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(Emphasis mine)There's also the fact that his target audience is a vocal minority that overconsumes social media. Which is why you randomly see comments defending the guy.
There's an idea I had, that some people use motivational content/research as a way to waste time while pretending to be productive.
Imagine, if you would, wanting to be a bodybuilder, but not wanting to lift no heavy-ass weights. But you want to feel like you're becoming a bodybuilder, so you go and read articles on bodybuilding and watch motivational videos by the dozen, having convinced yourself that you're doing necessary research and learning how to cultivate discipline.
But the phase of necessary research was over on the first day, and all you needed was to just lift the damn weights, and now you're just wasting time "doing research", having convinced yourself it's productive and all there is now is showing up and lifting the weights.
In order to cope with being the smallest, weakest guy in the gym when you do show up, you convince yourself you're the smartest guy in the gym and know how to get gains the fastest. After all, what do those meatheads have, 5-20 years of lived experience and discussions with other meatheads with 5-20 years of lived experience? Because you're super smart, you'll get them, you just need time, or so you convince yourself. And instead of accomplishing what "actually matters" you suck yourself off on being a guru.
But the phase of necessary research was over on the first day, and all you needed was to just lift the damn weights, and now you're just wasting time "doing research", having convinced yourself it's productive and all there is now is showing up and lifting the weights.
In order to cope with being the smallest, weakest guy in the gym when you do show up, you convince yourself you're the smartest guy in the gym and know how to get gains the fastest. After all, what do those meatheads have, 5-20 years of lived experience and discussions with other meatheads with 5-20 years of lived experience? Because you're super smart, you'll get them, you just need time, or so you convince yourself. And instead of accomplishing what "actually matters" you suck yourself off on being a guru.