Steve also said (
Overcoming Negative Emotions and Boosting Motivation) that, at least at the time he wrote that article, he listened to motivational audio everyday to stay aloof of negative mental patterns.
Now, was not that an attachment to something external? Is that not a good thing because if you keep relying on the motivational tapes to keep you going, if one day suddenly you lose the ability to use them (say you become deaf, etc.), where will you draw your motivation from? I mean, external (i.e., non-intrinsic) motivation is not really good, is it?
Steve, would you still recommend to tuning into some kind of audio or literature everyday to make oneself inspired? Or should one avoid that, because that's kind of fake motivation... I mean, if you really want to do a certain thing you'll do it without requiring fancy motivational tapes, and so these external motivational sources are actually fake?