When you usually are not ready to chance the standard you'll need to settle for the standard.
Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.
'No' puts distance between you and the wrong influence.
Your level of success will seldom exceed your level of personal development.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.