Comments on: If I MUST, Should I WANT to? http://schoolishard.com/bi-weekly-series/if-i-must-should-i-want-to/ Knowledge, Creativity, Grades. In that order. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:45:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Susan Talbot http://schoolishard.com/bi-weekly-series/if-i-must-should-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-35782 Susan Talbot Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:36:07 +0000 http://schoolishard.com/?p=639#comment-35782 This is GREAT advice, and funny(!), especially since the "Must" column gets even bigger as you get older (like your example about caring for kids). It's amazing how long a person can dodge these things that aren't in the "want" column, but they usually catch up to you eventually. Also, that's a great example about using the energy spent playing video games to achieve other, important goals. Now...if only I COULD do that! :) This is GREAT advice, and funny(!), especially since the “Must” column gets even bigger as you get older (like your example about caring for kids). It’s amazing how long a person can dodge these things that aren’t in the “want” column, but they usually catch up to you eventually. Also, that’s a great example about using the energy spent playing video games to achieve other, important goals. Now…if only I COULD do that! :)

]]> By: Richard http://schoolishard.com/bi-weekly-series/if-i-must-should-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-18592 Richard Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:36:23 +0000 http://schoolishard.com/?p=639#comment-18592 Wow this is interesting. Forever, I've thought about this. Last year, for example, I tried to make myself WANT to get a good grade on the "Big AP Test" in European History, thinking it was the only way to study for it. It actually, very nearly worked. An interesting point is that things we WANT to do, we do well. I predict, not without reason, that all people have insane amounts of willpower, but because a lot of our daily activities are "should/must" things, we lock up our potential and the possibilities are tied up. Everyone, for example, can spend hours doing a jigsaw or playing video games - enormous determination to finish a single goal. If this same willpower of true, genuine "want" could be harnessed to achieve our mundane, boring goals, we could all be supermen. Wow this is interesting. Forever, I’ve thought about this. Last year, for example, I tried to make myself WANT to get a good grade on the “Big AP Test” in European History, thinking it was the only way to study for it. It actually, very nearly worked.

An interesting point is that things we WANT to do, we do well. I predict, not without reason, that all people have insane amounts of willpower, but because a lot of our daily activities are “should/must” things, we lock up our potential and the possibilities are tied up. Everyone, for example, can spend hours doing a jigsaw or playing video games – enormous determination to finish a single goal. If this same willpower of true, genuine “want” could be harnessed to achieve our mundane, boring goals, we could all be supermen.

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