Motivation Depleted Syndrome (MDS)

Well, is there any syndrome known as this? Hmm...I should do more research on this and who knows maybe next time I can create this syndrome and call it as "Ickes Syndrome".

Definition of motivation from Wikipedia: Motivation is the activation or energization of goal-oriented behavior. Generally, it is divided into 2 types- Intrinsic or Extrinsic.

Intrinsic motivation comes from rewards inherent to a task or activity itself - the enjoyment of a puzzle or the love of playing.Students are likely to be intrinsically motivated if they:

• attribute their educational results to internal factors that they can control (e.g. the amount of effort they put in),
• believe they can be effective agents in reaching desired goals (i.e. the results are not determined by luck),
• are interested in mastering a topic, rather than just rote-learning to achieve good grades.

Extrinsic motivation comes from outside of the performer. Money is the most obvious example, but coercion and threat of punishment are also common extrinsic motivations.Trophies as reward and competitions are extrinsic incentives too.

Have been lack of motivation since New Semester has started. Time passes so fast that it's already the 4th week of new semester and Endocrine system has almost comes to its end, yet I am still lazy and let everyday passes unproductively. I should set a Goal, to finish Endocrine Revision before Hari Raya holiday. However, setting a goal doesn't mean anything too. I should activate the plan to achieve the goal, and this is damn difficult for me, as usual.

Students, including me always like to use extrinsic motivators to keep moving on. We always compete with friends in academic field, perceive that tuition fee is very expensive, thus shouldn't waste it by studying hard. However, we really should use more intrinsic motivators. They are better to raise our confidence, and will help us in realizing as future doctors, we shouldn't study for exam sake, but for our interest and to be a knowledge-well equipped doctors.

Come on, man! Get Motivated, Keep Moving! U sure can do it!!!!


Motivational Quote from Hugh Molligan

What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it!