ONE BOOK ONE TOPIC
ENG 204 Section:12
NAME-SURNAME: Burcu Bilgiç
NUMBER: 120303006
DEPARTMENT:Electrical-Electronics Engineering
“Hard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation.”
SUCCESS
Motivation is a very important factor for people’s lives. Everybody has a
different job and they perform their occupations. To succeed in their jobs, they
generally work hard. However, if they don’t like their jobs , they don’t have enough
motivation, they will feel like taking a prison sentence while they are working.
There are many factors which affect people’s motivation. First of all, doing the
job you like is a very significant part of your life. Because when you do the job you
like , it will affect your character positively. For example, you are happy and you
don’t feel tired while you are working. Secondly your hardworking ability is another
important factor. I mean, if you don’t work enough, you naturally will fail. And it affects
your motivation badly. Even if you do the job you like , you should study hard in
order to increase your motivation. In the book “Outliers” which is written by Malcolm
Gladwell, it is stated that, hard work is a very important thing to be successful. Even
Bill Gates likes his job very much, he also works a lot. And his motivation is always
high.On the other hand, if you don’t believe in yourself, you can’t be successful even
if you study a lot. Also you feel like as if you are in a prison.
Motivation is also affected by people’s life conditions. As you know life doesn’t
treat people equally. Your opportinities, families,IQ levels are also very important
indicators to have motivation. Let’s consider the opportinities. In the book, there is
stated that importance about opportinities. For example, if you grow up in a poor
family it is likely that you are a stronger person than others. You know how to
struggle with life. And also you are a more realist person than others. However, if you
aren’t provided with enough opportinities, your motivation and also your life condition
may not be enough to be successful. Secondly, let’s look at the importance of IQ
levels’ . If you have higher IQ level than others, your abilities increase automatically .
For example, people with high IQ level think more differently than other people. This
increases their creativity. Because of thinking differently and understanding science
easily, their motivation and also successes increase naturally.
To sum up , motivation is a very important factor to be successful and it is
affected by a lot of things like doing the job you are interested , IQ level,and other
opportunities provided.