What is your Favorite Emotion?

[Edwardo Piet]

Anger.
Hands down best motivator ever,imo.

Depends. Ecstatic over-enthusiasm can go a long way, you should see me when I'm manic.

Also, motivation can be used for good or for evil

I think above all the most motivating emotions, whether they're anger, enthusiasm or whatever -- tend to in their most extreme and effective form be very charismatic. Because just like how there is good and bad motivation -- there is good and bad charisma too.

Hiter was charismatic. In a bad way. He's so infamous for a reason. And not just because he was the leader of Germany who committed genocide -- He's the perfect example of someone who used anger in a bad way for evil, even if he genuinely believed he was righteous and just.

Emotional appeal is extremely effective: Regardless of if it's used for good, or for evil.

Anger may or may not be the best motivator, it's either the best, second best or equal best -- but it can certainly also be the worst. Not worst as in ineffective -- worst as in effective in a bad way. The ends don't justify the means when the ends turn out to be quite different in practice externally on the outside to how they were envisioned as an ideal internally within the mind.

P.S. I use the word "evil" in a very tongue-in-cheek way because I can't think of a better word to use. I generally don't think "evil" is a helpful word, I don't really believe in it at least in the sense that no matter how malevolent someone is or immoral certain acts are: The word "evil" tends to hugely simplify matters.