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Motivation . Motivation. When you are motivated you can find solutions to problems easily. When you are unmotivated problems become the solution to do nothing. “where there is a will there is a way”. Motivation. Study is a lot easier to do when you are motivated.
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Motivation • When you are motivated you can find solutions to problems easily. • When you are unmotivated problems become the solution to do nothing. • “where there is a will there is a way”
Motivation • Study is a lot easier to do when you are motivated. • Motivation is the obstacle to achieving your potential. • Motivation answers the “why to study” while the study skills answers the “how to study”
Motivation • There are two types of Motivation • Intrinsic Motivation • Extrinsic Motivation
Intrinsic Motivation • This comes from within. • Love of a subject. • Wanting to do your best. • Wanting to succeed.
Extrinsic Motivation • Comes from external sources. • Teachers hounding you to do your work. • Meeting Parental Expectations. • The Leaving Cert • Class Tests.
Group Dynamics • In any group you are either an energy giver or an energy taker. • Energy Givers • Pull the group along by • Participating positively in class. • Ask Intelligent Questions that are on topic. • Come on time.
Group Dynamics • Energy Takers • Come late. • Ask irrelevant questions. • Commits to the group.
Ways to improve motivation • Keep a routine. • Have reminders of why you study to encourage yourself. • Leave the workspace, tidy so when you finish it will be there when you return. • Keep a list of what you want to achieve. • Have high hopes.
Ways to improve you motivation • Have a healthy lifestyle • Balance work with fun or vice versa • Eat Healthily • Get enough rest • Appreciate the efforts of other people. • Reflect of your own expectations of yourself. • Look at your lifestyle as a whole, what is my business? • Time Management • Good relationships with those around you.
Ways to improve motivation • Identify where you are at right now. • Are you happy with that? • If not make a plan?
How to Plan: P.A.R.T. • Problem: What needs to change. • Action Steps: How to change. • Resources: Do I have the materials necessary. • Time Based: Needs to be immediate and have an end in sight.
Motivational Quotes • The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi • Men's best successes come after their disappointments.-Henry Ward Beecher • We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls. -Winston Churchill