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Motivation and Confidence

Motivation and Confidencer Motivation is the amount of or level of desire to accomplish a specified outcome. Confidence is the perception of one’s abilities to succeed inrnthe fulfillment of the specified outcome. Both are related to the same outcome. However, and this is a critical distinction, even though both are directed at a future outcome, confidence is generated from past experiences and motivation is generated from anticipation of a future result. Let’s start with motivation. This is something I would say to a student after we have identified their academic goal.

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The most rapid brain growth occurs during the first year of life with the infant’s brain tripling in size by the first birthday. During this stage of rapid central nervous system growth, the brain uses 60% of the total energy consumed by the infant. Fats are major components of the brain cell membrane and the myelin sheath around each. So it would make sense that getting enough fat, and especially the right kinds of fat can greatly affect one's brain development and performance especially in the formative first year of life.

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At this point in this article I think that it's important to mention that in general the food -- mood response can be short-term in nature. For instance, eating tuna at lunch may increase alertness and concentration for two to three hours after eating, just as having pasta with tomato sauce can produce a calming response for two to three hours.

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Food, without it there is no life! It affects the chemicals in your brain; these chemicals are called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters control many of the bodies’ functions including mood, appetite, thoughts, feelings and indeed our behaviors.

Finding Your Place in the World

Most people find a place in the world by satisfying certain wants and needs -- of other people! If these wants and needs match your own you are among the lucky few. For the rest of us there is a difficult search necessary, which may not end successfully. To increase the likelihood of success it ...