Comments on: Passion in College, where do you find it?

By: cornerstone university grand rapids

cornerstone university grand rapids — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:44:45 +0000

Speaking of self-evaluation, I think first and foremost a student should do is to assess his capabilities. What are his interests,wants and skills? This will help him discover what course best fits his person.I suggest that they go to a professional career advisor.Also studying the market for potential job opportunities for a particular degree makes perfect sense in the long run.

By: vtamethodman

vtamethodman — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:21:11 +0000

@ Anders

What benefits do I get from this? What is it exactly that is holding me back? What’s my goal?

These are questions you should always ask yourself. If you’re passionate about your subject, you have a clear goal in mind and understand exactly what barriers you have to overcome in order to reach those goals you will be infinitely successful in school and life.

By: Anders

Anders — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:14:11 +0000

Good post, Liam.

Self-evaluation is always a great tool. What benefits do I get from this? What is it exactly that is holding me back? What’s my goal? This is a big part of the whole extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation. I believe that if you find your intrinsic ones, you’ll never be unmotivated. Yes, there is laziness and resistance, but never loss of motivation since you’ll always have the intrinsic goal/idea of where you are headed and why you follow this path. There are lots of motivating quotes out there as well. When I’m feeling down, I just skim through a few of them to great pleasure.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill