(March 6, 2013 at 11:15 pm)justin Wrote: Wow that makes alot of sense. I actually dealt with suicide for years. I never thought about it that way. Mind = Blown lol I think taking more risk may just what i need. maybe it can help me find some answers i`m looking for. I need to do something cause just swallowing these things are not working.
I should take my advice more too.
We're full of so much critical thinking but rarely use it to our benefit.
I remember once I got a D in a history paper. I didn't care much for grades but always made sure it was a B or C to half-appease my parents.
Anyway, this teacher pissed me off because I knew I was smarter than that and she fucked up my system. So I decided to do the exact opposite of how I thought I should write the paper, just as an experiment, and it got me an A*, top of the class and photocopied as an example to show everyone.
It was just because I was angry and I channelled it.
The problem at uni is I know when lecturers are doing that to me now and I just lose respect for them trying to provoke me that way. Stressing someone out can be good in the short term, but positive reinforcement is always a better long-term strategy when motivating people.
I can't stand people who don't realise the latter point or like to manipulate it for their amusement.
