Your BFF or Your Worst Enemy

3a.)  “There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so” the quote by Shakespeare, in my eyes is saying that the mindset of a person can alter an activity, assignment, or memory with the mind. A person’s mind can be mentally stuck on a certain view or opinion, or a person can be open to new ideas and learning experiences. Intrinsic motivation can be applied to the above quote because a person needs to self motivate themselves, or vice versa. Thinking can be good, when the personally internally motivates themselves. The mind needs to want to learn and want to understand to better themselves and better their mind. For some people, that intrinsic motivation just may not be there.
         
         A person may not be able to motivate themselves, they may need a support system. This is where extrinsic motivation comes into play. Extrinsic motivation is motivation from an outside source. You can tell a student to read a book, and if the student understands the book that they read, you will reward them. That is an example of extrinsic m

otivation, because the student is being motivated by an outside force to get something done. The quote is applied to extrinsic motivation as well as intrinsic motivation because extrinsic motivation can also be good and useful, until it’s not enough to motivate the specific person anymore. This can also can compared with a fixed mindset. 

        A fixed mindset is when a person believes they were not born with that inside motivation, that they cannot physically or mentally be productive to a certain subject. A person may say, “I’m just not good at math and I never will be.” That is an example of a fixed mindset because the person feels stuck, they feel like that are not capable of learning something new. Growth mindset, is the complete opposite of a fixed mindset. 

        A person with a growth mindset is open and ready to receive new challenges. Someone with a growth mindset would have that intrinsic motivation to push themselves to try something new, like taking a class they’ve never really had an interest in before. The person would want to excel on that topic and become more intelligent. So the quote above by Shakespeare to me, means a person’s mind can either be their best friend or their worst enemy.