3A Shakespeare Said What???

I recognized right away that this quote was from Hamlet, being that it was the last play I read. When I heard the quote for the time and reading now again, the same word had popped into my head, and that is choices. As humans we chose to label our experiences as either good or bad, and only we can truly know what is good or bad for ourselves. While others may share the same types of situations in their lives, that you yourself have had, only they might view it differently than you and that is perfectly okay.

                This quote in my opinion reflects and to a point summarizes the articles that we had to read for class this week, for instance this shown through the two different types of mindsets; growth and fixed. A growth mindset allows you to see that qualities can be gained through development and effort, where as a fixed mindset, it is believed that your traits and abilities are just given. This applies to the quote because a person can choose which type of mindset would better suite them, and yes it seems obvious that having a growth mindset would appear to be the better choice, but it can be argued that a fixed mindset may in some ways be the better choice for someone.  

                Shakespeare’s quote also connects to the idea of motivation, both intrinsic, exists within the individual, and extrinsic, coming from outside the individual. This again boils down the choices. Are we going to have others be the reason behind our motivation, or are we going to be motivated by ourselves? If we choose to have an outside force be what motivates us, then in my opinion, we aren’t trying to please ourselves but instead please the external force instead. The quote is relevant to our everyday lives because it makes us see that we are able to decide what will be good for us, and in the end make us happy, and that is the most important thing.