Counterpoint: Self-Motivation is Having Integrity With Your Future Self

We’ve all heard similar proverbs about integrity throughout our lives. In one way or another, it comes down to doing the right thing even when no one is looking. By and large, this means you can’t force someone to have integrity. Integrity is a choice. Similarly, just like integrity is a choice, having self-motivation is […]

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Counterpoint: Being Positive is Not The Opposite of Being Negative

Yesterday I wrote a post answering the question is there a secret to success. One of the points I made was that successful people avoid negative thoughts and negative people. Given that, I thought today it would be appropriate for me to address a common fallacy related to negativity. Most people think that being positive […]

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Counterpoint: Being Successful Does not Reduce the Fear of Failure

There is a common fallacy that success can cure many emotional ills. One emotional ill in particular many think success will fix is the fear of failure. Unfortunately, this is just not true. In fact, if you already have a fear of failure success will not reduce this fear, it will do the opposite. Success […]

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