1. Thou shalt clean up all spills as soon as possible after they occur. Thus thou shalt save thyself a world of bother, as the stains shall not dry in place, requiring considerable elbow grease and effort to remove. However, thou shalt also use thy noggin and not try to wipe spills off a red-hot element, burning thy fingers nastily in the process.
If you don't have a frost-free freezer and there's more than 1/2 inch of frost built up, it's time to defrost. You can speed up the process by setting pans of hot water inside. Never use a knife to try to dislodge the frost and never use a hair dryer to melt it. Water and electricity do not mix!Take for instance a study just released in TIME Magazine; A Harvard University professor decided to study 18,000 school aged children to see the effects that financially incentivizing them would do. Roland Fryer Jr. a Professor in Economics runs an education innovation laboratory along with a staff of 17 and a budget of $6 million annually. He recently did a large nation-wide study and used mostly private money to pay the school aged children $6.3M total. He wanted to see if money would motivate them. The results? Mixed. But surprising.So now having several examples of motivation�we can learn from this and implement this into our life. Big Fat Audacious Goals are nice, but they are so far removed from our daily reality and it is pretty easy to let our motivation wax and wane. They do not necessarily give us rapid feedback mechanisms nor are they black and white tasks.http://freedomventureproject.comIf I were to tell you to go out and create a random business out of nothing, it�s unlikely that you would succeed. It is a far too large goal and you may not know how to control the outcome (finding #2). It may be better to have a larger goal (for the students: graduation), for you, it may be creating a business, and then create smaller do-able actions.I just love taking studies that are done with children to illustrate how we are not too far removed from our childhood past. What are the instances in your childhood that you remember having the most motivation? My older son loves Pokemon, and while it kind of drives me crazy, I know that I can use the love of Pokemon to my advantage and leverage his love to spur his motivation. He instantly becomes creative in ways to make money and just the other day was down the street washing the neighbor�s cars and cleaning out their ant infested refrigerator; jobs that he normally wouldn�t have done if he didn�t see a reward at the end of the challenge.How are you planting your motivation? How do you plan to nurture its growth?So the overall result?So how can you develop motivation? Is it something that is truly inherent? How do you grow motivation, can you grow motivation?
10. Thou shalt rinse all dishes as soon as the meal is finished. This makes it easier to clean the dishes either in the dishwasher of when washing dishes by hand.
Author: Nick Vassilev
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