when the mind is strong, the body follows.
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
another week has gone past and the GP paper tommorrow marks the end of the term which isssssssssssssssssssssssss: the start of june break (:
yeah and my full-16 episodes of jinsanshun will be ready by tonight wooohoo. it is a korean drama series in case you've got no idea what it is. hahaha, i'm so gonna watch it tommorrow after training, although i think there's quite a high chance that i'll give in to temptations and watch few episodes tonight.
gah, so glad that term's ending. school has been sooooooo boring. pjc has very few activities/events and it's very rare that we get a good and fun one. that's one reason why pjc students look so deadddd and stone all the time. low school spirit, lack of events, long school hours, minimal interaction with people outside of class/cca. i guess these are the things that make enthu people unenthu and turn already crazy people psychotic.
was flipping through Sportmag in the library yesterday. saw an article on the National Kayak Marathon 2006. ahaha, there were some photos, one in which the SRJC's buddha head was very well-taken. oops. be sure to check it out.
as competition is drawing near, the need, the desire, the hunger to win is getting stronger and stronger. one question asked during the interview for EXCO is: what do you want to achieve in the end of your 2-yr in canoeing. and that nudged me to think about mine. what do i really want?
i know i want to fight for the gold medal in the coming competition. it will be hard of course. that's why i used fight. i've got very few achievements in canoeing. national junior 2005 got 5th for k2, this yr got 5th again. thankfully i got my first ever achievement in marathon - 2nd in K2. i definitely want something in sprints and damn, july will be my last race. it is my last chance.
ULTIMATELY, at the end of 3 yrs (for me), i want the team to achieve. yes, everyone. not necessary in the form of medals. i'm sure we all want to have a team to be proud of, even if you don't win anything, you'll be proud of your team mates who have done us proud. moreover, pjc canoeing has never been good. it doesn't mean we can never do good in the nationals. just last year, we've got a bronze in K1-500m, which is a stepping stone for us. this year we've been doing rather well, definitely getting much more medals back than before. from round ubin marathon to national kayak marathon to national junior champs. therefore, there's a need to do even better than the previous races.
so what is achievement?
achievement: something accomplished successfully, especially by means of exertion, skill, practice, or perseverance.
i believe it takes more than trainings in order to achieve. you need the never-failing confidence, the undying determination and the everlasting motivation and there're so many more factors to it.
motivation, the thing that pushes us on and on, keeps our goals in place in our heads. be it the pursuits of achieving your goals in your career, academics, sport/games, or the arts, we all need motivation. it comes in many forms, it can be the spirit that lives in your team or it can be that passion burning in your heart.
extrinsic motivation is when i am motivated by external factors, as opposed to the internal drivers of intrinsic motivation. extrinsic motivation drives me to do things for tangible rewards or pressures, rather than for the passion for it.
i guess the J1s have been training with that extrinsic factors - us, the seniors. we've been forcing, pushing them too much that they only move when they're push. i've always believed in self-motivation and self-discipline, and i've been telling them like how many million times. seriously don't know how to change their mindset. it is really up to ourselves to change our minds.
there is a paradox of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. intrinsic motivation is far stronger a motivator than extrinsic motivation, yet external motivation can easily act to displace intrinsic motivation.
that is when overjustification effect comes in. you try to survive the trainings you've been given due to pressures. you start to attribute yourself to a conspicuous extrinsic motivator than to intrinsic reasons. then you forget your REAL motivation, your real purpose which comes from within.
SO, please minimize the extrinsics, reflect and remind yourself of your personal goals. please be truthful and faithful, train hard and bring glory to the team!
sprinted at 15:38.
when the mind is strong, the body follows.
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