1stbaam
1stbaam t1_jblb6kj wrote
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>I think Marcus Aurelius put it well:
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>“Man is like a dog tied to a moving wagon. If the dog refuses to run along with the wagon he will be dragged by it. Yet the choice remains his: to run or be dragged."
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>We’re just kites in the wind.
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>Naturally this makes us uncomfortable. Humans crave stability, guarantees, and permanence.
The issue is man is too stable. He is getting dragged along by the wagon and no longer cares. The choice is run along or be dragged (homeless/out the system) humans crave innate human fulfillment not provided by basic jobs.
1stbaam t1_j8n72tk wrote
Reply to comment by RoosterBrewster in [Image] Potential without work, action is useless by crm_expert
Have you ever been in that situation? Do you think you could do an hours studying each day after that amount of work?
Not saying you couldn't but I feel that goes beyond motivation. That person is driven by something.
1stbaam t1_j8i8v5w wrote
Reply to comment by fAppstore in [Image] Potential without work, action is useless by crm_expert
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.
1stbaam t1_j8i442c wrote
Reply to comment by fAppstore in [Image] Potential without work, action is useless by crm_expert
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.
1stbaam t1_j8hzdqr wrote
Reply to comment by caoram in [Image] Potential without work, action is useless by crm_expert
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.
1stbaam t1_j8hz1cf wrote
Replace inaction with 12 hour shift.
1stbaam t1_ir5vj8z wrote
Reply to comment by jmconrad in [Image]Patience and motivation. by Ok_Chocolate_3480
>This attitude that you can’t succeed if you’re not born into privilege is dead wrong and prohibitive to people who are actually willing to take adversity head-on.
I agree but dying for oil isn't a good example.
1stbaam t1_ir4eeu6 wrote
Reply to comment by Slant1985 in [Image]Patience and motivation. by Ok_Chocolate_3480
His point not to give people unrealistic expectations of what they can aspire to be. Being a pilot is not a viable or affordable career route for most people.
1stbaam t1_jeefbid wrote
Reply to comment by Mister-ellaneous in We are so privileged in the west that we shit and piss in a bowl of residential fresh water by unmentionable123
My grandparents bought a house where I live on one normal jobs income. Me and my partner work 50 hours plus a week in degree/masters prerequisite positions to share a room in a house share.
Id shit in the street and wipe my ass with glass for that opportunity.