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"(MAPP is) like opening a book and realizing that the book was written about you."
"Let me congratulate all of you for having built this excellent appraisal program.
I'd ordered the Personal Appraisal and am continually amazed at the intimacy and accuracy of the findings!"
"By using MAPP...we have created the 'Dream Team!'".
Hydrogen and oxygen are distinctly different elements, but sometimes
they combine to form water. Something similar is true for motivation and talent.
Motivation is what we LIKE to do naturally.
Talent is what
we DO well naturally. They can exist independently, but when
they combine,
they create something special. They create
motivated talents.
People often are naturally good at something
(talented), but it
just doesn't turn them on. For example, Heather is good with
numbers, but she doesn't go out of
her way to find tasks calling
for that talent. Most people have such talents. But then there
are those talents that
we really enjoy using. These are the
motivated talents, and this is where the magic is.
We use motivated talents every
chance we get. Most of the time
we don't even think about it. For example, Larry has a motivated
talent for conversation,
and he naturally engages both friends and
strangers in dialog. He doesn't consciously determine to do so;
it just happens.
It's natural and unforced. He enjoys it, and
he's good at it. That's the hallmark of a motivated talent.
Motivated
talents tend to be irrepressible. They find expression.
In fact, if you've ever tried to stifle a motivated talent
(either
yours or someone else's) it probably felt like you were trying
to hold two dozen ping pong balls under water
at the same time.
Motivated talents pop out, even if no one else is asking for them.
And doesn't that make sense?
After all, it's what we do well
AND enjoy.
Results from the MAPP free tests, gives this sort of detail and information...
........."Maggi prefers and needs change
and variety. Change is motivating, stimulating, and energizing. Maggi looks for new options, challenges, assignments, acquaintances,
relationships, and even new careers in new places. Maggi tires of sameness, repetition, and routine even in activities that
were interesting at the start. Once things become
routine for Maggi, this becomes a motivation to move on to more
interesting
things.
...........The paragraph above is an interpretation of a top trait
in
the "Temperament for the Job" section. Maggi needs to be kept stimulated with tasks that challenge and inspire
and cannot successfully manage monotonous tasks over a set period, whereas another student may need simple repetition and
carefully levelled steps to progress. One needs a challenge and the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them, the other
needs reassurance that they are on the right track, and both students are often found in the same classroom.
Once one is aware of traits and patterns, then the task of directing learning to suit that particular
student becomes easy, as the student is now aware of what is needed for motivation, and thus motivates himself into
accepting where he can be led.
Teachers motivate students by giving students material that interests students.
Teachers motivated by their own subjects may at times not be aware that students may not feel
the same excitement. The skill is to harness both expectations and let them meet, like the hydrogen and oxygen linking to
form a totally different component.
So be it with motivating...save your energy..have the students motivate themselves...
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