Saturday, November 3, 2007
praise
The other day, Johari and I were over at a friend's house. And she was praising Johari for little things she was doing, like getting up on the couch on her own. In a short period of time, I saw the effect of such praise. She started looking for that claps and "Good, Johari!!" as soon as she would do the same action. It was incredible to me how quickly praise could take over the motivation. Yet, praising the little ones is so much a part of our culture.
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do you think that it's a bad thing? that it takes over so much?
I do. I think that instead of being intrinsically motivated a person can quickly become extrinsically motivated. I think it is great to celebrate in things together and be present to one another in what we do. To be observant. But I think it is also important to not make other people the source of one's drive to do things and learn and create and accomplish things.
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