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Hi all,

I’m one of Mac fans. Let’s dedicated our grate efforts and make a lot of subjects about our Mac computers! I will help you learn a lot just send me messages :)
thanks,

Hi Lisa! Welcome to eduFire!
Yes, Ron is great (but don’t tell him ;)).

Well done, The White Prince!

That would be great! Maybe once we have more categories for classes, they can be matched in the flash cards section too?

Hmmm…good idea…how does one become a widget?

Thank you Tasha, we are here for the students, afterall :).

Check out these stats!

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Correct – I LOVE 80’s Music.

The person below me aspires to have their class Featured on the class page!

I like this post :)!

So, you see motivation as solely an external force? I never thought of it as only external, and I tend to get motivated by goals I set for myself.

As a parent, I’ve often tried to find ways to motivate my children, but once they were old enough to think for themselves, I found that it had to come from themselves. I’m not talking about things like rewards for good grades or good behavior. While positive reinforcement works, the desired result stops when the reward stops. I think that’s not motivation, that’s just bribery.

I agree that inspiration talks to your inner self or core. However I see it more as an idea, or ideal rather than a drive to achieving a goal.

Interesting view… I see motivation as prodding, cajoling, threatening, pushing or somehow moving another into action… the problem being when whatever outside force that was being applied stops so does the action. I think motivation works for short term accomplishments. I don’t think it is sustainable without a lot of pushing from the outside for the long haul.

Inspiration on the other hand I see as something that touches the core of the person affected and causes them to move of their own accord toward whatever the goal is. I see Inspiration as sustainable over the long haul because the force to sustain it comes from inside the individual who is inspired.
I view passion as something else entirely…I view passion as an emotion… a strong one but again one that is fueled by something else so passion can be caused by motivation or inspiration, however passion fueled by motivation I see waning when the force that caused the motivation is no longer present but I see passion that is fueled by inspiration having a longer lifespan since the fuel for it comes from within the person.

I commented on the blog, but I would like to add that, as much as I love the USA, it is becoming a country for wealthy people only.