Reflections on "Smart Old People and Naughty Children"

Story 1: A group of children always like to play football next to the old man and make a noise in front of the trash can. The old man gave them money to play, one at first and fifty cents a few days later. The children were very angry and thought that the old man had deducted their wages and would not come.

Story 2: An old man lives in a house, and a group of children make noise in the yard every day. The old man thought of a way. On the first day, he gave each child 1 candy and told them, "Come and have a big fight tomorrow, and grandpa will give you more candy." The next day, the children made trouble again and got the candy as they wished. On the third day, the children came to make trouble again, but the old man stopped giving them candy and the children stopped making trouble.

Story 3: Once upon a time, there was an old man who lived quietly in a yard, but there were always a group of children harassing him nearby. They mischievously threw stones at the old man's yard, which made the old man very angry. Then they ran away in droves and threw stones again the next day. After a long time, the old man felt that it was useless to be angry again, so he thought of another way. One day, after a shower of stones, the old man appeared in front of the children and said, "Welcome to play. From today, I will give each child who throws stones 10 yuan. " The children were very happy to hear this: "Do you pay back the money after doing something bad? Great! " The next day, the children came to the old man's house for another meal, and then each got 10 yuan. On the fourth day, it was different. After throwing stones, each child only gets 5 yuan money. Two days later, it was even less. The old man only gave each child 2 yuan, and the children were not satisfied with the reduced treatment, and the stones were not properly thrown. Then the old man went further and didn't even leave the house and didn't give a penny. The children are angry: we have worked hard to throw stones, but he still won't give us money or throw them! -the problem that has plagued the old man for a long time has been lifted.

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There are three stories, but there is actually one.

Explanation: There is a motive behind any action. Children's pranks are purely intrinsic motives, and they get great pleasure from them. The old man skillfully used the transformation from internal motivation to external motivation.

Intrinsic motivation is caused by the happiness and satisfaction generated by the activity itself, and the reward comes from the inside of the activity, that is, the success of the activity itself is the best reward for the individual. The old man changed his motivation by giving sugar or money, and his motivation was transformed into external motivation rather than internal motivation. After that, the external motivation will be eliminated, leaving the child unmotivated and unwilling to do it again.

My thinking: children like to play, and pranks are also for fun. If money is given, the nature will change, not for fun, but for reward. What they think is fun becomes a task and a matter of paying their own time and labor. Once there is no reward, I really don't want to do it, even though I remember it was originally for fun, because the fact is that there could have been rewards, money or sugar, but now there is no more fun. There are other things to play with.

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The first thing that comes to mind is education. Many parents educate their children or want to exercise them, such as washing dishes and doing housework. Common things, such as studying for exams, like to "motivate" children with rewards. How much does it cost to wash a bowl? I'll buy you something if I score 100, and I'll allow you to do something if I do well in the exam, and so on. Take learning as a task, learning is not fun, fun lies in the reward after completion, and the reward after completion is the most valuable. Even if you study hard, you can get into a good university and find a good job. So learning has become an exam, a task, and a thing that can't be fun. Reward is the key, a good university is the key and a good job is the key.

Secondly, when thinking about work, adults often only regard work as a means to support their families, so they often live very tired. Think that work is for wages and bonuses, even rights and status. And ignore the work itself, what it is, what its meaning and fun are. I think some people even say, "Can work be fun?" Such a surprise and touch.

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Learning photography is a hobby, and some are for work, which means learning photography can be regarded as a hobby or a living. This is a hobby, full of fun. Some fans can even run thousands of miles alone and squat in a deserted place day and night in order to take a good photo. If you just make a living, you will not only lose a lot of fun, but also hardly spend money. I don't get paid for my hobbies, but I am happy, motivated, passionate and rewarding. In order to make a living, not necessarily happy, lack of motivation and passion. There's something else, or something like this.

Whether studying or working, you are doing something. What you should really think consciously is to discover the meaning and fun of what you are doing, so that you can really get happiness, motivation and passion, and get extraordinary growth and life.

Spencer

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