It's not that people don't have willpower, it's that most don't know they have it. THAT'S where the help would come in. Some people live their entire life being pushed so far down, they have no idea what up is. I will spend the rest of my life helping anyone in any way that I can. If that warrants a push from me, I'll take time to push or hold a hand for a second. So long as it's not sabotaging myself in any way, why not?

I kind of agree. But I mean, If I didn't have a wife and a child to work hard for, I wouldn't work as hard. I generally do need someone else or something to work for, in order for me to do it.

I'm a very motivated person, but I think I learned that from my parents at a young age. I think how a child is raised affects that sort of thing quite a bit. By the time I was 10 my dad had taught me that if you do something that you know you'll be expected to do before being asked to do it, you will get more praise and be ahead of the crowd. Applying this in the workplace might make you end up doing more work than anyone else, but it sure as heck makes you look good.

Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes.

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[quote]if they can't keep themselves motivated, I don't care. [/quote] Well it's kinda difficult to do stuff when you aren't motivated. [spoiler]Like #tubscrubbing[/spoiler]

I'm with you in the fact that I am definitely very capable of getting things done. When I clock in at work, I dive right into something and keep at it for the entire day, I only break for lunch because it's mandatory. I've only taken small breaks maybe twice during the year I've been working at this place. That aside, like any workplace, my coworkers have days where they just don't do anything (or at least that's how it appears to me). I could get upset and say "If they're not going to work, neither am I", but in reality, the job needs to either get done, or partially done so it can be finished the next day. So I just do it to stay busy, and they can't necessarily yell at me for not finishing, because they know it was due to their lack of help that it didn't get done. I understand that sometimes people just have bad days, and I don't mind hauling extra work to give them a break, because I know they'll return the favor. Frankly, they do every day considering I have extra duties on top of my original job. We all have busy lives, but I find a lot of value in helping people. Even if it doesn't effect me directly, I leave hoping they'll do the same for someone else someday. If nothing else, I leave knowing I did a good thing, which is better than any favor they could offer. In a world as connected as this, you can hardly afford to have a "yourself" attitude anymore. Though it's hard to see, sometimes other people's problems eventually become ours.

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I have also realized how much people want help but really don't give a crap

Nice.