Okay folks, let’s all sing the ‘underachiever’s song’: “You could be doing better! You could be doing better! Why aren’t you doing better! Why aren’t you doing better!”. Nah, let’s not sing it. I don’t like that song very much :).
But seriously, I myself might be at times perceived as an underachiever (although I flip flop on this one sometimes) and I’m currently working with people who might at times fall in this category. Which leads me to think about internal motivation. What is it, and how do we get it?
Here’s
an interesting article about developing internal motivation in school aged
students who are ‘underachievers’. It gives 20 ideas for helping students
develop internal motivation.
Here’s a
short article on motivation in the workplace (as it applies to part time
tutors). Lastly,
Here’s
an interesting article on the development of internal motivation in young
children and how parents can enhance or decrease this internal motivation.
posted at 11:03 on Thu, 03 Nov, 2005 |
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