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Effort is the physical and mental energy invested when exercising an ability. [35] It depends on motivation and high motivation is associated with high effort. [36] The quality of the resulting performance depends on the ability, effort, and motivation. [32] Motivation to perform an action can be present even if the action is not executed.
For the younger students who equate the value of effort and ability, their effort gives synergy effect to their sense of self-worth by supporting the promotion of ability. [12] However, older students commonly miss the chance of receiving synergy effect as they abstain from putting in much effort due to the “threat of humiliation” which ...
Prayatna (Sanskrit: प्रयत्नः) means – 'effort', 'exertion', 'endeavour', 'perseverance', 'activity' or 'action in general'. [1] Pāṇini explains that prayatna does not merely mean effort but effort at a point of articulation; [2] it expresses a sense of human determination and initiative and needs to be supplemented by confidence in one’s own abilities and steadfastness ...
In the absence of sustained effort in practicing meditation, craving creeps in and the meditator comes under its influence. Right effort ( vīryabala ) is thus required to overcome unskillful mental factors and deviation from dhyāna .
The effort heuristic is a mental rule of thumb in which the quality or worth of an object is determined from the perceived amount of effort that went into producing that object. In brief, the effort heuristic follows a tendency to judge objects that took a longer time to produce to be of higher value. [ 1 ]
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"'Demanding the impossible: A History of Anarchism' by Peter Marshall (Book Review)". The London Review of Books. Vol. 14, no. 4. p. 6. ISSN 0260-9592. ProQuest 1292908167. Ward, Colin (January 31, 1992). "Blowing Away the State — Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism by Peter Marshall". The Times Educational Supplement (3944): 27.
The book analyses the behavior of different types of people (in particular, maximizers and satisficers). This book argues that the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution and how our obsession with ...