BULLSH1T. If I hire a person and I trust them to do a job that they only give 30% to and it takes me a week to find out….then I just lost: time, clients, reputation, repeat business, and least importantly money.

This is the very definition of toxic positivity and should be avoided.

“Here’s your participation trophy, for giving 30%”

“You did got a 30% out of a 100%, great job!”

“You got out of bed and made breakfast” (it’s 6pm)

“You benched 30% of your reps, amazing”

“I started dinner, but didn’t finish the other 70%”

You took it way too literally. Obviously it's not meant like that ^

I don't think this was meant for a work setting.

It wasn't meant as in 30% out of 100%, but rather 30% instead of 0%

Getting out of bed and making breakfast is a huge accomplishment for many? Benching 30% is better than 0%?

I have a friend with an eating disorder. This is the exact type of messaging that helps. She hasn’t eaten all day. Nothing sounds good. So I encourage her to just get some food, anything, and have a bite. Just one bite. It won’t hurt. She doesn’t have to eat the entire thing.

Practically one bite won’t do much. But what it does do is breaks through the barrier. It gets her with food in front of here. And starting the process of eating it. Once you take that first bite, the second is a lot easier, and the third becomes inevitable.

Telling yourself you just need to take one bite is a lot less overwhelming and more manageable than trying to get yourself to eat an entire meal.

This is the problem. You accept 30% as “progress” and you only get 30%….

This leads to mass acceptance and eventually a break down in society.

I used many cross life examples, not just work.

I will agree that for a very select few (proportionate to the population) that 30% is ok. Is disabled, clinically depressed, and other maladies….

This cannot be a “motivational” poster.

Only if you stop at 30%. 30% is a start, not necessarily the goal.

Only if people have the view you do.

If you don't find it motivational, then it isn't for you.

My point is made and further exemplifies why this is toxic positivity.

Sadly Not enough for finals

You are intertwining "giving 30%" and being "30% as good. Which is it?

>If I hire a person and I trust them to do a job that they only give 30% to and it takes me a week to find out….then I just lost: time, clients, reputation, repeat business, and least importantly money.

Then next time, you will be better at hiring people. So you are no longer "30% as good" as other employers, but 40%.

>“Here’s your participation trophy, for giving 30%”

For being 30% as good. Someone giving 30% can win a winner's trophy over someone giving 100%.

>“You did got a 30% out of a 100%, great job!”

For someone who struggled to get 5% before, it would be a large improvement, wouldn't it?

>“You got out of bed and made breakfast” (it’s 6pm)

Not sure what sleeping schedules have to do with it, tbh.

>“You benched 30% of your reps, amazing”

Every bodybuilder will tell you that you won't always feel like exercising but it's better to go and not give it your all than to not go at all. This is legitimately how it works lol

All of your points are stupid lmfao. Maybe next time you will give more than 30% making them

I gave 300% got burnt out and failed because "I don't agree with the message".

Would have been WAY better off giving 30%. Gonna be honest most of my life would have been better if I never tried so much :/

Remember that everyone has a different threshold for 100%. Never compare yourself in statistics, it's usually only a way to devalue yourself.

Give yourself credit by try harder

Actually Jordan Peterson but okay...

Your point is built on a misinterpretation.

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30% might as well be 0% on a good many things

my dad always told me that the hardest part is the first step. and then afterward the rest is just smaller steps. you’re really doing your friend a service by helping them in this way and with this first step.

30% of 0 is still 0.

Be kind to yourself.

It’s true it doesn’t have to be all or nothing! Everyone starts with trying, then if you don’t succeed you will have succeeded in learning something that you can learn from!

It never ceases to amaze me how many people are here just to contadict every post. Like, what are you even doing here? If this helps someone in any way, why do you have to be negative about it for no reason?

Yes it helps baby steps.

I think the point here is that it's more than doing nothing at all

I used to be subbed but left because of this. Huge problem on r/GetDisciplined too.

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It reminds me of the kid in class who contradicts everything the teacher says because they think it makes them seem smarter than everyone else. In reality they just look like an annoying asshole.

Don't mean yourself.

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Maybe if they actually had motivational content instead of just a mountain of useless feel-good bullshit it wouldn't be a problem.

Ok instead of 30% how about like 89?

That's great if you're able to do it

30% of 0% is 0%; give yourself some credit, do the fucking maths.

It wasn't meant that way. The point is that doing something is better than nothing at all

30% of zero is still zero.

Why does what is motivational or not have to be measured by your standard only? It is motivational to someone else.

The point here is that it's more than doing nothing at all

Nah, I'll pass, thanks.

Advocating that someone only completely a piece of something seems plain de-motivational.

You can pass when it doesn't relate to you. You could've avoided criticizing something that's relevant to others, though.

Maybe you're that privileged.

Some people are motivated by feeling good...

0% takes less effort. - slacking pays off now.

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Data should be relevant to the subject. As in keep things relative as you said, you should not compare yourself with athletes or special cases (Like a model for beauty that has essentially beat out thousands of others to begin with). There is also the harsh reality of acceptance of limits, genetics, and luck.

Pathetic

What if I did negative 800 % ?

Anything worth doing is worth doing half assed

miss is as good as a mile in some cases. For personal related things, yea effort and hope is tremendous (Along with the incremental steps and progress needed to achieve things). On practicality there is a hard line, but at the same time its not like failing is a horrible thing. Failures are valuable lessons as well.

300% out of 1000%? Also was this effort done consistently, because if you were struggling throughout that last spurt wasnt a winning bet.

Pretty sure the privileged person is the one who is able to act like 30% is a win

I like this analogy. The book Atomic Habits lays out a similar idea.

It’s not 30% of zero that the post is advocating for, though. It’s 30% of what the original effort is. Eg can’t go for a walk for 60 minutes? Go for 18 minutes, that’s better then zero.

The quote clearly says that 30% is better than 0%. Being able to do more than previously is great progress.

I am the 1%

Yeah there is just no chance of us agreeing on this one

kamaru usman?

But what if you've absolutely given 0% all this while and the days you're left with, you gotta give your 100% achieve it. Do you give your self credit if you give your 30% when you should be absolutely at your best?

At some point baby steps aren’t enough and there comes a time to take bigger steps

• the alternate motivation

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Yes as you grow the steps get bigger.

It’s hard

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I totally agree with trying but sometimes like in academia 30% means repeating the year even though you still tried maybe not as hard as you would have liked...

F*ckin tell that my client...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftenor.com%2Fsearch%2Fyoda-no-try-gifs&psig=AOvVaw0OdyVlIOuLe3vd2pVmeMtS&ust=1665856720378000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCOjW-YOm4PoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

First motivational quote I can stand behind.

They did only 30% of the class.

Let the participation trophys commence.

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Someone missed the point. If I say I'm going to run a mile 3 times a week, and I only run once a week, that's better than not running at all.

You can't help these people. They only want to spread their own misery. I appreciated your post, thank you!

Who is talking about trophies? If I say I'm going to work out 6 times a week, but only work out twice a week, that's way better than zero times a week.

Aw hey I like this

Thank you :) needed this

It only takes 3.14% to get your piece of the pi

It sounds like you need to set more realistic expectations of yourself. If you set the bar high and continuously fail it only hurts you. Maybe you should speed walk and scrap the gym if you aren't going to take your goals seriously.

Not really. I'm adult enough to keep things in perspective. 2 days a week is better than zero. How is that "hurting" me?

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Imma give myself 0.01

I once got a 0 on a chemistry big quiz lol.

Not too that degree. Probably worked around 120-150 most weeks. Always had trouble with relaxing, it's also very frowned upon in most places.

Glad I have a wonderful SO to take care of my broken body. Now I can at least go 20-30. But this time without literally being in constant pain.

I think the corporate world knows this and demands 110% all the time even though they only need like 50% to operate. All the extra effort is just padding their profits.

Source: I used to give 110% now I do the bare minimum, sometimes only working half the day. Still getting paid, raises and bonuses. I wish could only clock in for the time it actually takes me to do my job but I'm hourly.

"Do"
-Yoda

Ah yes settle for mediocrity and don't feel bad about it. Typical Redditors mindset. How about it's ok to feel bad about yourself if you fail and use it to motivate yourself. Not be ok with being mediocre at everything because it feels good to stay complacent. This stupid quote is just to motivate people to not feel bad about never improving thier lives

How is giving 30% more than you used to being mediocre at everything?

I don't agree, I think the message is to feel good for being able to do and improve what you can, and not feel bad for not being able to do everything at once.

You're right I think I misinterpreted the intent of the message

I hate this image

What would you like?

Not if that’s your interest rate that you have to pay.

Something that stings less lol

how do i stop eating? once i start i cant stop until im about to explode

Your misinterpretation is built on my point.

Participation trophy attitudes

Penis.

Yeeeeesh 120-150hrs a week is def too much, thats like running on low oil hoping for things to not seize up on an engine.

Not for trying. Give yourself credit for the effort to outcome ratio

Unless we're talking mortgages the 0% is better than 30%

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly”

Gd players, "I've been doing that since I could click"

You know it’s really not hard to read, ‘give yourself credit for crying’ lol

Nah fr this is factual… I always share with myself and other’s that I’ll take a conscious effort over perfection any day. And something is better than nothing.

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Today I climbed a really really tall hill with a castle on top. My health app says 120 flights of stairs.

Buuuut I didn’t reach the tippy tippy top of the castle. The walls of the castle were low, and there was no railing, and it was kinda windy, and my knees were shaking, and my ankles were banged up from a fall the other day, but I could have kept going, truth was my knees were shaking cause I got a fear of heights.

So I sat down at about the 90% mark.

And I climbed back down to more flat ground. And I sat there feeling like 3 quarters of a coward.

After about 30 minutes of thinking, and my friends telling me they are about to leave, I decided, screw it, I’m going up the exit path, which was more green and rocky, rather than the stairs of the castle. I looked down the entire time, never up from the rocks.

I made it to the 99 percent mark. I couldn’t go a step further. My knees shook so hard that I was crab walking. I put my phone over the highest part of the wall, took a pic, cause I couldn’t look over with my own eyes and I scooted all the way down.

Know what? I feel DAMN good about myself. I don’t give a quarter of a rats ass that I didn’t 100% this thing. I did something I call hard. My knees hurt, so my body tells me it was hard. And I didn’t do the hardest thing but damn did I do a HARD thing, and I gave it all of my moral fiber, I think. And that’s the challenge I wanted to accomplish, more than the tippy top of the hill.

Not hours! Percent! So about 60-70 hours.

But also yes. Extremely srupid. But at the time I thought teachers, bosses and others in higher positions actually knew something. So I stupidly put my trust in them, not knowing they never cared what the aftermath would be.

Two things I’d Recommend. First is replace your vice foods with health alternatives that still satisfy a similar craving. If you like sweets then replace it with fruit. If you’re a big soda drinker then try sparkly water. Things like that. Then just control what you have access too. Keep fruit in the house, but not candy. You can eat relatively similar amounts this way and greatly reduce your calorie count.

Try to have set times you eat, and a time to stop. The last part is important. Dinner is from 6-7 it ends at 7. And don’t be hard on yourself. If you eat till 7:10 recognize that and feel good about stopping then even when you could keep going. Remind yourself you can do better next time, because you just did better. You could’ve ate till 8, but you didn’t. You stopped.

Also when you feel that hunger between meals. That craving for a snack, focus on pushing it off. Say things to yourself like “it’s okay to be hungry .” “I can eat later”. Even if you get yourself to push it back by a half hour or an hour that is great. “I’ll just wait one more hour.” You’ll start to get a little more comfortable with the feeling of not being full over time. You’ll also start to feel full sooner when you do eat.

The big key here is positive self talk. Don’t be your worst enemy, be your best friend. If your best friend calls you and say “I really need to eat less, but it’s hard and idk if I can” think of how you would respond. What would you say to them? Well say those things to yourself.

You got this. You can do it. It’ll be hard, but that’s okay. You’ll make mistakes, but that’s okay. You’ll try your best, and that’s what matters.

Those are great returns tbh

Based on his actions, I think you misheard JBP ask for credit for crying - understandable mistake. For all his talk of "traditional" gender roles and the consequent collapse of Western civilisation, he breaks down into sobbing at the most innocuous questions. Very feminine, gender-confused behaviour.

Infinite bits

I'm fixed.

This is a terrible way to do things in life. So we’re not even giving stuff half our effort anymore but we’re still rewarding ourselves for it? Does anyone see the issue here? This was born from a society that gave the losers trophies back when they were kids.

Finally, a motivational post that isn't bad

We need to stop with that mentality "if you won't do it good, then don't do it".

Better do the bare minimum rather than nothing.

can you stock less food or have food that you don't like so much?

Does that apply with hw

I only did 30% of the dishes. Fuck it someone else can do the rest. Going to go pat myself on the back for a job well done.

You should write it on facebook; I heard they like shit touchy feel no sense memes on there; don't pollute reddit with that toxic happyclappy stuff please.

It's about giving 30% more than 0%, not 70% less.

It's better than not doing any of it. If I have a tough day, I motivate myself by starting with what I am able to do. That way it's less to do if I am able to do more later.

Just what I need right now. Going through some relationship turbulence - I did all I can and will continue being me. If it isn't enough, then it's just fated for me to be however it ends up being.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't slack in my efforts and I never wavered, it's always more than just 30% as I'm experienced enough. But if that's what it's gonna be then I'm not gonna cross my own boundaries for anyone.

Yeah uhh.. except the people around you giving 100% might not appreciate that attitude.

So they would rather you do nothing at all? Why?

What’s wrong with expecting people you work with to work just as hard as you do? I’m not going to encourage anyone to be halfassed or in this case 30% assed in a project I’m partially responsible for. Not to mention Half assed work on a job site is dangerous.

Nothing? The post is about doing 30% more, not 70% less.

Two days a week is better than zero yes, but it's also a third of what you said you'd do, so if you can't commit and fulfill why commit at all? Consistently letting yourself down by not completing goals YOU set for yourself is hurtful even if you don't realize it.

>if you can't commit and fulfill why commit at all?

You said it yourself, two days is better than zero. Lol. Like what, I'm gonna go into a downward spiral and cry in the corner if I don't reach the amount of days I intended? Na, I'm gonna feel the physical and mental benefits of being physically active.