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extrinsic values
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Print this and write three reasons someone else wants you to learn this

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Do not post this on your wallboard but place it aside for later;
or place it as the last page in your notebook diary

Extrinsic motivation comes from outside yourself and is not as effective as intrinsic motivation.  It includes the goals, values, and interests of others as they affect you.  You learn in order to avoid punishment, or to get a reward, or to please someone.  Examples:

I learn dates to pass a history test.
I learn this computer program as a job requirement.
I learn how to kick to please my coach.

Extrinsic motivation is not bad, it just isn't as effective as intrinsic motivation. 
Keep intrinsic reasons first whenever possible.

4. Selecting a mentor | Motivation index

See also: Extrsinsic components (of motivation)
Family, community, peers, school culture, learning at school
- Resiliency Canada. n.d., Extrinsic Components. In Resiliency Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2008, from http://www.resiliencycanada.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=41.

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