Preparation - Session #5 Motivation

Draw - what image

comes

to your mind when you think of the word MOTIVATION. Now, just for fun, draw some more crazy ICONS you may want to give to this word 'motivation'

Think what all motivated you to join this program. What does this tell you about you? What does this tell you about motivation?

Here is a (real) story - think about it:

A professor in his first class announced that in every class he would make one mistake. He challenged the students to catch it. This soon became a rage - students will prepare for the session, attend it with rapt attention and vie for being the person to catch the prof's mistake. The students even hung a chart to show what was the mistake and who caught it.

In all sessions, somebody or the other was able to catch the mistake. Towards the end of the course - the Prof announced that the last session will be tricky. Everybody was full alert yet nobody could spot the mistake. The prof smiled and said, "I had promised that in each session I will make one mistake. But in this last session, i did not make any - that was my mistake :-)

5. Try this puzzle

What made you try it? What made you persist? What made you solve it? What did you do if you could not solve it?

Finally, come prepared for the online session at pm in the following way:

Using a single sheet of newspaper and without using any tool or material or glue etc - decorate yourself. You need to put the decoration on any part of YOU - head, hands, neck etc. Come into the session wearing this new 'gear' 😊

Comments

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