Following the class on where power as a motivator was discussed it got me thinking about motivation. What can we do to get motivation? Motivation, or procrastination, is something we as students all struggle with, some better than others. What can we do to stop procrastinating? What can we do to find the motivation to complete our tasks? Because as many of us have found out, cramming 3 weeks worth of material for several subjects in the course of 2-4 days right before the midterm is not exactly the best way to go about getting the mark you want. After some looking around on the internet to see how to stay motivated, I came an article of motivational studies (link at the bottom). It wasn’t a normal website where it gave you the typical tips such as setting a time limit, work with others, etc… These studies had interesting results such as positive images can actually help focus and the fact that the harder a project is, the prouder we feel of it.
If you’re interested to read more here is the link!