We're doing a chapter on Motivation this week, and I read in my MNO text book that usually employees perform better if they are giving a very specific goal to start with, and not just the generalized one of 'doing your best'.
Some people say setting a goal is like putting a limit round your what you can achieve. But in my case, I guess I was falling back way too hard on my generalized goal on 'doing my best', and I only did my best I comfortably could, taking no initiatives to push my self further, and harder, and to believe I could do better.
I used to say that Mummy has unrealistically high goals and hopes for me to do well in NUS. But now I look back, I'd say, maybe, that was exactly what I needed.
No one is really pushing me on now, so it's up to me to exert more force and spirit unto myself. I don't say I'm going to graduate with a nice degree, but at least, I'd like my last few semesters in NUS to be fulfilling ones, in terms of academic goals.
I was chatting with Kasun the other day, and I felt ashamed of myself for being content with learning so little, while he even wants to use every bit of his summer holidays to get the most he could out of school life.
I have been spiritually complacent as well, being satisfied at where I am, and as Pastor Mike put it today, sitting at the sidelines and watching the race go by. It's time to jump back into action. Indeed.
And I need every ounce of daily grace and mercy for that.
