....I'm gonna call him the good guy. For now.

in fairness, that wood on the right can absolutely light up without any direct action at all.

source: Californian

Playing this game, probably, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJnyyCoZ7Q&t=185s

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But I’d also like to add a person who may start his own fire by own skill, perhaps a bit of talent and a bit of better tool

But his success still ignored because he’s not “underdog” enough

Even then, you can be motivated to be more efficient with your time, learn other skills to get a better job, or adapt in some way to at least start somewhere.

Yep, it's all about deliberate practice. I hear some people at the gym say they'll never be able to look like some top bodybuilders. So they just half-ass their workout and never improve. They may not have won the genetic lottery plus steroids, but they discount the tremendous effort put in to get there.

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

False. The sun keeps me warm and gives me light. Not useless

Thats what the shooter thought too. 😅

If you are constantly on the right, ever checked for adhd symptoms on yourself ?

happiness and you will find it

Lava