Happiness is a choice

No matter what happens, it’s up to us on how we deal with it. Our own happiness is our own choice.

Learning is the same. It’s up to the individual to learn. Once the learner is motivated (internally) then instruction is really simple. I’m told that in the early days of the Peace Corps, the new recruits taught themselves languages while they were waiting for their new assignments. No curriculum. No learning outcomes. Just a few books and some limited expertise, but many people learned because they were motivated. As in learning, once we decide that we will be happy, then the rest is a heck of a lot easier.

Nothing profound here, but I needed to reiterate it :-)

3 thoughts on “Happiness is a choice”

  1. I second thatMotivation = learning.

    thus…

    materials / curriculum etc. etc. doesn’t really matter, if people are motivated by your methods, they’ll learn.

    Cheers, james

    p.s. I’ve just realised that this is Drupal!

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  2. I agree… and I would have written a review of Drupal without having tested it? ;-)

    It’s pretty simple to most of us, motivation is the key (Gagné had it right).

    How’s it going down under?

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