I had the misfortune to come across this on the web this evening. It is a short ‘motivational’ movie about winning, being great and achieving more.
Click the picture to watch it.
It certainly works – it annoyed inspired me so much, I thought I’d write about it.
The message in the wretched montage is old hat at best and at worst it is just damaging . It perpetuates the myth that I too was once indoctrinated with and subsequently spent years trying to unlearn.
It preaches that there is no satisfaction without winning, being first. And that to achieve anything all you must come first at all costs. That somehow, without a string of victories and achievements to your bow, well, you are of little value. Are these still the only ways we have found to somehow validate our lives ?
It is the very same diseased and selfish mantra that leads athletes to use steroids, companies to lie about their profits and parents to fight on the touchline as their children play sport.
If, like many kind people – you are living a perfectly satisying life, with respect, kindness and love for your neighbours and with concern for the welfare of your fellow humans regards of race, gender, favourite team or creed – then pat yourself on the back , for you have already left this self centred productivity-obsessed bunch way behind.
We have already built a world of plenty. The sooner we move everyone on from self this centred crap, the sooner we’ll be ready as a race to tackle something worthwhile, as a collective. Like feeding everyone for example.
If however you want to be inspired, win more and achieve, then clicking here or on the picture will take you to Santa’s Leadership Secrets available from the same company.
