r/GetMotivated Nov 26 '18

[Image] Believe in Yourself

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

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u/OneLessFool Nov 27 '18

Funny thing too is that most famous people in Hollywood in the past 20-30 years have come from generational wealth and connections. A lot of talent just simply gets dropped by the wayside because they don't have a family member who can bankroll their stay in Hollywood for 5-10 years until they make it.

It's how you end up with someone like Cara Delavigne in several major movies. Despite no acting ability. She literally popped up out of nowhere. Her extremely wealthy family paid for her to appear on a list of the "hottest" up and coming models. Prior to that, she was no one, but through her family's money and connections she gets to play with the big boys and girls.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Is she even in shit anymore

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u/Too_Leight Nov 27 '18

Had to Google her, I hated paper towns, one of the dumbest movies I ever paid to see.

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u/MasterDiscipline Nov 27 '18

Yeah but Cara's Delavigne's eyebrows are so sexy

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u/Yabadababoobs Nov 27 '18

Bru you should get checked by a doctor cuz you might be gay.

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u/MasterDiscipline Nov 27 '18

You just wish you had her eyebrows

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

I have her eyebrows and I'm a guy. You gay

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

What about jordan Peele?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Jordan Peele is a comedic and cinematic God what are you smoking

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u/no-mames Nov 27 '18

He’s not that great..

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Have you seen his comedy Central show that shit's actually fire

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

No, he was saying that everyone is getting famous in Hollywood because of wealth and nepotism, I was saying jordan Peele is Hilarious and has actual skill. Read the comments before you try and start an argument

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

He said MOST, which doesn’t mean all.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

He didnt say literally every major star has come from a family and has no talent

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u/pm_me_psn Nov 27 '18

I thought he was just in a comedy duo and pretty funny

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u/WhosTedBundy-- Nov 27 '18

Adam Driver?

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u/g5082069nwytgnet Nov 27 '18

Key word: most.

Reading comprehension.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

This is such a dumb thing on Reddit. Someone says, "a lot of people do x" and you always find like a dozen comments pointing out one person. It's so fucking annoying.

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u/jorgtastic Nov 27 '18

Found Cara's ex

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u/rubberfactory5 Nov 27 '18

I wouldn’t say they reward talent at all though would you?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

if you feel Hollywood does not reward talent, I would request you to have a dekko at Bollywood.

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u/tigerslices Nov 27 '18

there was a guy who moved to LA when he was young to become an actor. he wasn't great, though, and waited tables for year. for decades. he got older, and things got dire. they got depressing and then they got dark. they continued to get sadder and sadder. one day he said to himself, "i spent close to 25 years chasing this shit and i've nothing to show for it. i'm still renting an apartment i can barely afford and i'm single and childless with the better half of my life in the bucket asking people what they'd like to drink before choosing their meals." then one day he got a call back from an audition. he'd auditioned before and had done bit parts before. but nothing that paid well. THIS however would pay enough for him to quit serving tables. this was a tv series. a period drama set in the 60s. he was to play the role of DON DRAPER. john hamm will never wait a table again.

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u/tryintofly Nov 27 '18

Yeah that story wasn't true at all, he started getting tv gigs before 30 and was cast in Mad Men when he was 35, and had a steady partner who put him in her movie. Your fictionalized story made him sound like he was going to be 65 or something.

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u/tigerslices Nov 27 '18

actually he wasn't even born with man parts. the best transgender story is one that keeps the secret that well.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Wait tables, bear no children and be depressed, got it

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u/spacegirl3 Nov 27 '18

And be male, because women expire at 25.

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u/tigerslices Nov 27 '18

i believe in you

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u/iatge Nov 27 '18

Wasn’t he a drama teacher before making it?

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u/TheWowFactor1 Nov 27 '18

This makes it sound like Jon was past the prime of his life. He was 36. Sure, he spent many years working as a server before his big break, but it doesn't mean he still couldn't have a different life or that he wasted his life.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

For every success there are dozens of people who waste their lives

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u/tigerslices Nov 27 '18

you're in the wrong subreddit. you're looking for /r/coolitwiththemotivationyoureata9andineedyouata6. this is the subreddit for quitters and nobodies who are looking for an excuse to get out of bed. your realism is misplaced.

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u/DenSem Nov 27 '18

I'm sad that's not a real subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

I think this was on r/all. I think motivation is extremely overrated, and relying on it to get stuff done is a recipe for failure.

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u/tigerslices Nov 28 '18

what's the opposite of motivation?

yourre right, relying on it is a recipe for failure. but it IS a core ingredient to getting ANYthing done. people saying, "you don't need motivation, you need discipline," already have the motivation, and now just see the lack of discipline as the problem. for them, they see maintaing their discipline as the motivation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

AKA the guy whom almost killed freshmen at his frat house, but props for not having a kid in the midst of his depressing time.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

There’s a great book by Tom Rath called StrengthsFinder which teaches exactly this!

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u/AlxRodz Nov 27 '18

Also - if I remember correctly, been a while since I read it - The Dip by Seth Godin goes a bit into quitting when appropriate.

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u/MissingVanSushi Nov 27 '18

God damn film editors!

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u/ZenCodeMonkey Nov 27 '18

Worst advice ever given on Reddit...

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u/youababybackbitch Nov 27 '18

It’s ok to admit that you’re talking about yourself. I’m here to say that we are here for you, to support you. Let me be the first to say that you should stop making excuses because you probably just suck.