I think you missed my point.
Also idk how serious you’re being.
It’s about expectation management. If you’re taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you’re unable to then you’ll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
But the times where it’s feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we’re setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.
So I don’t believe it’s healthy to take that “positive” perspective, because I don’t really believe it’s positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.
This is why we help each other to our goals, and work together, and build our own ideals, rather than what they want for us.
You and I are talking about the same thing. I’m not trying for toxic positivity or casually rejecting the plight of many. We just have to not give into a form of nihilism which will paralyze even the best of us. Then they win.
It only becomes an opportunity if you’re in a position to start a brand new business. I’m not in a position to start one business, let alone one for each of my obstacles.
And even if I pitched it to the business i work for, why would they listen to me? And even if they did why do you think I’d get any credit? Now I’ve just got a other monthly bill.
And it’s a very bold assumption to think that every non-unique obstacle can be monetized, or that it’s ethical to monetize. Maybe a charity, but even then it can get pretty sketchy.
Pick an average job like mechanic and an average obstacle like access to mental healthcare. How do you think a garage is going to spin off a mental healthcare business? Why do you think they’d want to? Why do think their boss would even listen to them, let alone appreciate the pitch?
So not at work then, how do you think a mechanic would get access to the knowledge of running a business? Where do you think they’d get the connections to raise capital with the average person’s credit?
If you work somewhere that you could pitch your own obstacle to your boss as a business opportunity, you’re in the 1% access to opportunities.
If you have the ability to start your own business to solve your own obstacle, then you’re in the 1% access to opportunities.
The advice just doesn’t apply to the vast majority of obstacles for the vast majority of people, and telling people that their inability to capitalize is a moral failing is evil, and actively helps evil people.
And yet it’s not bad advice.
It is, because it discourages you from making things better for yourself.
You’re being told that being miserable is actually good, and that if you’re not satisfied with it then it’s your own moral failing.
It isn’t bad advice if you apply it to your own challenges and quiet quit the job.
Lol I’m not sure which of the perspectives that’d fall under, but I’m not sure that’s a great long term strategy either in the current job market.
Reality and ideality (is that a word?) are unfortunately pretty divergent
Reality is the hand we are dealt. The ideal is what we want for ourselves and what we aim towards.
Reality has always been hard, don’t expect it to be otherwise. Rather, move towards your own ideal.
I think you missed my point.
Also idk how serious you’re being.
It’s about expectation management. If you’re taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you’re unable to then you’ll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
But the times where it’s feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we’re setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.
So I don’t believe it’s healthy to take that “positive” perspective, because I don’t really believe it’s positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.
This is why we help each other to our goals, and work together, and build our own ideals, rather than what they want for us.
You and I are talking about the same thing. I’m not trying for toxic positivity or casually rejecting the plight of many. We just have to not give into a form of nihilism which will paralyze even the best of us. Then they win.
To me it means the opposite. Obstacles remain obstacles until you create opportunities.
They’re not telling you to go seek or make opportunities, they’re telling you to consider your obstacles as opportunities.
Its like saying being robbed is an opportunity to make as much wealth as you previously had.
Every non-unique obstacle can become a problem that you solve as a business and sell the solution to others who become your customers.
But that’s not a reasonable expectation.
It only becomes an opportunity if you’re in a position to start a brand new business. I’m not in a position to start one business, let alone one for each of my obstacles.
And even if I pitched it to the business i work for, why would they listen to me? And even if they did why do you think I’d get any credit? Now I’ve just got a other monthly bill.
And it’s a very bold assumption to think that every non-unique obstacle can be monetized, or that it’s ethical to monetize. Maybe a charity, but even then it can get pretty sketchy.
Do you see how you avoid seeing an opportunity? Pitching to the business you work for can create other benefits, like making yourself visible.
Do you see how delusionally optimistic you are?
Pick an average job like mechanic and an average obstacle like access to mental healthcare. How do you think a garage is going to spin off a mental healthcare business? Why do you think they’d want to? Why do think their boss would even listen to them, let alone appreciate the pitch?
So not at work then, how do you think a mechanic would get access to the knowledge of running a business? Where do you think they’d get the connections to raise capital with the average person’s credit?
If you work somewhere that you could pitch your own obstacle to your boss as a business opportunity, you’re in the 1% access to opportunities.
If you have the ability to start your own business to solve your own obstacle, then you’re in the 1% access to opportunities.
The advice just doesn’t apply to the vast majority of obstacles for the vast majority of people, and telling people that their inability to capitalize is a moral failing is evil, and actively helps evil people.
I think there is no moral judgement. There is no obligation to change perspective and especially none to capitalize.
That’s the point. Illusions, visions, inspirations, instead of resigning one can allow the brain to look for a solution.
Which is an opportunity for change.
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