Why Motivational Videos Are Destroying You and Why You're Drawn To Them

“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.”
Jim Rohn

First, Let us define what motivation is

Motivation is an emotion that you feel as a drive to fulfil a desire and the intensity of the motivation varies in direct proportion to the importance of that desire to you.

Now let's examine your habit of watching motivational videos

1. You binge watch videos

It’s fun to watch motivational videos. The problem is that this become like Netflix. You consume without ever doing anything.

The problem is that you actually feel like you’re accomplishing something, but then you go back to regular routine

2. When you're feeling uninspired, uninterested, lethargic, you immediately switch to watching motivational videos

Observe that in these moments, you decide to get motivated by an external stimulus

External stimuli won't last long until you have an inner flame to achieve