Comments on: BF Skinnerize your Commitments to Get Through the Rough Patches

By: Annie Cook

Annie Cook — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:51:54 +0000

I am speaking from an early childhood teaching point of view. The most important of all forms of reward and punishment is never material in nature. We have asked ourselves so often what can I get for being good and what should I deserve if I do not behave. Day after day, this takes a toll on our own natural way of doing things. To get the rewards, we definitely have to start sing positive praises to ourselves. We spend so much time saying grace and doing good deeds, why not reward ourselves looking in the mirror and say, 'You're great!" That to me the best reward a child could ever get for a job well done. Why do we need anything else when we grow up? Like you have indicated, we start to set goals which are unachieveable. If we start enjoying the little achievement and progress, we have actually conquered the distance. Time tells, if we cannot list 3 things we can sing praise to ourselves for something we do well for ourselves, odds are we cannot see 'the reward' at the end of week. If you are interested, this is what I recommend for all to read: Childhoodspeech Recommends .-= Annie Cook´s last blog ..7 Reasons Why Language And Religion Are Different =-.

By: Persistence Unlmtd

Persistence Unlmtd — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:01 +0000

It’s common for people with big goals to get frustrated they aren’t going as fast as we’d like… http://bit.ly/2R29Nu

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Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:09:55 +0000

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By: Yonathan Zarkovian

Yonathan Zarkovian — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:48:17 +0000

I’ll try to implement your suggestions: Reward when meeting commitments and punish when not.

By: Nik Halik

Nik Halik — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:54:40 +0000

Great advice and good work on the title of your post. Cute! .-= Nik Halik´s last blog ..Make Your Life A Mosaic of Colorful Experiences =-.

By: Kaizan

Kaizan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:53:08 +0000

Seriously great post!

This was exactly what I needed to hear right now! It’s so true, that all we can do is commit to an action. We can’t commit to results.

You can’t control what will happen, you can only control your actions.
.-= Kaizan´s last blog ..If You’re Not Complaining, There’s Something Wrong With You =-.

By: B. Riley

B. Riley — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:16:21 +0000

Very nice! So many times I fall victim to that same thing. I know I want to do something, but I don’t set a specific S.M.A.R.T goal. It’s hard to know when you’re meeting, or breaking a commitment, if you don’t even know what that looks like.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:00:23 +0000

Any post that references Skinner gets my attention. I've always used rewards as a motivator, but never punishment for failing to follow through on my goals. I'll have to give this a try. .-= Corporate Barbarian´s last blog ..Self-Reliance Series #5C: Prepping Your Home for an Emergency: Communications, Lighting, and Tools =-.

By: Chuck Dennis

Chuck Dennis — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:56:47 +0000

BF Skinner-ize your Commitments to Get Through the Rough Patches – http://shar.es/9E5m – Interesting food for thought – what do YOU think?