Suggestions For Improving Your Motivation By Working On Your Goals

To sum up this goals section, here are some helpful suggestions for you to keep in mind about improving your motivation by working on your goals:

• Set goals that are based on your values, beliefs, and interests.

• Set goals that are specific and measurable.

• Set goals that are challenging and realistic.

• Give your goals start and completion dates.

• Set both short-term and long-term goals.

• For long-term goals, create enabling goals for yourself.

• Analyze your goals for conflict and commitment.

• Give yourself rewards for completing certain goals.

Now let's examine some other factors that can help you increase your motivation. Once you have created goals for yourself, it's important to analyze how your goals relate to your studying and learning in college. Some of the different beliefs that you hold about learning, and you as a learner, will influence the goals you set and the motivation that you have for college. The next section is a discussion about these beliefs.