There's an episode from the early 2000's revival of "The Twilight Zone" called "Mr.Motivation".
It's a fun episode to watch and on YouTube if you'd like to check it out ...
Anyways, the main character (Charlie Stickney) works at a pharmaceutical company where he's bullied by his boss Rick (played by Shooter McGavin from "Happy Gilmore")
As a birthday gift, Charlie gets a bobblehead called "Mr.Motivation", and he puts it on the desk inside his cubicle.
Whenever he pushes it throughout the day, it says a positive affirmation. Mr. Motivation starts with sayings like:
- "You're the man!"
- "If you can't do it, nobody can!"
- "Today's the day!"
But as the episode progresses, Charlie learns that the bobblehead is alive, and it isn't always very motivating.
Mr.Motivation starts verbally running him down:
- "Wipe that stupid smile off your face!"
- "You like being a doormat, don't you?"
- "You like the feeling of Rick wiping his feet on ya!"
And so on ...
Unfortunately, Mr.Motivation's dialogue is a lot like people's inner voices.
They read or watch something motivational, they feel good and repeat positive affirmations for awhile ...
But as time goes on, the internal voice changes to a negative one. And If we aren't careful, we can become our own Mr.Motivation bobbleheads.
Be careful of what you say to yourself throughout the day. Odds are you don't even realize the negative chatter that's floating around in your head, and it can be doing a lot of damage.
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