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"Attractive people get further in life"...

Name: "Attractive people get further in life"...
Uploaded: 2022-05-27T23:01:27+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this motivational monologue, the speaker (Layla) challenges the habit of attributing personal setbacks to external identities such as gender or…

27 May 2022 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker (Layla) challenges the habit of attributing personal setbacks to external identities such as gender or attractiveness. She argues that while research shows attractive people and men may receive advantages—like higher pay or more opportunities—using these facts as excuses does not help personal progress. Instead, she urges listeners to stop allowing such convenient reasons to dictate their actions and to adopt a mindset focused on personal responsibility and proactive effort.

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I never use the reason for anything getting done, for anything not getting done, for anything happening or not happening for me as the fact that I'm a woman. I believe that if you were to take everybody off the street, 10 people, each person would have a reason that they could point to that is a very convenient reason for why things are not happening for them in life. It's this default that so many people go to for why things don't happen for you. The question to ask yourself is, what if you just didn't allow yourself to use that as a reason. And you might be thinking, well, Layla, that's kind of not fair because it is a reason that a lot of things don't happen. Like, there's been studies done on people who are more attractive get more things that they want. Women get paid less. Well, true, but is that a helpful thought? Is that going to help you in this situation? Is that going to help you progress? Is that going to help you get better? The answer is no, it will not. I have found that that is not a useful thought to think.