Overrated motivation is when a person is motivated at an extreme level and uses the wrong means to achieve only the goals. Overrated motivation can also make a person lazy or too hyper-active to achieve the end result. You will understand this concept in a better way through the below story.
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“Yes Shraddha, you can do it! All you have to do is complete this sheet and then tomorrow you will be sitting in the boss’s chair. You never know how lucky you are to have got this opportunity to become a team leader. You have to sacrifice your inner pleasures and even avoid taking a lot of rest. Just keep focusing on your goals and see one day the world will look at you and give you a big smile. All your hard work will be paid off.” These were the encouraging words of Shraddha’s boss who wanted her to complete the weekly targets all in one day’s time.
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Shraddha decided to stay back at the office that day due to all the motivational lessons she got from her boss. She even skipped her dinner and decided to just keep working throughout the night so that her weekly targets were met. Shraddha’s case is not a unique one as you might have noticed the strategies of getting work done by the seniors or bosses using motivational tactics as a common thing in today’s workplace.
However, when the motivational tactics are done too much in an extreme manner that a person forgets what they are capable of and what are their boundaries, then it becomes overrated motivation. In this case study, Shraddha skipped her dinner not just one day but every time her weekly targets weren’t met, she decided to stay back at the office and take the whole workload on her shoulders because she dreamed high. It is not wrong to dream high but when you try to do something beyond your limits or capacities, D-day comes in your life when everything falls apart.
Same way, Shraddha got her health reports that were quite alarming. She had developed high blood pressure and pre-diabetes at such a young age even without her knowing. She used to remove her stress levels by working more because her dream was to reach the top but when she did those activities out of getting hyper-motivated by her seniors or boss, she neglected her health to the core.
Eventually, Shraddha decided to quit her toxic workplace that was not helping her grow in life. She understood that those encouraging words were only to get the work done and nothing else. She started taking one day at a time, developed her health well, and went back to join a job wherein emotions weren’t played in the name of work.
If you are a boss or a team leader who wants employees to perform well, use motivation but not overrated motivation because, at times, it really kills creativity and employees’ mental health as they want to achieve the end result at any cost and are negligent to follow the processes.
