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How to Get Motivation to Study for Your Exams

Interesting ways to get motivation to study

How to Increase your Motivation to Study

1A. Reward yourself for studying and working on assignments. However, you need to do this after you’ve done everything you planned to do!

2A. Study with others (But make sure you work and don’t just socialise.)

3A. Keep your long-term goals in sight. They’ll slip through your fingers if you don’t do the work.

4A. Cut out distractions. If you’re surrounded by things that you’d rather do than work, you’ll probably abandon your boring studying.

5A. Develop an interest in the subjects you’re studying. That way, the work won’t be such a drag.

6A. Take regular breaks. These should be at logical points in your work. That makes it easier to resume your studying, and to remember what you were working on before.

7A. Work somewhere bright, warm and comfortable.

8A. Set reasonable study goals for each session.

9A. Start early in the day at weekends, and early in the evenings on week days. The longer you put it off your studying, the harder and more onerous it seems.

10A. Just do it. It’s surprisingly rewarding to do something that’s tough!

His/her Favorite Ice cream??

Study a Person Character using His/her Favorite Ice cream

Do you know our personality had a link with our favorite Ice cream?

Identify a person character using their favorite ice cream

What your favourite ice cream says about you?

I’m not sure the experts would agree with this, but it’s fun to see if your favourite ice-cream provides insights into your personality.

1A. Vanilla Ice Cream Lovers: You are described as being colorful, adventurous, a risk taker, and an idealist – ironically with a tendency to be dependent upon others. Essentially, you’re a very private person who prefers to hang out with a few close friends. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes rocky road or vanilla ice-cream.

2A. Double Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream Lovers: You are described as someone who likes to be the centre of attention. You tend to be rather self-absorbed, and may be over-dramatic at times.  You’re also stylish, vivacious, charming, perhaps a bit flirtatious, and the life and soul of the party. You have a low boredom  threshold and are drawn to novel experiences. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes butter pecan or chocolate chip ice cream.

3A. Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream Lovers: You are described as being more withdrawn and introverted. You often find it hard to cope with pressure and stress, and these tend to leave you feeling worn out, overwhelmed and irritable. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes chocolate chip ice cream.

4A. Banana Cream Pie Ice Cream Lovers:  You are described as being balanced, laid back and empathic. You are rarely reactive and generally have a calming influence on people and situations.  Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes vanilla, double chocolate chunk, strawberries and cream, chocolate chip, butter pecan or another banana cream pie ice cream lover.

5A. Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Lovers: You are described as being driven, ambitious, organised, competitive, and proactive. You have excellent people skills, and know how to get what you need out of others. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes butter pecan or double chocolate chunk ice cream.

6A. Butter Pecan Ice Cream Lovers:  You are described as being a person of integrity. You like, and abide by, guidelines and rules. You are also smart, conscientious, dependable, reliable and a bit of a perfectionist. You can be competitive - but are also aware of your flaws, weaknesses and shortcomings. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes mint chocolate chip ice cream.

7A. Strawberry Ice Cream Lovers:  You are described as being more of a follower than a leader. You don’t seek, or particularly like, the limelight. However, you make a great team player. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes rocky road, vanilla, mint chocolate chip or strawberry ice cream.

8A. Coffee Ice Cream Lovers: You are described as being the kind of person who lives life to the full. You are passionate, enthusiastic, dramatic – and may also be viewed as being seductive and flirtatious. You live in the moment, follow your heart, and tend to rush full steam ahead – and only think about the consequences later on. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who likes strawberry ice cream.

9A. Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Lovers: You are described as having a strong cynical streak. You like to know and weigh up all the facts. You are also an analytical thinker, have tendencies towards being contrary and argumentative, and are realistic when setting goals. You’re cautious and careful, especially when it comes to planning for the future. Your personality is best suited to the kind of person who also likes mint chocolate chip ice cream.

10A. Rocky Road Ice Cream Lovers: You are warm, friendly, charming and engaging when you are in social situations. However, you’re focused, driven and goal-oriented at work. You also have a tendency to be impatient, and don’t always suffer fools gladly! Your personality is best suited to others who like rocky road ice cream.

how to Deal with Jealous Feelings

7 Amazing ways to Deal with Jealous Feelings

Best ways to cope with jealous feelings

How to Cope with Jealous Feelings

Here are some best tips to cope with jealous feelings.

1A. Understand what jealousy is. It’s a mixture of fear and anger – usually the fear of losing someone who’s important to you, and anger at the person who is “taking over”. Recognise that it’s a destructive and negative emotion - and often nothing good comes out of it.

2A. Try and figure out why you’re feeling jealous. Is it related to some past failure that is undermining your ability to trust? Are you feeling anxious and insecure? Do you suffer from low self-esteem, or fear of abandonment?

3A. Be honest with yourself about how your jealousy affects other people. Do friends or partners always have to justify their actions and thoughts, or always report on where they were, or who they were with? That kind of pressure is destructive in the end, and puts a strain on relationships. 

4A. Find the courage to tackle your feelings. Decide to question your jealousy every time it surfaces. That will enable you to take positive steps to manage your feelings in a healthier and more constructive way. Some possible questionsto ask yourself include: “Why am I jealous about this?”; “What exactly is making me feel jealous?”; “What or who am I afraid of losing?”; “Why do I feel so threatened?”

5A. Work on changing any false beliefs that might be fueling your jealousy. Start this process by identifying the underlying belief, for example “If X leaves me, then I won’t have any friends”; “If Y doesn’t love me then no-one will ever want or love me”. Understand, that beliefs are often false – and that they can be changed through choice. If you change your belief, you change the way you feel.

6A. Learn from your jealousy. Jealousy can help understand ourselves better – and teach us important lessons. For example, it’s natural to feel frightened when a relationship is new, and you don’t yet feel secure. This is normal and commonplace! Also, some people DO have a roving eye, and they may lack commitment in the longer term. Better you know that now, than later on.

7A. Work on accepting and trusting yourself. That makes it easier to trust others, too, and lessens our tendency to feel jealous of others.

Music and Brain

Do you Move while listening Music Beats?

Interesting research on Music beats and Brain responses

People who are better able to move to a beat show more consistent brain responses to speech than those with less rhythm

Study suggests musical training could possibly sharpen language processing

People who are better able to move to a beat show more consistent brain responses to speech than those with less rhythm, according to a study published in the issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that musical training could possibly sharpen the brain’s response to language.

Scientists have long known that moving to a steady beat requires synchronization between the parts of the brain responsible for hearing and movement. In the current study, Professor Nina Kraus, PhD, and Adam Tierney, PhD, at Northwestern University examined the relationship between the ability to keep a beat and the brain’s response to sound.

More than 100 teenagers from the Chicago area participated in the Kraus Lab study, where they were instructed to listen and tap their finger along to a metronome. The teens’ tapping accuracy was computed based on how closely their taps aligned in time with the “tic-toc” of the metronome. In a second test, the researchers used a technique called electroencephalography (EEG) to record brainwaves from a major brain hub for sound processing as the teens listened to the synthesized speech sound “da” repeated periodically over a 30-minute period. The researchers then calculated how similarly the nerve cells in this region responded each time the “da” sound was repeated.

“Across this population of adolescents, the more accurate they were at tapping along to the beat, the more consistent their brains’ response to the ‘da’ syllable was,” Kraus said. Because previous studies show a link between reading ability and beat-keeping ability as well as reading ability and the consistency of the brain’s response to sound, Kraus explained that these new findings show that hearing is a common basis for these associations.

“Rhythm is inherently a part of music and language,” Kraus said. “It may be that musical training, with an emphasis on rhythmic skills, exercises the auditory-system, leading to strong sound-to-meaning associations that are so essential in learning to read.”

John Iversen, PhD, who studies how the brain processes music at the University of California, San Diego, and was not involved with this study, noted that the findings raise the possibility that musical training may have important impacts on the brain.”This study adds another piece to the puzzle in the emerging story suggesting that musical rhythmic abilities are correlated with improved performance in non-music areas, particularly language,” he said.

Kraus’ group is now working on a multi-year study to evaluate the effects of musical training on beat synchronization, response consistency, and reading skills in a group of children engaging in musical training.

This research was funded by the National Science Foundation.

The Journal of Neuroscience is published by the Society for Neuroscience, an organization of more than 42,000 basic scientists and clinicians who study the brain and nervous system.

Know Yourself Better

Interesting Questions to Know Yourself Better

1A. If you could change one aspect of your life or personality, what would it be?

2A. Are you “your own person” or are you defined and pushed around by others?

3A. Is there any area of your life where you feel out of control?

4A. Do you feel more comfortable in an organised or chaotic environment?

5A. How comfortable are you with spontaneous ideas, or a last minute change in plans?

6A. Do you feel renewed by being around others, or is it crucial for you to have time on your own?

7A. Are you motivated, or undermined, by competition?

8A. Do you work well under pressure, or do you tend to fall apart?

9A. Are you better at praising and complimenting others, or at consciously affirming and building yourself up?

10A. Are you a morning or an evening person?

11A. Do you persevere, or do you give up easily?

12A. Do you like to go with the flow, or take control of your own life?

13A. Are you more of a thinker or a feeler?

14A. What are your passions and goals?

15A. What would your perfect day look like?

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