The Witty Writer

I love motivation more than Scarlett johanson however, the only problem with motivation is that it’s way out of my league. The motivational gurus are the reason for my unconditional love towards it but, they are brilliant manipulators. Every motivational session starts with the quote – quit your job and follow your passion. Yeah, that’s what I wanted to hear. If I quit my job then, I have to eat my dog’s food. In the end, they would say never quit and keep going – one day you will be successful. Sometimes I feel that I got the interstellar movie but, I can’t be sure about motivational gurus.

Once my company arranged a motivational session. And a guest speaker came and started shouting repeat after me guys, you are your own master. I was thinking – is he high on weed? Or is he unaware that he is in the corporate office? The guy next to him is my master (AKA boss). He was also confused about whether to repeat or not. In the end, I knew that I can also pull this off. What is need is – a weird suit and smirk face.

Motivational videos: The recent motivational videos are cringe, and their caption would be like the secret of becoming a billionaire, successful, happy, and so on. If you had a secret of becoming rich, why would you share it with others? What is the motivation behind it? Making money out of it is the biggest motivation.  They become millionaires by selling books or online courses, and we become addicts.

Demotivation: We need to promote demotivation to balance out things. And things go sideways when left unchecked. Motivational gurus have been giving us motivational injections without a prescription, and the more you get it, the more you crave it.

Instant gratification: The whole USP of motivation is instant gratification, and we love it. When we get something by doing nothing, it feels wondrous, and the more is always better.

Motivation has always been cheap dopamine, and we never figured it out. We believed in motivation wholeheartedly only to find out – it’s hokum.

Thanks for reading!

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