That rapper from your hometown, that for some reason you’re still Facebook friends with, keeps posting these succinct soul lifting nuggets of regurgitated mediocrity; but those motivational words ring sooo true! He is totally going to make it, big things lie (lay?) ahead. Just ask your other Facebook friend that continuously slings dreams marinated in some get rich multilevel marketing nonsense. She is living her best life, one sale at a time. Just send her money to get the buy-in for your better than now. You SHOULD follow your dreams, ignore the haters, and keep grinding that sweet Little Caesars gig, not saving a dime of your mortgaged life’s labor and instead investing in dog clothes and pay to win mobile games. Remember that a motivational post’s likes are directly correlated to how true and motivating it is.

In all seriousness, inspiration and motivation are overrated. Dedication, perseverance, and discipline will get you much further in life. Even if someone keeps posting stupid motivational memes all day, if they are actually putting in the work for a goal and learning from their mistakes, something beautiful will probably happen. I just caution you to ignore people putting only their best lies forward, and exercise some basic truths and discretion. You want to be a millionaire? I suggest you invest in an IRA and get yourself right for retirement. Want to be a millionaire sooner: improve your skills to get a better job, find a side hustle, save as much as you can, spend as little as possible, rinse and repeat. If you want to take up/learn anything, then practice and practice more. Even when you don’t want to. Luck looks a lot like opportunity that you took advantage of with the work you did before hand, and hard work beats out talent 99% of the time. Don’t get trapped in social media’s dopamine cycle with people putting a curated facade in front of you.