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What motivates one?
Having the ability to look after one's self that being self sufficient and not relying on others all your life. You know what happens when you rely on others and you dont want to do that for life. Therefore gaining your quals will help you in achieving the goal of being able to look after yourself and your future family I'A.
As our seniors keep telling us, they say during the 1st 2 years of study, It is hard to get motivated, but during the final year It is alot easier as one's priorities will be different (one year on the edge of achievment). And I would say may be their placement year motivated them the most. Just seeing things happen in real time and not out of books made them become alot more interested in their field of work.
So all in all, different people have different motivational requirements/needs/wants, so depending on what one is looking to achieve and how much they want to achieve it, then the more influences the better. Hope that makes sense.
What motivates me, Geeljire?
Islam motivates me in most and I use that for every constructive goal I set for my self. The importance of motivation is felt when there is a problem that challanges you. The more you encounter problems, is the more motivations you require to overcome such problems.
Western psychologists used to set anything that has to do with religion, because they believed religion can't resolve problems. The reason was obvious, becuase Christianity as an abrogated religion couldn't solve their problems.
So, after the emerging numerous problems of mental imbalances, they conducted many researches aimed at finding solutions for the illness at any religious perspectives. And finaly, they come to realize that believing in God undermines the effectiveness of the pain that causes the mental disorder. It was not only one research I observed from that, the treatment of religion for mental ilness.
Now coming back to the subject at hand, how do you motivate yourself, yeah, Islam absulately motivates me everytime I need an intrinsic motivation to crush any obstacle. As we know, schooling has its own problems, and it is clear that most students fail when they entertain themselves with drugs in the presence of distress symptoms.
PS. Stay away from bad influences!!
Kind regards,
Geeljire ~