The Dark Roots of Motivation

The fuckery of balancing positive and negative drivers in your work.

As the Monday sun peeked through my blinds with the subtlety of a brass band, I rolled over to silence my phone's alarm, only to be ambushed by an onslaught of hashtags that were as inevitable as death and taxes. #mondaymotivation, #motivationmonday, #mondaymood, #mondayvibes – they paraded across my screen in a display that was part inspirational poste…