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Sight, 1(4) A student psychology newsletter from: http://www.psitutor.org June 10th, 2006 Joy and happiness… Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, "Did you bring joy?" The second was, "Did you find joy?" - Dr. Leo Buscaglia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The news this week - *** Announcements : Psych blog; Scoota Co; Cairns Freecycle group. *** Statistics : Study effectively - more!! *** Feature Article : It takes as much energy to succeed as it does to fail. *** Resources : For the Mind & Body *** The Student Psychology Forum @ http://www.psitutor.org/Forum.html COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION ARE THE KEYS TO LEARNING! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Announcements PsychMatters Blog: http://psychmatters.blogspot.com Come and visit my blog and discover why these newsletters running late! I've included an article on the importance of personal journaling for academic and personal development. Scoota Co: 59 Anderson St, Manunda Qld 4870 P: 07 4031 1144 F: 07 4031 1172 We are selling off our demo scooters to make room for the new arrivals. There are some crazy prices - be quick - first in, best dressed! Cairns Freecycle Group The Cairns Tablelands Freecycle™ Network is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano or an old door, feel free to post it. Or maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself! Nonprofit groups are also welcome to participate too! One constraint: everything posted must be free. This network is brought to you by The Freecycle Network, a nonprofit organization and a movement of people interested in keeping good stuff out of landfills. http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cairns_TablelandsFreecycle/ E-mail: Cairns_TablelandsFreecycle-owner@yahoogroups.com for questions or improvement ideas! What goes around, comes around… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Statistics: Study effectively - more!! Exams are getting closer. Use your psychology! Plan 15m study sessions for throughout the week, not 1-2 hours once a week. Revise concepts in short sessions too while: " waiting for the kettle " in line at the supermarket " during TV commercial breaks " in the loo! Take PRACTICE TESTS, questions similar to these will most likely be on your exam: Introductory statistics: http://methods.fullerton.edu/quiz_ch12.html http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/reg_by_eye/ http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/JM/MATH1905/Quizzes/ http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072494468/student_view0/ (recommend chapters 1, 2, 6-9 and 11-13) Intro Fun revision: http://www.peepresearch.org/fear.html http://www.pmichaud.com/grape/ http://www.pmichaud.com/toast/ (Not advised to try at home!!) Third year statistics: http://www.research.umn.edu/cgi-bin/quizs.cgi http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/reg_by_eye/ http://www2.gsu.edu/~dscbms/ibs/regre.html http://staff.bath.ac.uk/pssiw/stats2/index.html (practice data and answers for spss at the bottom of the page) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Article: It Takes As Much Energy To Fail As To Succeed As humans we have only a limited amount of mental, emotional and physical energy before we need to recharge.It seems logical, then, to conclude that energy is an essential element in both failure and success. They both use energy. And it takes as much energy to fail as to succeed. Many people don't quite fathom this simple concept. After all, it seems that failing is like rolling down a hill while succeeding is like climbing up one.Failure appears easier because it' s root appears to be inertia, which is expressed as apathy, grief, fear, lust, anger, and pride. Yet when you really think about it, all these states are extremely debilitating and result in extreme drops in energy. In addition, these states stimulate very difficult circumstances, and love and support, finances, and health are further drains in energy. It takes a lot of energy to fail. Like an old gas-guzzling car, you get very poor mileage, and performance drops with each mile. Energy is consumed rapidly and inefficiently. Conversely, success is a rise to states of courage, acceptance, and peace.Since success is never in isolation, it always serves the public good as well. Any act of success is an outflow of contribution. It benefits everyone. Once you reach a certain level of success, it actually becomes less energy-consuming, and a certain momentum takes over. In fact, success itself is a highly energy-efficient state, because you feel good, you're surrounded by cooperative people, and your relationships flourish. Your financial well-being and health improves, too. It takes energy, however, to become successful-because, like a rocket ship pressed down by the earth's gravitational field, you need to exert an excess of force to climb to new heights. Furthering this analogy, once you're in space, you need to burn less fuel and yet can travel with equal or greater velocity. Naturally everybody would rather succeed than fail, but success is envisioned as an almost a mythical concept, attained by only a few, and very often restricted only to certain aspects of life and not as a state of being. How does one succeed in life in general? The answer is both simple and complex. It's simple because you become successful by learning how to be successful. You associate with successful people and learn how they do things. You read books on success. You master the elements of financial literacy, relationship building, and health maintenance. Study and practice-that's how you do it. It's complex because there isn't really a curriculum laid out for you- and you have to learn how to self-educate yourself about success. It takes energy to learn to be successful, but once you get the hang of it, you can get on a roll and then things just seem to escalate from then on. Success incorporates failing-but rather than perceiving failure as a limit and a stopping point, a success- oriented person sees it as a learning tool, responding to it as feedback. Rather than using failure as a way of dropping to a low mood level and becoming ineffectual, it is used to learn what not to do and how to discontinue what does not work. It takes some experimenting to learn what works and what doesn't. Learning what doesn't work is valuable information because it pushes you further to what does work. The energy it takes to become successful, then, is twofold: the energy it takes to learn new ways of doing things, and the energy it takes to learn to using failure as a stepping stone rather than a sign to just give up. Since it takes as much energy to succeed as to fail, doesn't it make sense to start pointing yourself in the right direction? Article Source: http://www.upublish.info About the Author: Saleem Rana would love to share his inspiring ideas with you. Hunting everywhere for a life worth living? Discover the life of your dreams. His book, Never Ever Give Up is offered at no cost to stimulate your success. www.theempoweredsoul.com/enter.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Resources and Competition: Reach Out! If you live in Australia and would like to help us promote Reach Out! we have a range of materials available to help you do this - posters, stickers, brochures, postcards and mouse pads. If you'd like to order some Reach Out! resources, please email lisa@inspire.org.au Stretch Your Brain An online Jigsaw Puzzle where you choose the level of difficulty from a simple 6 piece cut to a challenging 247 piece cut. http://www.jigzone.com/ Healthy and Active The Get Moving and Go for 2 & 5 Campaigns have Free posters and booklets available. My posters will go to my niece and her grade one class, and there is one each for my kitchen. What about for your staffroom at work? Make your choices at this link: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/healthyactive/ publishing.nsf/Content/getmoving If the site is down then email: nmm@nationalmailing.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- O.K., that's the student psychology news for this week, hope it was of some interest and or help. Feel welcome to email topics that are relevant to you (admin@psitutor.org), and I will do some research and include them. And come join the student psychology forum @ http://www.psitutor.org/Forum.html for help with tutorial homework, essay or questionnaire construction etc. Maybe you just want to discuss a theory! Remember to share or forward this newsletter onto others who you think my benefit from it. write well, Charmayne Paul www.psitutor.org v-_- pax http://archives.zinester.com/8583/95918.html |
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