Kicking a ball around a field with a bunch of friends is fun. Kind of. Add some aluminum posts and a polyethylene net at each end of the field, though, and you have a game that is not only more meaningful for the participants but is also an enjoyable spectator sport. Why We Need Goals…
Author: Karin Admiraal
Five Reasons Why Graduate Students Struggle to Stay Motivated
I became interested in motivation when I worked with undergraduate students at a small, Christian, liberal-arts college. We had many conditionally admitted students (students whose high school grades or standardized test scores did not meet regular admissions standards). Some of these students did well in their classes once they got to college. Others struggled and…
Combatting Fear of Failure in Graduate School
Is “checking the boxes” the way to move past our fears? Many years ago, my mother-in-law shared her philosophy of housework with me. She told me that she mopped the kitchen floor every Tuesday, and if, immediately afterward, the kids (there were seven of them) ran across the room with muddy shoes, she didn’t care….