This document provides motivation and advice for college students. It discusses the financial benefits of obtaining a college degree and earning potential over a lifetime. Various types of motivation are explored, including intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation and having an internal locus of control. Specific habits are recommended for college success, such as attending class, reading textbooks, using college services, and limiting outside employment. Persistence is emphasized, with the message that small consistent steps lead to achieving big goals over time.

1. Chapter 1 Motivation

2. What Do I Want from College?

3. Exercise:
What Do I Want from
College?
Share your most important
reason with the class.

4. Value of a College Education

5. Lifetime Income
s HIGH SCHOOL $883,440
s SOME COLLEGE $942,630
s ASSOCIATE $1,139,700
s BACHELORS $1,640,670
s MASTERS $2,036, 940
s PROFESSIONAL $3,570,270

6. Yearly Income
s HIGH SCHOOL $29,448
s SOME COLLEGE $31,421
s ASSOCIATE $37,990
s BACHELORS $54, 689
s MASTERS $67,898
s PROFESSIONAL $119,009

7. What is the Value of a College
Degree?
$1,640,670 College Graduate
$ 883,440 High School Graduate
$757,230 Value of College
Degree

8. College graduates
make
almost twice as much as
high school graduates
over a lifetime.

9. How Much is Each College
Class Worth?

10. $18, 931 per 3 unit class
($757,230 divided by 40
classes for a BA or BS)

11. What is one hour of a college
class worth?

12. $394 per hour in class
($18,931 divided by 48 hours
in class)

13. Would you attend class today
be be prepared if I were to pay
you $394?

14. Of course, these payments
are over a working lifetime of
30 years.

15. How do you motivate
yourself?
s What if you don’t feel like coming to
class or doing your homework. How do
you motivate yourself to do it anyway?
s Think
s Discuss with the person next to
you
s Share ideas

16. Choosing a Major
s 3 out of 4 students are undecided about
their majors
s 30-70 % of a class changes majors 2 or
more times

17. There are many ways to be
motivated. Let’s see if any
are useful to you.
s Improve your concentration
s Manage your external environment
s Intrinsic or extrinsic motivation
s Locus of control
s Achievement motivation
s Learning principles

18. Concentration and motivation
are connected
s If you can focus on what you are doing,
you are motivated to continue.

19. Ways to Improve Your
Concentration

20. Manage Your External Environment

21. Minimize Distractions
s If you study in the kitchen, you will be
distracted by food
s If you study in front of the TV, you will
be tempted to watch it
s If you study in bed, it will be difficult to
say awake

22. Be Here Now
s Choose where you will place your
attention
s When your mind wanders, gently bring
it back. Forcing attention does not
work.

23. The Spider Technique
s Learn to ignore distractions and keep
your attention focused

24. Set up a Worry Time
s Set a time each day
s When worries distract you, remind
yourself of the time set aside to worry
s Be here now
s Keep your worry appointment
s Find solutions

25. Increase Your Activity
s Take a break
s Stretch
s Move
s Read and listen actively

26. Change Topics
s You may need to study for a short
period of time and change subjects

27. Intrinsic Vs. Extrinsic
Motivation

28. Intrinsic Motivation
s Comes from within yourself

29. Extrinsic Motivation
s Comes from outside yourself

30. Which is the more powerful
motivator?
s Intrinsic or extrinsic motivation?

31. Intrinsic motivation is the most
powerful

32. Locus of Control
s Where you place responsibility for
control over your life
s Internal
s External

33. Internal Locus of Control
s Believe they are in control of their lives
s Self-motivated
s Learn from mistakes
s Think positively

34. External Locus of Control
s Others control their lives
s Life is a result of luck or fate
s Rely on external motivation
s Look for someone to blame
s Think negatively
s Victims of circumstance

35. What is more likely to lead to
achievement in college?
s Internal Locus of Control?
s External Locus of Control?

36. Internal locus of control is
most likely to lead to success
in college.

37. More Types of Motivation

38. Affiliation Motivation

39. How can you use affiliation
motivation to be successful in
college?

40. Affiliation Motivation
s Study Groups
s Friends
s Athletics
s Clubs
s Activities

41. Achievement Motivation

42. Are you motivated by
achievement?
s Competition for grades
s Winning the game
s Earning money
s Recognition for achievement

43. Learning and Motivation
s Psychologists believe that much of our
behavior is learned

44. Operant Conditioning
s Behavior is increased or decreased
depending on the consequences of the
behavior

45. Positive Reinforcement
s If the consequences of your behavior
are positive, you are more likely to do it
again. You have been positively
reinforced.

46. Find a reward to increase
desirable behavior.

47. Good rewards:
1. Do not involve alcohol or
drugs
2. Do not have too many
calories
3. Do not cost too much
money

48. What are some good rewards
for studying?

49. Success is a
HABIT

50. Success is a Habit
s We establish habits by taking small
actions each day
s You can establish habits for success

51. Exercise:
I am successful when I:

52. Exercise:
I am successful when I:
Behaviors which interfere with
my success:

53. A PRACTICAL
EXAMPLE

54. Step 1.
State the problem.
I have a chocolate chip
cookie eating habit

55. Step 2
Choose one small
behavior at a time
Make it small

56. Changing one small behavior
is like making a ripple on a
lake

57. Change one small behavior
and you can change your life.

58. I will eat a healthy snack.
NOT
I will lose weight
or
I will never eat cookies

59. Step 3:
State in a positive way the
behavior you wish to
accomplish

60. EXAMPLE
I will eat a healthy snack
instead of eating cookies.

61. Write an intention statement
I intend to eat a healthy
snack.

62. Step 4
Count the behavior
How many cookies do I
Eat each day?

63. Step 5:
Picture in your mind the
actions you will take.
Visualize your success.

64. Step 6
Practice
10 days
Keep a Log

65. Step 7
Find a reward for
your behavior

66. Step 6: What reward will you
use?

67. The first 3 times are the most
difficult

68. Practice 10 times to
make a new habit

69. However it only takes 3 times
to start a bad habit!

70. What if I fail?

71. Positive thinking is a key to
success
Try Again

72. 10 Habits of Successful College Students
s Attend class.
s Read the textbook.
s Have an educational plan.
s Use college services.
s Get to know the faculty.

73. 10 Habits of Successful College Students
s Limit outside employment to 20 hours a
week for a full time student.
s Take one step at a time.
s Have a goal for the future.
s Visualize your success.
s Ask questions.

74. Keys to Success: Persistence

75. Persistence Will Get You
Almost Anything Eventually
s When is this true?
s When is it not true?

76. 90% of success is showing
up!

77. Make a commitment
to reach your dreams

78. Getting a college degree can
be like climbing Mt. Everest

79. How to Climb Mt. Everest
s A small step at a time

80. Master college one step at a
time
s Get started.
s Attend the first class.
s Read the first chapter.
s Start a new study habit.