smh... student motivation hints

somethings are hard, they require concentration and time and patience for your brain to figure it out. RELAX, not everything is easy and fast and decisive actions. if your strength is moving fast and acting, great, but you need to work on your weakness of being able to slow down and SIT down if some tougher decision or task comes in front of you. this is the process of living and learning about yourself, enjoy it.

FREAK OUT, relax, get to work. when you get bad news or upsetting unexpected information about your grades, tests, assignments, there are many steps you take to get to the point where you feel proud of the work you've accomplished. but how many unneccessary steps do you have in your routine, and how can you minimize those?

J cole taught us this, and we know it's true. we feel so much better when we do the right things, and stop doing the wrong things. you can do BOTH at the same time, literalyl rebuilding and rewiring your brain to the right choices, away from the bad habits. you can do it today, right now. stop feeling shame, fear, and sorry for yourself. it's ok to fail in the past, now it's time to grow better.

this dude just spits wisdom and motivation for 15 straight minutes. and trust me its working, he is one of the most positive and motivated students i've ever had. 

this student inspires me. all of them do, but this one truly showed me that it's possible for a person to notice within themselves a desire to change because they want to be happier, more motivated. she chose to change her influences, and truly i can confirm is one of the most positive students i see at the start of every school day. even when she is absent she doesn't get discouraged. find out her secret and take the advice, this is one influencer you want to be influenced by. 

amazing transformation coming from this 5th period kid whose dad is sitting him down at the kitchen to get his work done. We all need helpful reminders from friends, teachers, podcasts, and parents! avoiding work, not knowing where to start, and feeling bad about failing is all SO NORMAL. but you don't have to stay there, use the help around you and you will feel so much better once you become the better version of yourself: productive. #workpride

anxiety comes from thinking to much what you need is ACTION. working is the definition of productivity, and the progress of doing something is what gets us past the stage of worrying. if you are thinking and planning, that is a version of work that can be very helpful, but just worrying and having negative stressful thoughts is a state of fear that is supposed to activate our fight or flight response- so don't FREEZE, it's time to fight, or fly, but those are actions! get to work and notice how much better you feel

bad days happen, we have to expect it and not worry about them when they happen. listen to my reflections on how to make sure a bad day doesn't turn into a bad week

when you are living your best life, write it down! you want to have written and concrete reminders of your most positive, proud, motivated version of yourself to look back at for the rest of your life. you already know everything you need and should do, you are all you've wanted to become, you just need to spend more time there, be able to pull that mindset out more often

procrastinating is a useful skill you need to master if you want it to work for you.  Most humans operate better under this kind of pressure, but you have to notice whether you are avoiding work, or whether you are warming up to crank it out last minute. procrastination is NOT avoiding work or putting it off indefinitely. procrastination is NOT for everyone, but if you feel it works for you, work WITH it, understand yourself- KNOW YOURSELF.