For some, it's different because people are experiencing different levels of tribulations, and thus, they may require different approaches to get them moving.

Finding the "smallest straw" when things have constantly been bleak is something you need to do sometimes because hyperbole of motivation can just set you up for disappointment. What happens when tomorrow isn't your best day? What if you don't survive tomorrow because your depression finally consumes you from whatever that next push is? It could be the "final" straw for your will.

The smallest straw isn't to be viewed as "negative," and if anything, it's the opposite. It exists for people who are just scraping by, and that little glimmer or glint is more believable than being promised the sun, especially when you've been promised that before and it has become trite.