3A: Keep going.

"There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so" -- Shakespeare

Over thinking can be so dangerous. It usually happens when you’re weighing a decision or considering all possibilities.  It doesn't matter where you start off, your imagination will take your train of thought right in the opposite direction.  One minute your thinking this test will be a breeze after the all night study session the night before.  A second later you are in the fetal position because you pictured yourself falling asleep right on top of the test! Whether or not that will actually happen doesn't

enter you mind.  You simply become consumed in worry.  During the test, you focus on staying awake and not on the questions.  That worry causes you to fail.  If you hadn't over thought you would have, most likely, passed the test.  If you focus on the good possibilities, they will happen. 

Let’s compare this quote to two types of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic.  Intrinsic motivation is doing something for the sake of doing it.  This requires you to push yourself to keep going for reasons of your own.  The result would most likely be a sense of entitlement. According to the quote, you would have to constantly focus of the good possibilities and remind yourself you doing this for you. Extrinsic motivation is doing something for outside recognition.  This is the motivation you get when you are working for a prize or reward.   In this case, it may be easier to focus on the good possibilities because you can see and touch the result. 

There are two types of mindset’s, growth mindset and fixed mindset.  Growth mindset is when you are willing to accept a challenge and work to do better.  Fixed mindset is when you stop at your “limits.” So, according to Shakespeare, by thinking something good will result, and working towards that good result, it will happen.  Just the opposite is possible as well. If you think something bad will result, and you quite before you gave it a chance, that bad result will happen.