In this blog post, I’ll be sharing 1 way for us to become excited about work, our business or day-to-day duties in a more detailed manner.
(You can apply this to your children to get them excited about school too.)
So the secret to becoming excited about our lives is to dream big.
What’s the link between dreaming big and getting excited about work or school?
Dreaming big will give us motivation every single day. When we dream big, our minds will go a little wild and we’ll feel excited, joyful, happy, confident – you name it.
In fact, our dreams or goals should make us excited. If they don’t, it means we need to dream much bigger…until we feel the excitement.
What Drives You to Work Everyday?
Let’s say you need to motivate yourself to go to work today. What are your big dreams which push you to work everyday?
Are you saving money for a 3-month holiday? Saving money to pay for your HDB flat in full? Saving money to give your child the best of everything? Saving money so you can quit your job? Start a small business?
As long as your big goal makes you excited, it should push you out of the house and make going to work a little easier 🙂
If you are a stay-home-parent, you can also have a big goal. For example, your goal might be to coach your child until he or she gets straight As in the next exam. Or you might have a goal to coach your child such that he or she will be able to enter university in future.
How to Get our Children Excited about School
You can excite your children about school by asking them to dream big too.
Maybe they have a seemingly far-fetched dream such as wanting to be an astronaut or to be a world-famous actress. It doesn’t matter.
You can link their dreams with school.
My Experience…
When I was a school counsellor, I had a student who was passionate about being a famous actor on the Suria channel. He told me, ‘I don’t need to pass my ‘N’ Levels to be a famous actor. So I don’t need to study.’
To make him more driven about school, I linked his dream to school. I told him, “If you want to be a big star in Singapore, you’ll have to play many roles – an actor, TV host, singer and more.
“To be a big star in Singapore,” I told him, “you need to be fluent in Malay and English. You need to be disciplined. You need people skills. You need to express yourself clearly and think quickly on your feet.”
So where can he learn all these skills?
I told him that he will learn all these skills by taking part in school events.
For instance, joining CCAs, performing onstage during Teachers’ Day or other school events. Actively taking part in class, asking questions and making presentations in class. Last but not least, making an effort to excel in English and Malay.
The student digested everything I said. He agreed with me although I could see he wanted a shortcut and the easy way out. He wanted to just skive off school and magically become a successful actor.
I had to inform him that big stars are very intelligent people. You may not need straight ‘A’s to be a successful star, but you’ll still need good people skills and working habits – habits which you pick up in school.
So that is an example of how you can link your child’s ambitions – no matter how far-fetched they seem – to school.
Once they see how school can help them achieve their big dreams, they will be more excited about school, CCAs and school activities.
As long as their dreams get them excited about school, it’s good enough.
Their ambitions will change as time passes. As long as they have big dreams at any point of time, they will be motivated to do their best.
That’s all for today and I hope it helps.
Have a good week.