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You're not lazy. You were trained to give up

· Avelino · March 9, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
psychology learned helplessness Motivation personal-development
Summary
The blog post discusses Martin Seligman's experiment on learned helplessness, illustrating how individuals may stop trying due to a conditioned belief that their efforts are ineffective, rather than a lack of motivation.
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