> Tell someone to "just make a choice" when they work paycheck to paycheck. Wow, way to miss the point entirely. They are making a choice. Doing something they

> Tell someone to "just make a choice" when they work paycheck to paycheck. Wow, way to miss the point entirely. They are making a choice. Doing something they hate to remain getting paid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness Once you start thinking that you have no choice, that life is against you, it becomes self perpetuating. You don't tell people "just make a choice" you make it very clear that they're already making the choice. They're the ones with agency. Sure their choices have consequences, but all choices do. Ultimately they're in charge of their destiny, unless of course they're slaves and prisoners. No matter what you think/say about Amazon, if you're a software dev at Amazon, you are nowhere near a slave or prisoner. If you think you have no control over your destiny, you're destined to get stuck in the same rut and experience the same mistakes and pitfalls over and over again.