Values, Beliefs, and Desires To understand what motivates us
you, you'll need to understand what is important to you. If you
have never thought about this question, do it now. Consider
issues such as family, relationships, learning/school, grades,
work, aspirations, achievement, status, money, travel, social
causes, social life, following a dream, etc. People's goals and
desires grow from their values and beliefs. Once you have made
your personal list, begin to think about how the items relate to
one another. Are some issues more important to you than others?
Are some more important in the short-term while others are more
important in the long term? Are they linked in some critical
way? These issues and relationships are always alive inside us.
By becoming consciously aware of them, you can begin to modify,
control and understand them. Judging the quality and depth of
your motivation is important, because it is directly related to
your commitment. Often students find that they "want" a good
academic outcome,