durdenGiving a presentation

2021年1月19日发(作者：还有不同)
Giving a presentation:
1.

Seven skills for qualified (or top) employees in 21st century

2.

Do some thing we don't enjoy doing


3.

Strategies to improve your job satisfaction
4.

Ways to Motivate Yourself
5.

My Opinion of Today’s Education

6.

Childhood years are the most important

7.

Socialization / My view on society / environment
8.

EQ is more important than IQ.

Good morning, my fellow classmates
Most of us begin our goals with zest and enthusiasm but may feel our spirits dampening
(less strong) along the way. We sometimes need a push to stay motivated with regards to our
goals. I am presenting below some strategies to help stay focused and motivated towards
achieving what we set out to achieve:




1. Put a little pressure on yourself: Tell your family, friends, colleagues, neighbors etc.
that you want to achieve so and so thing by such and such date. This can put pressure on
yourself to really try hard and achieve the goal by
the said date so that
you do not feel
embarrassed in front of others. A little pressure may be a good thing.




2.
Decide
a
punishment
for
yourself:
Fix
a
punishment
for
yourself
if
you
fail
to
do
something that is required of you. For example---if you decided to walk for 30 minutes daily
in order to maintain your fitness, and one fine day you do not feel like getting out of your bed
for the daily walk, tell yourself that if you do not get up within the next 15 or so minutes then
you are going to punish yourself by not eating breakfast today. Decide on a punishment that
is unpleasant for you but not too harsh. Try to avoid extremes.




3. Invest in your goals: Another technique is to invest some amount of money in your
goals so that you are forced to stay motivated. If your goal is to do a workout everyday for an
hour---buy a new pair of shoes or buy some new track suit to wear while exercising. Or else
buy some new clothes which you can only wear if you lose some weight. Spending some
money on your goals should force you to keep working on your desired goal.




4. Break goals into smaller parts: If you have a long term goal break it into smaller parts.
Break each goal into small actionable steps which you can do everyday. We humans like some
feedback on how we are progressing. By dividing your goal into smaller parts, you are setting
up an effective feedback mechanism to measure your progress. If your goal is to write a book
within a year
, then have goals to write at least 1 chapter every month. Have further goals to
write for a specified amount of time every day and commit yourself to it daily.




5. Focus on benefits: We tend to move away from pain and move towards pleasure. While
in pursuit of a goal there may be some actions which we may not feel comfortable doing and
may try to avoid them. For such things instead of focusing on the activity itself, think about
the benefits of doing that activity. For example--- if you don't feel like jumping out of your bed
for your daily jogging routine, focus on the benefits that jogging might bring you like better
health,
a
healthy
heart,
physical
stamina
(long-lasting
energy;
staying-power),
more
enjoyable life, fun with family etc. By focusing on the benefits, you are associating jogging
with
pleasure
rather
than
pain.
If
you
do
this
long
enough
then
you
may
no
longer
feel
difficulty in getting up for your morning jog.




6.
Apply
five
more
rule:
Whenever
you
are
doing
some
important
activity
and
feel
tempted to give it up, do FIVE MORE. Read FIVE more pages, work for FIVE more minutes, do
FIVE more math problems etc. By implementing
this strategy, you are pushing past your
present mental and physical barriers and setting new limits for yourself.
Thank you for your attention.


What is Motivation?
Motivation
is
the
characteristic
that
helps
you
achieve
your
goal.
It
is
the
drive
that
pushes you to work hard and reach whatever it is that you are after
. It is the energy that gives
you the strength to get up and keep going (do not stop) - even when things are not going your
way.
Unfortunately, we cannot buy motivation---it is not something that is bottled up and sold
in shops. The good news though is that we can all cultivate this 'motivation'. The only thing
we need though is a desire to change. We then need to work on ourselves, conquer our fears
and push ourselves forward to reach our desired destination.
Motivational books are one of the prime ways through which you can motivate yourself.
Listening to some inspiring music is another way---attending motivational seminars can also
have good, long lasting effect on your lives.
Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic (internal and external) ---With extrinsic motivation,
you
are
motivated
by
rewards
from
an
external
source---you
will
be
inspired
by
the
recognition
that
you
will
get
from
external
sources.
Intrinsic
motivation
is
something
internal ---you are motivated to reach your goal for your own internal benefits---Example---
reading a book so that you can get the grade you are after versus reading a book so that you
can learn something.
Intrinsic
motivation
is
better
than
extrinsic
motivation.
But
for
many
finding
intrinsic
motivation
is
not
easy---it
has
to
come
from
inside
out.
But
once
you
get
it,
intrinsic
motivation is much more powerful than the extrinsic.
Levels of motivation can go up and down. When you are down, it is important to work on
yourself,
by
reading
books
or
whatever
helps
you,
and
get
your
motivation
levels
up.
Otherwise you lose the purpose in your life and it can affect your mental and physical health.

My Opinion of Today’s Education

I think one of the main problems wit
h today’s education is that too much emphasis is
placed on test score. It has become the most important criterion for college enrollment. A
student, however creative and intelligent, will not be admitted into a college if his total scores
are just one point less than required. It is also one of the crucial factors either in job hunting
or in employment competitions.
The
competition
for
high
scores
among
students
becomes
intense.
Students
find
themselves concentrating more on strategies to achieve high scores than on acquiring the
knowledge and skills
. They don’t spend much time on some subjects which will not be tested
on. All their learning is focused on achieving high scores, but not on the development of
ability to think and create.
As a result, the competition for high scores becomes so intense that it actually defeats the
academic goals of the education.
Do some thing we don't enjoy doing
I agree that people should sometimes do things that they don't enjoy doing. This is a basic
part of being an adult. Plus, some things that aren't
T
ake personal tasks (for example). Who enjoys going to the dentist? Very few people enjoy
having their annual check-up with the doctor
. Not a lot of people enjoy changing the oil in
their car or mowing their lawns. These are all things we do because we have to, not because
we want to. We realize that taking care of our physical health is the sensible thing to do. We
know that if we don't change the oil in our cars, our cars won't run. We understand that grass
grows and if we don't mow it, our lawns will look like tropical forests.
Professional tasks are another part of the same equation. No one likes to be stuck with
(having sb / sth one does not want) a boring assignment or to be told we have to work with
someone no one else gets along with. Sometimes we have to put up with unfair criticism from
a supervisor or resentment from those we supervise. If we're in management, we may have
had
the
unpleasant
task
of
having
to
fire
someone.
None
of
these
are
fun
things.
Unfortunately, they’re all part of earning a living, something the majority of adults have to do.





On
the
other
hand,
sometimes
doing
some
thing
we
don't
enjoy
doing
can
lead
to
enjoyment. Simply by trying it again, we may decide we like doing it. For instance, we may
have convinced ourselves we hate to dance. We agree to go to a club only to please someone
else. Yet, for some reason, this time we enjoy
dancing. We’ve been
cheating ourselves of
(prevent sb from having sth) enjoyment without even knowing it. The same can be true of
trying new foods or a new type of museum.
Doing what we don't enjoy doesn’t always have to be a bother
, does it? It’s just part of
life.

Childhood years are the most important

I agree that a person’s
childhood years, from birth until twelve years of age, are the most
important. All the information I’ve read about that time of life states that these are the years
that form us. These years determine what kind of a person the child will become. During
these years we learn about relationships, begin our formal education and develop our moral
sense of right and wrong.
The early years are the time when we learn about relationships. First we learn about our
parents and siblings, then about rest of the world. We learn how to respond to others based
the treatment we’re given. If we’re loved, then we know how to love others. If we’re treated
harshly, we may grow
up
to treat others harshly. We also form our ideas about our own
self-worth
from
the
way
others
treat
u
s
during
these
years.
They
can
convince
us
we’re
worthless, or they can teach us we deserve love and respect.
There are the years when we begin our formal education. We acquire the basic skills---
reading, writing, working with numbers---
that we’ll use thr
oughout our lives. We need a good
foundation in these subjects. Otherwise, anything we try to do later will be undermined by
our lack of skills. Perhaps the most important thing we can learn during these years is how to
analyze information and use it. These are skills that will always be useful.
Most important, from my point of view, these are the years when we develop our moral
sense of what’s right and wrong.
Others teach us about good and bad, but later in our early
years we begin to decide for ourselves
. It’s also during this time that we begin to develop the