Your Students Are Not Lazy ; They Lack Motivation

I Am Not Lazy I Lack Motivation

Our biggest dilemma with students is not how to teach tone or mood. Our biggest issue is motivation. How do we motivate students? How do we get them to care enough to want to try on their own? If a student does not know their why? They are not going to care.  We have to speak to students as if their life ( and it does) depends on them doing well today. On top of and more important than any of the other hats that we wear being a motivational coach is the most important role that we play in our students’ lives. We have to help them to see the why. I know this from personal experience. I don’t mean the calm You guys need to do this talk. I mean motivational Les Brown talk. You need to be the louder voice in their head. We teach students self talk to help them understand a math problem or how to analyze mood. We need to teach them self talk for self-motivation and grit. Pushing through walls and ceilings within ourselves. We do it but do not show our students how it’s done. 

If you have athletes in your class, they will latch on to this quickly. You can use their motivation and drive for sports to motivate them in the classroom. Use it as an analogy. Watch Ted Talks and Youtube motivational speakers for ideas of what you can say to students. Show students that you are motivated as well. They need to see your drive and hunger to be better. #motivate