Description One of the most difficult challenges most teachers face is motivating students who are not intrinsically motivated to learn. How can we make students want to succeed academically? Should we exhort them? Punish them? Bribe them? Entertain them? Perhaps; there are proponents and critics for each of those strategies. The experts agree, however, that…
Weight loss is a three-part process: Exercising and cutting calories are vital, but your mental outlook can mean the difference between success and failure. Self-defeating thoughts are often the most overlooked factors when a dieter gets off track,says Jeffrey Wilbert, PhD, author of Fattitudes: Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War with Weight (St. Martin s Press…
Finding a job is always a difficult and tedious process. It takes a lot of time and effort, drags on for several months, or even for a whole year. It s very difficult to find a suitable job. But it is simply necessary to maintain motivation when looking for a job and a positive attitude. A main rule in any search and waiting for any results or a call is to remain…
What forces are behind our actions? Do you get up and head to the gym each day because you know its good for you, or is it because of some type of external reward? There are many different reasons why we do things. Sometimes we are motivated to act because of internal desires and wishes, but at other times, our behaviors are driven by a desire for external rewards…
In our recent Student Engagement Insights survey, we asked: āWhat motivates you most to succeed in college?ā Over 3, 500 students responded. Hereās how they answered: Almost half (49%) of the students selected ācareer goalsā as their primary motivating factor for success. (Nearly the same percentage of instructorsā46%ālisted this as the most important factor.)…
While researching this subject I read a number of articles that seemed to assume that unmotivated employees are lazy or a ābad hireā, this is certainly NOT always the case. Even the best hires can become demotivated due to many influences and, just because an employee isnāt feeling 100% motivated, it doesnāt mean that theyāre lazy. In both cases however, leaders…
āWe know that this program is working and it s helping our students make those good choices and be aware of what s out there.ā ā Tim Stowe Chief Academic Officer, Torrance Unified School District Group MI for Teens provides guidance on how to facilitate motivational interviewing (MI) interventions to groups of adolescents. MI is a guided therapeutic approach…
Tennis superstar Serena Williams made her mark as one of the greatest athletes of all time by winning her record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon final on Saturday. She is now tied with Steffi Graf for capturing the most major championships in the Open era. Listen in as she reveals the mental secrets that keep her winning and hungry for more. On what…
By: Jim Thomas Jim Thomasā Fitness Management & Consulting In working with health club clients that are struggling and attempting to turn around their existing situation; one of the common things we see is managers and owners mistakenly thinking money, or the job itself, is the primary motivator for their staff. This rarely proves to be true and this…
Maslowās hierarchy of needs intuitively strikes me as being a useful model of psychological development. Less obvious is what exactly is meant by the top of the pyramid: self-actualization. I didnāt have the patience or focus to read this entire book, which seemed vague and meandering at times to me. But I was very interested in the chapter titled, āSelf-Actualizing…
Steps Part 1 Identifying Message and Audience Choose the topic you want to speak about. A motivational speaker can talk about how to be successful, happy, fulfilled and engaged in better relationships. No topic is really off limits as long as what you say inspires people to do something. Think about your passions, and base your topic on something you feel strongly…
Motivate staff nurses with positive communication techniques. Thomas Northcut/Digital Vision/Getty Images Motivating staff is a big part of leadership in any industry. Because of the high stress nature of staff nursing, motivation and support and proactive work environment improvement policies are very important to retain qualified nurses. In The Five Practices…
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Happy workers are productive workers. But how do you motivate a group of employees to work hard and help your business grow? Luckily, motivating your employees doesn t take a lot of flare or even a lot of resources. In fact, it could require you to just schedule a few minutes on your schedule to say hi. As a small business owner, you need to maximize revenue…
Living Large is unlike anything you ve ever experienced. It s a week in the life of four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler, but it s more than an exclusive, candid documentary. It s also a complete muscle-building program merging Jay s best workouts with his personal nutrition plan and supplement schedule. It s a raw look at Jay s life and an eight-week mass trainer…
Business literature is packed with advice about worker motivationĀbut sometimes managers are the problem, not the inspiration. Here are seven practices to fire up the troops. From Harvard Management Update. by David Sirota, Louis A. Mischkind, and Michael Irwin Meltzer Most companies have it all wrong. They don t have to motivate their employees. They have to…
Sadly, we live in an emasculated culture offended by the very natural characteristics of men. As a result, weāre seeing menās spirits dwindle into boyhood. Mouths stay shut and the frustration of not understanding how to navigate todayās culture leaves millions of men internalizing their confusion. Now, this certainly doesnāt describe all men. However, for the…
Transcript for 11-year-old motivational speaker who went viral appears live on GMA We are back now with some Monday motor vase. This 11-year-old nyeeam Hudson has traveled the world to encourage others to be confident. Let me speak to you a moment. Let everyone know his story. There s this kid teasing me. I told the kid, it s not about what I have on my feet…
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The study addressed the issue of teacher motivation as an essential factor for classroom effectiveness and school improvement. Teacher motivation has to do with teachers desire to participate in the education process. 772 (10%) public primary and secondary school teachers selected through strategic random sampling technique from the south eastern part of the…
If going to the gym has slowly transitioned from something you love to do into something you love to complain about doing, youāre not alone: āA lot of the athletes I work with love to work out but slowly that love of exercise can one day seem like a burdenāespecially if youāre not paid to do it, ā says Kristen Dieffenbach, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Center for…