{"id":5648,"date":"2018-04-18T09:22:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/?p=5648"},"modified":"2022-12-15T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T21:14:43","slug":"finding-the-motivation-to-persevere-and-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/finding-the-motivation-to-persevere-and-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the Motivation to succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>&#8220;<\/i><\/b><b><i>Kumon helps me establish goals and\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>pushes<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0me\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>to\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>work t<\/i><\/b><b><i>owards them one level at a time,\u201d said Nathan.<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u201c<\/i><\/b><b><i>It keeps me going.&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Remember\u00a0getting that extra push on the swing set just as you needed the momentum to soar even higher?\u00a0That\u2019s how Nathan felt when he was encouraged by his mom, just as his motivation in\u00a0Kumon\u00a0began to dwindle.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNathan started Kumon the summer before entering third grade\u00a0and it was hard for him to get into the rhythm of having math homework every\u00a0day,\u00a0including holidays and breaks,\u201d recalls Nicole, his mother.\u00a0\u201cKumon\u00a0taught him to complete what he starts and to be disciplined in everything he does.\u00a0Now I don&#8217;t push him as much. 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