“Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek”. - Mario Andretti.
This quote defines motivation without even meaning to. Mario Andretti says that motivation is the determination and commitment to reach your goals and become successful. He also says that desire is a key factor to becoming motivated. Most motivation is triggered by the desire to attain a certain goal. For example, my desire during cheerleading season is to improve my tumbling skills. With this desire in my mind, my motivation kicks in and I am ready to do whatever it takes to obtain my goals, such as paying extra to attend a private tumbling class. Motivation is a powerful tool that can drive a person to achieve any goal they want to achieve. This tool can be used in every aspect of life; work, school, sports, family, etc.
Other than the new words I learned through the blog readings in Inquiry this week, I also learned a couple new vocabulary words in my Media in Everyday Life class. In our discussion we started talking about the impact Aristotle had on us even still today with the first definition of persuasion. While reading and discussing the chapter we defined two new words which were Ethos and Pathos. Ethos is when persuaders use good morals, well respected people, and good ideas in their advertisements to drag people in. Pathos is the goal of persuaders to capture their audiences emotions when creating an important ad. Throughout this semester I expect that I will be learning a lot of new vocabulary words I’ve never heard of before!
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