Why I Want To Pursue My Motivation

Since moving to the United States, a land of opportunity, I followed the immigrant tradition of working hard to pursue my passion/ambition to study and get my degree. I started attending community college a year after I came to the United states. I spent three years at Northern Virginia Community College and transferred to the university of Virginia to earn a B.A degree. I have always kept a full-time job while attending community college to cover my living expenses and help my parents back home Throughout my journey of achieving a higher degree, I learned how to work hard and how to overcome challenges in my own personal and academic life. Now I am very confident in achieving my goals.

I read the article, “Secrets of the Brain”, found in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic written by Carl Zimmer. I chose this subject because I have been fascinated with the brain and how it works. The research of the brain has been ongoing for many centuries now. The history in this article is interesting. It explained how scientists used to understand the brain and its inner workings. For example, “in the ancient world physicians believed that the brain was made of phlegm. Aristotle looked on it as a refrigerator, cooling of the fiery heart. From his time through the Renaissance, anatomists declared with great authority that our perceptions, emotions, reasoning, and actions were all the result of “animal spirits”—mysterious, unknowable vapors that swirled through cavities in our head and traveled through our bodies.” (Zimmer, p. 38)

The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) has given me insightful information over 4 different dichotomies: 1)Where I focus my attention 2) How I take in information 3) How I make decisions based on the information and 4) How I deal with the world. After completing the assessment, I was dubbed ‘INTJ’. This being 9% Introvert, 38% iNtuitive, 3% Thinking, and 31% Judging. To my surprise, after reading the detailed report, I found most of the information presented, to be ‘spot on’. According to the Center for Confidence and Well-Being, “Of all the personality types, INTJs are most motivated by “vision”. They have a great need to come up with a unifying idea of a future, improved state, which is then their job to realize. This inner vision can be so strong for INTJs and so individual that they are often reckoned to be the most independent-minded of all the types” (Craig, C., 2014). This provided me with great validation that I have been lucky enough to find myself in the right career. Currently, I am the interim Director of Quality at an acute care hospital in San Diego. Daily, myself and my team are looking for ways to improve hospital processes, systems, and relationships. Always striving for a future vision or ‘ideal state’ of how we would like to see our organization functioning to better serve our community. Many people have told me that they could ‘not do what I do’ simply because of the data collecting, analyzing, reporting, and

The idea of brain control is also a explored topic in the science community, so recently

I want more time to go and play outside, and I have reasons to proof that I am capable of doing so. A reason why is that one, I am a responsible person. Another reason is that I will be able to know the vast area around our neighborhood a lot better. The last reason is that I could get better exercise because I am very weak. That is why I want more time outside. But something I also want is some Donald J. Trump gear. I am a very huge fan of the Donald, even though my sister hates his guts for no known reason. We need to build a wall is one of his best quotes. Can you find a shirt that says Build A Wall on it? You probably won't but thanks for trying anyway. Donald Trump for 2020! Hillary for Prison! Maybe Mike Pence for 2024, but I am getting

Organization is essential in any profession. Not only do I keep my school and extracurricular work structured, but also have been known to straighten up my previous internship’s office without any prompting. I am able to grasp information very quickly. I generally do

There are several things that initially motivated me to start college. My initial motivation is to accomplish what I had started almost twenty years ago. Right after high school, I attended a Community College, which I didn’t do well, for the reason that I was a young mother and I didn't know how to balance my personal life and school work at the same time, along with having little support from my family, therefore I was not successful and I dropped out. Now that my children are older and my life is at a slower pace than before, I feel ready to go back to school to achieve my dream of having a career, not just a job. My second motivation is to become a child/adolescent Psychologist. I love to comfort out people in need, I sympathize with people's needs and I’m curious about the many developmental stages of a child as to why they think and do what they do. My last motivation is to experience a higher pay rate to obtain a greater lifestyle for myself and my family, for

All of my life I was told “tienes que ir a la escuela!” which means in English, you have to go to school. I was told this so I obeyed, but as a child I really didn’t understand the importance of an education. All I understood was mommy and daddy had to go work all day and I would not be able to see them until nighttime. I did not pay attention to how food was in the refrigerator, or even where they were employed at. All I knew was that I had to wake up in the morning and get on the big yellow bus and go to school.

First, my family has encouraged a lot of good core values that I practice even to this day. Next, my friends encourage me to make the right choice which is why I surround myself with these people. Last, I have been fortunate throughout the years to have good coaches, mentors, and role models. These three groups are the sources of my motivation.

Please write a paragraph (or two) describing what you intend to study at the college level, or where your

Sometimes it’s easier for someone else to motivate a person than for that person to motivate themselves, but I believe the theory discussed in the book “MIND OVER MOOD” that a person has to change the way they think in order to change how they feel. If they change their perspective on things their motivations will change too. Motivation to me is this - setting goals, hammering into your mind to finish what you’ve started, associating with motivated people and positive thinkers, and being persistent and patient.

Motivation is define as, “the driving force in any situation that leads to action. Motivation itself refers to a combination of the learner’s attitudes, desires and willingness to expend effort in order to learn the Second Language.” Motivation is further divided into two types: Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation define as; “enjoyment of language learning itself”, and extrinsic motivation define as; “motivation that derive by parental pressure, societal expectations, academic requirements or the other sources of rewards and punishments.” Richards, (2002: P.343)

Motivation to me is anything that pushes you to accomplish something that you want. No matter how many goals I set for myself without motivation the desire to accomplish my goals wouldn 't be there so, they would continue to be just thoughts or dreams. My faith, self love, family, and personal achievements are just a few things that inspire me to stay motivated in life.

My main motivation to be a CCM student was the fact that I am a high school senior, and it would make me a challenger student. This is good for college applications. Also, since I am taking college level courses, I can transfer the credits I earn here to the college I plan on attending next year. Aside from these factors, I personally thought it would be a good opportunity to see what college is like and to get a feel for what I like and dislike about college life.

Motivation is one of the most discussed topics in the present era’s organisations, especially since renowned psychologists like Maslow and Herzberg are dedicating their efforts to understanding it. Companies are investing a significant amount of resources in improving productivity in order to maximise profits. One of these important resources is of human nature. In order to get the very best out of employees, some motivational approaches need to be used. But what is motivation and how do I successfully motivate? I will try to relate one of my personal experiences with a friend to some of the most influential motivational theories. After introducing my story and making a definition of motivation I will address the ideas of Taylor,