Week 4 -- Motivation



Motivation

Thursday, February 6, 2020
Image result for motivational quotes

 Activity #1 Journal -- How do you motivate yourself?


 Students: Name adjectives that describe your experiences in the highly motivated state. (Write on chalkboard.) Group by P and N

 What's the difference between the two lists? Point out positive motivation produces seeking behavior and negative motivation produces avoidance behavior (page 113).

 Recall an experience in which you lacked motivation -- were bored, apathetic, turned off.  

 Raise your hands to indicate which internal state you most prefer experiencing: positively motivated? negatively motivated? unmotivated? Which state do you experience most at school? when you're not in classes? 

 Activity #2 -- watch video 
What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon?
Image result for triathlon motivational quotes
 Conquered

      What did Minda learn?
     What is your Ironman?

 Activity #3
Fifteen ways to motivate yourself and others ...
1. Connect to your values = can also be your strengths.

 2. Find your WHY= purpose.

 3. Change your WHY. Shifting your why can light your fire.

 4. Change your HOW. Shift from getting them done to doing them right.  Think of it as mastering your craft. Make it artful.
Image result for motivational quotes
 5. Remember the feeling. When you feel good, you find your motivation faster.

 6. Shift to past, present, future. You can visualize a more compelling future, or remember a more enjoyable past.

 7. Find a meaningful metaphor. Find a metaphor that fuels you. Maybe you're the "Little Engine who Could.' Maybe you're "in your element."

 8. Take action. Action often comes before motivation. Nike was right with "Just do it." For example, I don't always look forward to my workouts, but once I start, I find my flow.

 9. Link it to good feelings. For example, play your favorite song when you're doing something you don't like to do. And find your theme song. 

 10. Impress yourself first. Make a movie or write a book that impresses you first. Write an essay that impresses you first.  Set your internal bar and that becomes your drive.

 11. "CHOOSE" to -- If you tell yourself you "HAVE" to do this or you "MUST" do that or you "SHOULD" do this, you can weaken your motivation. The power of choice and simply reframing your language to "CHOOSE" to can be incredibly empowering and exactly the motivating language you need to hear.  Choose your words carefully and make them work for you.

 12. Pair up. Pair up with somebody who complements your skill or who can mentor you and get you over the humps.

 13. Change your question. Sometimes you need to change your focus. To change your focus, change the question. If you ask yourself what's wrong with this situation, of course you'll find things to complain about. Ask yourself what's right about the situation and you can quickly find the positives and get your groove on.

14. Fix time for eating, sleeping, and working out. One simple way to improve results is to find a routing that supports you. Sometimes your body or emotions are working against you because you're not giving them a break or fueling them the right way.

 15. Play to your strengths. Spending more time with your strengths helps you renew your energy and find your flow. Strengths are the place where you can grow best.  Find the things that you can do all day that you really enjoy and find excuses throughout your day to do more of that.  Success builds on itself and this helps you build momentum.  

 At the end of the day, all motivation really comes down to self-motivation, and you get better at motivation by building your self-awareness.


Self-awareness


How to motivate yourself (video)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5nsUjQFvok
The End


What is motivation? The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
Image result for motivation

 Why is it important?  Motivation will help you achieve your personal goals.  If an individual is motivated, he will have job satisfaction.  Motivation will help in self-development of individual.   

 What are 3 types of motivation based on rewards and reinforcers?
  • Extrinsic. We are motivated by money, praise, awards, recognition, and benefits.
  • Intrinsic. This type of motivation relies on a person's internal values and the reward of feeling food to achieve a positive reaction.
  • Addiction

Image result for motivationWorksheet on Internal and External Locus of Control





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 6 -- Gratitude continued

Image
Activity #1 Respond to the following prompts: I’m grateful for three things I hear: I’m grateful for three things I see: I’m grateful for three things I smell: I’m grateful for three things I touch/feel: I’m grateful for these three things I taste: I’m grateful for these three blue things: I’m grateful for these three animals/birds: I’m grateful for these three friends: I’m grateful for these three teachers: I’m grateful for these three family members: I’m grateful for these three things in my home: I’m grateful for these three things at Thames: Activity #2 Video (7 minutes) -- An Empowerment of Gratitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg Activity #3 Gratitude Letter --  This might be the most powerful gratitude exercise. Write a hand-written letter to a person you are particularly grateful to have in your life. Be detailed. Express all the wonderful qualities about this person, and how they personally have affected your life for the better. ...
Read more

March 23 -- Forgiveness and Letting Go

Image
Warm-up Journal: Write about a time when you forgave someone or someone forgave you? Describe what happened and how you felt.  What is Forgiveness? Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, and overcomes negative emotions such as resentment and vengeance. Forgiveness is the release of resentment or anger. Forgiveness doesn't mean reconciliation. One doesn't have to return to the same relationship or accept the same harmful behaviors from an offender.   Forgiveness is vitally important for the mental health of those who have been victimized. It propels people forward rather than keeping them emotionally engaged in an injustice or trauma.  Forgiveness has been shown to elevate mood, enhance optimism, and guard against anger, stress, anxiety, and depression. Carrying the  hurt or anger of an offense leads the body to release stress hormones such as adrenaline and ...
Read more

Week 5 -- Happiness (continued)

Image
Activity #1 -- Journal If happiness is a skill, how can you improve your happiness? What can you do to make yourself happier? How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy? Money is important to happiness, but only to a certain point; money buys freedom from worry about the basics in life—shelter, food, and clothing. However, research from the journal  Nature Human Behavior  shows that the sweet spot for yearly income is between $60,000 and $95,000 a year,  not  a million-dollar salary. Earnings above the $95,000 breaking point do not equate to increased well-being; a person earning $150,000 a year will not be necessarily as happy as a person earning a lot less. Happiness also levels off, just as the  hedonic treadmill  shows us—people return to their set point of well-being no matter how high moods rise or how low they dip. Activity #2 -- 15 Prescriptions for Happiness "We don’t have unlimited time, yet we live as though we do. How can we use the trut...
Read more