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Chapter 70

Chapter 8 A stone with a wish can go to eternity
——Cultivate reasonable psychological motivation and improve the quality of life

Chapter 8 Section 1 The stronger the psychological motivation, the higher the work efficiency. ? ?

Psychologists divided college students into three groups and asked them to use their right index fingers to pull a 4kg weight suspended from a dynamometer.To the first group of college students, they are not told any reasons; to the second group of college students, they are required to show their best ability when completing the homework, and told that they will be rewarded for it; to the third group of college students, the importance of completing the task is explained. Social significance, such as telling them that this job is related to sending electricity to the factory. ?
The results showed that the third group of college students who understood the social meaning had the highest number of indicators for completing the work. ?
Mind walk?

It may be thought, that the higher the intensity of the motive, the higher will be the activity of the organism, and the more efficient it will be.But that is not the case. ?
Psychologists Yerkes and Dodson found that there is an optimal level of motivation in various activities, and insufficient or too strong motivation will reduce work efficiency. ?
The study also found that the optimal level of motivation varied with the difficulty of the task.On easier tasks, productivity rose with increased motivation; as task difficulty increased, the optimal level of motivation tended to decline gradually. ?
Not worth the cheap pay to play?

The most important thing is to learn to "play for yourself". ? ?

A group of children were frolicking on a large lawn in front of an old man's house, chirping like a flock of birds.After a few days, the old man couldn't bear it anymore.He decided to take action. ?
So, he came out and gave each child 25 cents, and said to them: "You guys made this place very lively, I feel a lot younger, and I am grateful for the money."?
The kids were delighted and the next day still came and played as usual.The old man came out again and gave each child 15 cents.He explained that he had no income, so he had to give less. 15 cents is okay, the child still left happily. ?
On the third day, the old man only gave each child 5 cents. ?
The children were furious: "It's only 5 cents a day, do you know how hard we worked!" They swore to the old man that they would never play for him again! ?

Turning around, the old man smiled, feeling infinitely relaxed. ?
Mind walk?

Human motivation can be divided into two types: intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation.If we act on our intrinsic motivations, we are our own masters.Once driven by external motives, we will be swayed by external factors, thus becoming its slaves.Like the children in the fable. ?
When you are disturbed by external factors in work and study and don't want to continue working hard, please think more about who you are "playing for". ?
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