tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post646655287270804040..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Contradiction Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-64611730499901802042018-02-06T23:33:25.726-06:002018-02-06T23:33:25.726-06:00... and finally: the common advice is to recognize...... and finally: the common advice is to recognize those negative motivations as false, unnecessary. This can be true but it also can be that those things are real elements of the present and should not be ignored.<br /><br />I have so many thoughts on this but the short version is that naming motives and priorities is really difficult but must be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-8232964899396586302018-02-06T23:11:45.895-06:002018-02-06T23:11:45.895-06:00OK, so. The question is, what is "what you tr...OK, so. The question is, what is "what you truly value" - ?<br /><br />Positive: the things you actually like, aspire to, enjoy, find renewing, etc.<br />Negative: motivations having to do with survival, that you may or may not be conscious of, that drive you more deeply and more automatically, and that may work against your higher interests.<br /><br />You have to find some way to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-89328305779377948502018-02-06T18:56:01.330-06:002018-02-06T18:56:01.330-06:00[Although I confuse myself because my priority #1 ...[Although I confuse myself because my priority #1 was always to preserve my life, which I interpreted as avoiding abuse, or choosing more mild abuse to avoid more lethal abuse. Since doing things I didn't like could actually serve this priority, it became hard to imagine a scenario in which I could think freely about what I wanted, or make a non coerced choice.]<br /><br />This is all so deepLeslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-78791627265569626802018-02-06T18:39:45.654-06:002018-02-06T18:39:45.654-06:00I wonder whether I actually dislike what I do or w...I wonder whether I actually dislike what I do or whether I only feel required to dislike it. Or not allowed to like it, not allowed to say I like it. HMMMM.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.com