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Category Archives: Motivation

17Oct/24

How to increase your motivation and get things done

October 17, 2024MotivationProductivityUniversity of Reading

Are you finding it difficult to maintain your motivation to complete assignments? It is likely that during the academic year you will have several assignments to work on and deadlines to meet.Read More…

12Jan/24

Make a fresh start: Getting back into a study routine

January 12, 2024Motivation, Self-management, Starting a new yearProductivityUniversity of Reading

Starting a new calendar year provides us with the opportunity to make positive changes.    The start of a new year is a good time to review our priorities and decide where to spendRead More…

03Feb/21

Unmotivated? Find out how to renew your enthusiasm

February 3, 2021Motivation, Resilience, Self-managementProductivityUniversity of Reading

Are you noticing that you do not feel motivated to sit down and start or continue your studies? Are your assignments accumulating? Are you feeling frustrated and concerned about deadlines? It isRead More…

07May/20

Studying at home during coronavirus (Part 2)

May 7, 2020Motivation, Self-management, Studying from homeManaging transitionsUniversity of Reading

Is it difficult to maintain your motivation to study? Before lockdown, we normally had to travel to the university. In that time, we were able to transition from our home non-work mindset intoRead More…

04Apr/18

Prevent procrastination: how to get things done. The Psychology of Action (Part 1)

April 4, 2018MotivationBehaviour, PerseveranceUniversity of Reading

Why do we do the opposite of what we want to do? We tend to behave against our intended plans such as working on assignments because we may have worry thoughts anticipatingRead More…

04Apr/18

Prevent procrastination: How to get things done. The Psychology of Action (Part 2)

April 4, 2018MotivationUniversity of Reading

What is willpower and how can we develop it? Willpower is having a sense of personal agency. It refers to our ability to delay gratification and focus on the task because weRead More…

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