Comments on: 5 Motivation Killers and How To Avoid Them by Leif H. Smith

By: Heath McGregor

Heath McGregor — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:12:09 +0000

Hey Kate and Shannon. Some thoughts for you…motivation is something that is intrinsic (ie within you) and inspiration is from other people.

You will need to find whatever is the key to motivate you. That could be feelings of achievement, a desire to succeed (whatever success means to you), the attainment of a financial goal etc. For some people they are motivated by their own fear of failure.

It is essential to tie in your goals with your values. By that I mean finding out what “pushes your buttons” so to speak? What are you passionate about? If you can link these values to your goals then you will be motivated to persist even when its tough.

Eg - For medicine students, they study because they know that by learning they can save lives. Hope this makes sense…Heath

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:52:56 +0000

So to speak my aim or goal is stuck on my desk, its a drawing on a person under a rainbow who is terribly pleased with themself. I thought this would be well, the soul purpose to get through the VCE, because the rainbow is so gosh darn happy but it seems like other things make me go astray instead such as sheer boredom..

How can you make yourself interested on the task i wonder?

any suggestions no matter how big or small will be kind to my procrastinating nature.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:38:14 +0000

This was kind of useful, thanks.

However i am still struggling to find the motivation to keep going. The one person that i had that kept me motivated is gone. I do the work that is required it just seems as though i get to the end and there is always more and i somehow always manage to fall behind with work again.

Got any advice?

By: Bree

Bree — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:44:01 +0000

I really liked this article, ’cause the “motivation killers” hit the nail right on the head for me. Motivation is one of my biggest issues in VCE, and I’m finding it really difficult at times to just “get stuck into it’ so to speak. Thanks for the info guys, I’ll know how to avoid them next time. This is going on the wall above my desk!