Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Unit 4 Talk It Over
Read the posted comments about motivation and emotion. Do you find yourself in agreement with them, or surprised at the difference? Discuss your reactions with us. Also, include in your post a question for everyone else to consider as they continue with the chapter and activities relating to the issues discussed in Chapter 9.
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I stand by everything that I said in my last posting. But do think to yourselves, why DO emotions get to us when we are attempting to pursue something?
Nathan P.
I kind of agree with naithyn in the last post, sometimes i need someone to push me to do something. if its cleaning my laundry i do that on my own just fine if its doing something ive never done before like getting a job or doing my taxes i definitely need someone to force me to do it, otherwise ill just keep putting it off because the unknown terrifies me.
to answer naithyns question, emotions get to us because the purpose of the human is to think, and its difficult for us to think without involving our own emotion and bias.thus an emotion like fear of failure might keep someone from even attempting something.
I do find myself in agreement with them. I'm not really surprised or confused by it. And to add to naithyns question, I think our emotions get to us when we're trying to pursue somthing because they're supossed to. because you can't really do anything without adding your own imput onto what you'r doing.
jill d.
I really like Chelsey's comment about how fear and failure, and the unknown, can hold us back.
So true. This is something I still work on!
Great conversation, naithyn, chelsea and jill!
Not many comments however I'll try and make this work. First off I think, as i said in my other post, letting our emotions interfere with our pursuit of goals and dreams is just a part of our brain and life. If we didn't allow emotions to help and hurt us in pursuing these goals if and when you achive them how great would they be with out the emotions that wernt there when you were in pursuit of them?
I totally agree with Kevin's post and how our emotions can help and/or hurt when we pursue a goal. I know I've struggled with this in the past, and to piggy-back on Chelsey's comment about fear of failure, well, that was it exactly! It wasn't until I realized that it's ok to fail at things when you try them for the first time. Sometimes, that's what it takes to learn something new.
Yeah I agree with the other blogs. Emotion definately sparks motivation. If someone is stressed and tired, they might not be as motivted to accomplish the same thing as on a day they feel happy and full of energy. Desire and competition is a huge part of motivation.
I think the 2 issues work by motivation leading to emotion, if you lack motivation, then you in-turn lack emotion towards a certain thing, if you do not care how good something turns out, wont you lack motivation towards completing that task?
-Patrick G
I completely agree with Chelsey's statement about the the involvement of emotions with the ability to think. I also agree with Patrick about the lack of motivation. If simply don't care about something, why would you pursue it?
Martin R.
I like this discussion so far. One of the things we adults have to face is how do we motivate ourselves to do something we don't want to do? The answer for me is pretty simple and I learned it, really learned it, when I turned myself from a mediocre student into an A student in college: you do it because it's gotta get done, so daggone it, do it.
You folks have had three or four years of practice of this already because, let's face it: there's a lot of stuff you've got to make yourself do that you really don't want to do in order to get out of high school and on to the next step of your life. That's one of the many reasons I look at you all as Young Adults. What you deal with is very real. Keep pushing!!
Basically, i think emothions play a big role in peoples future. i think when emotion gets involved in decisions people dont think as clearly and they get caught up in the moment, and dont do the right thing.
SHELBI
I have to agree with everyone on this one. Everyone has their own feelings when it comes to being motivated and i totally understand where everyone is coming from because no one is perfect and no one knows if they are going to succeed in life. but like i said before, all you have to do in believe in yourself and what you want to accomplish that will take you much further in life. =]
Brit S
I agree with what alot of you had to say but as always I have my opinion , yours may differ. It is what makes us human.Alot of your situations ive been through, chores are one of my weak points . I can never do them on time nor ever. I dont like it one bit. I want to be able do all them and please my mom but then I always think I have better things to do than just plain chores. I agree emotions do in fact get to us frm time to time even more so when their our loved ones.
I also have to agree with many of you. Emotions and motivation are in our life pretty much everyday. Someone always has emotion throughout the day or has to get motivated to do something, whether its on their own or with the help of someone else. I think chores is also one of my weaknesses in motivation. I can always hear my mom telling me, "Vanessa clean this or do that" and I wouldn't want to do it right away until she really gets mad!
Vanessa P
I agree with Kevin that our emotions can sometimes get in the way but for me; more than not my emotions make me work harder. On the other hand if my emotions are that strong against I am not going to do anything.
Do others feel their emotions are black and white when they are invested in motivation?
--Claire B
I agree with Brittany S it is important to believe in yourself. I agree that emotions do often get in the way of self motivation but music is a good motivation to bring you back up.
Laura M
I mostly agreed with the previous posts. One thing that I read in chapter 9 was that emotion is literally defined as the reaction of the face (and other features) to a situation. I was surprised to read this because I've always thought of emotion as dealing with only internal feelings. My question for others to ponder is: Do you "wear your heart on your sleeve"?, or in other words, do you think you show your emotions clearly in facial expressions or body language in general? I honestly think I can hide my emotions pretty easily.
I'd love to see how everyone responds to Claire's and Luis's questions...
Feel free to post your own, too!
Mrs. A
When I was younger, nobody had any trouble reading what I thought about a comment or a situation--it was plain as day all over my face. As I've matured--stop that laughing, all of you!--I've gotten better at not revealing what my emotions are. Sure, there are times where this is a challenge for me, depending on the situation of course. And some times it's very difficult to be an adult and I want to lash out verbally. Growing into adulthood is one long test in this regard. If we can learn how to communicate what we are feeling without our faces giving it away, things usually work out better.
I'm being a little vague here. Let me ponder it and post again.
I agree with some of them, but i think that when we get tired or stressed we dont know how else to express that so are emotions come out.
In sports i do believe that you need to be emtional, but in control of them at the same time. In response to nathan's question i believe that in decision making we need to think and in order to think we prioritise our own feelings making it impossible to think without emotions.
I agree with most of the posts on how our emotions can get in the way of our motivations or goals due to fear or whatever emotion is holding you back. Answering one of LuisB's question I feel like I "wear my heart on my sleeve" because I always put other people's feelings before my own and I am always willing to help even if the situation doesn't benifit me.
I also agree with what Kevin said about emotion. Our emotions do tend to get in the way and can either help or hurt. But a good question to ask is what makes us feel the way we do? Sometimes we are surprised at how our emotions make us react, thinking our reaction would have been completely different.
I agree with Kevin's comment. I agree that without emotions you wouldn't have the same great feeling when you achieve your goals.BEY BEY..................=)
I've agreed mostly with the previous comments. Everyone has their own feelings and emotions. I think motivation takes a big part in life because people think differently and people have different goals in life, and in order to accomplish them, i think you have to believe in yourself .
I agree with most of the posts about emotions, they can either hurt or help you pursue a goal. And i totally can relate to the fear and failure the unknown is a terrifying thing.
Michelle G
I agree with Kevin. Emotions make our goals and dreams a challenge to achieve, and thats life. In response to Luis' question, I totally show my emotions clearly, If I dont like someone they will know by my facial expressions.
Danielle P
I do agree with a lot of these posts. Motivation is a key part of human nature. It keeps us going a lot of the time. You could easily argue that emotion and motivation go hand in hand. Some emotions do motivate you to do more, like pride and integrity.
Derek H.
I do not agree with Naithyn because nobody is going to be there to hold your hand threw life unless you have alot of money,you need to start to motivate yourself in what you need to get done. But to answer Naithyns question I think emotions get in the way when we are trying to atempt something because the fear of the unknown,not being able to do something the first time. Thats why failure can only go uphill from the last time you tried to attempt something.
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