Motivational Quotes - Amazon S3 · Title: Cornerstones Author: Sherfield/Moody Subject: Engage Created Date: 6/13/2016 4:58:56 PM

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Motivational Quotes


Sherfield and Moody Cornerstones

Chapter 2

Topic: Engage


Motivational video

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cb9ltG273o

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs&list=PLAF1928DD0C97D647

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cb9ltG273o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs&list=PLAF1928DD0C97D647


Motivation

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmErRm-vApI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmErRm-vApI


How College Change My Life

• What was the name of the student ?

• What grade was he in when he dropped out of school?

• What was the grade he receive on his first test? What course was it?

• Did he get an opportunity to transfer to a university and what was the name of this university


Motivation Can Change Your Life!

• External motivation – outside forces or people causing you to do something

• Internal motivation – energy inside of you pushing you to go after what you want

Key = convert external motivators into internal motivation


Seeing the Importance

•Complete this exercise and discuss with the person next to you.


Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs


Self-Actualization

• Top level of Maslow’s Hierarchy

• Psychological need for a desire to matter and live at our “peak”

• Most important for motivation


Ten Point Plan for Motivation

• Develop a new attitude

– Learned optimism v. learned helplessness

• Practice creative visualization

– See your future as you want it to be

• Make excellence a habit

– It matters!



• Overcome your doubts and fears

– Most of our fears are learned obstacles

• Put adversity and failure into perspective

– Learn from mistakes try again

• Identify and clarify what you value in life

– What really matters to you?



• Take pride in your name and character

– Exclusively your to honor or dishonor

• Clear up the past through forgiveness

– Holding grudges holds you back

• Develop a strong personal guiding statement

– What would your t-shirt say?



• Commit to strengthen your self-esteem

– A photograph of yourself you keep in your mind

– Self-esteem five basic characteristics base on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Basic Needs

• A sense of security

• A sense of identity

• A sense of belonging

• A sense of purpose

• A sense of personal competence


Ways to Enhance Self-Esteem

• Take control of your own life• You are responsible for you• Refuse to allow others to tear you down• Control your self-talk• Take calculated risks• Stop comparing yourself to others• Keep your promises and be loyal to self and

others• Win with grace and lose with class• Be a giver


Review Question

1. Which factor shows internal motivation?

a) Eric goes to school because he wants to be the first man in his family to earn a college degree.

b) Eric works full-time in maintenance because he has a mortgage payment to make each month.

c) Eric volunteers as a soccer coach because it earns him a discount on his daughter’s soccer team fees.

d) Eric takes classes full-time because when he graduates he will be promoted to management.


Review Question

2 . Which example shows intrinsic motivation?

– Eric goes to school because he wants to be the first man in his family to earn a college degree.

– Mel works full-time in maintenance because she has a mortgage to pay and a family to support.

– Connie volunteers as a soccer coach because it earns her a discount on her daughter’s soccer team fees.

– James takes classes full-time because when he graduates he will be promoted to management.


Review Question

3. Hal is driven to make top grades in community college so he can transfer to a four-year college. Then he wants to work in politics so he can change the world. What drives Hal’s need to succeed?

a) safety

b) self-actualization

c) physiology

d) belonging


Review Question

4. Violet wants to go to a four-year college, but her parents want her to go to community college and stay at home where they can continue to help her make decisions. Violet’s advisors explain ways that Violet can apply for four-year schools. Violet waits for her parents to fill out the applications with her, but they do not have time before the deadlines have passed. Which attitude is holding Violet back?

a) optimism

b) learned helplessness

c) self-actualization

d) self-management


Review Question

5. Janice wants to help people so she is majoring in nursing. Which value motivates Janice?

a) Giving

b) Self-esteem

c) Risk taking

d) Money


Topic Reflections

• Convert external motivators into internal motivation• Recognize power of positive thoughts and people• Step outside your comfort zone• Use your values to guide you• Clear up the past by forgiveness• Strengthen your self-esteem daily• Turn negative thoughts into positive energy• Don’t give into defeat• View adversity as a stepping stone to strength• Picture yourself as optimistic and motivated

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Motivational Quotes - Amazon S3 · Title: Cornerstones Author: Sherfield/Moody Subject: Engage Created Date: 6/13/2016 4:58:56 PM