3A: Oh Shakespeare!

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I've read some Shakespeare in my high school years and I must say, a lot of it is very confusing to me. His words, his sentences, the way he tells a story, it's different from any other thing that I've ever read before. This quote, however, is more easily for me to understand than his readings. In this specific quote, taken from his play, Hamlet, I believe he is saying that there isn't anything that's good or bad, but if you think something is good or bad, than it is. In other words, things aren't good or bad, we make them out to be good or bad by the way we think. For example, if you thinkI've read some Shakespeare in my high school years and I must say, a lot of it is very confusing to me. His words, his sentences, the way he tells a story, it's different from any other thing that I've ever read before. This quote, however, is more easily for me to understand than his readings. In this specific quote, taken from his play, Hamlet, I believe he is saying that there isn't anything that's good or bad, but if you think something is good or bad, than it is. In other words, things aren't good or bad, we make them out to be good or bad by the way we think. For example, if you think that negatively of a situation, then you're going to think it's bad and if you think positively of something, you're going to think it's good.

This applies to a growth mindset, because in a growth mindset, you believe that your intelligence can be expanded and improved. If you think something is either good or bad, you could have more room for expanding the thought, or thinking that it could be what it's not. Your thought would probably be more positive in a growth mindset. However, in a fixed mindset, you think that you are the way you are. You cannot improve your thinking, nor can you expand your mind for anything else. If you have a fixed mindset, you believe there is no more room for intelligence. The quote would relate to fixed mindset because if you think something is good or bad it would probably be more negative and you wouldn’t think much about it

As quoted in the article “Motivation: The Elusive Drive” by Kevin Washburn:

“Motivation is elusive. In part because motivation is idiosyncratic. We assign different levels of significance and meaning to different things.” I think this quote applies to the one by Shakespeare because motivation applies to the way you think about things. If you think one way, then you’re either an extrinsic or intrinsic thinker, intrinsic meaning going into an activity with motivation that it is personally rewarding, and extrinsic meaning that you will get a reward when you do the activity. There are different meanings to both of those motivations and they both can show you different ways in which you can think. that negatively of a situation, then you're going to think it's bad and if you think positively of something, you're going to think it's good.

This applies to a growth mindset, because in a growth mindset, you believe that your intelligence can be expanded and improved. If you think something is either good or bad, you could have more room for expanding the thought, or thinking that it could be what it's not. Your thought would probably be more positive in a growth mindset. However, in a fixed mindset, you think that you are the way you are. You cannot improve your thinking, nor can you expand your mind for anything else. Either mindset you have it will effect your motivation towards different things. Overall, motivation could be related to all sorts of topics and people have different motivations, some good and some bad, but there is definitely room for improving your motivation, and that is by your mindset!