Hello guys! Welcome to my second video for LSE YouTube channel!
My name is Monika and in today's video I would like to share with you one ability
that in my personal opinion every LSE student should possess in order to make
the most out of their studies and that is the ability or skill of prioritising!
So let's start from the beginning like why I think that proritisng is so important for
LSE students or for anyone. So if you will be coming to LSE, or for more or less similar contexts as I was,
then everything can be pretty overwhelming like at least the first few weeks because
all of those options, opportunities, will be thrown at you...
out of nowhere...
all at once...
and that is pretty tough!
And if you are asking me right now,
what are all those things, like that cannot be that bad then only the biggest ones right?
So, London! You'll be suddenly living here - one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
LSE! You'll be studying in one of the most prestigious universities in the world!
Then people! Amazing, inspiring people from all different places!
And then there are like so many self-development and out-of-school opportunities.
And I must tell you guys that at first, I was really overwhelmed because I guess that I
just didn't really expect that there will be so many things that I will be just so eager to try,
and therefore I had no strategy and I was just trying to be everywhere, to try everything.
And if I weren't doing that I would feel guilty that I'm just not making the most out of my year at LSE.
I was having that 'FOMO', you know, "fear of missing out",
but, after some time, I realised that this is just not the path I want to be on, because even though I invested so much time
of mine into all those things, I didn't really get anything out of any of those things because
my attention was everywhere but nowhere specifically and what to do with that right?
And that leads me to prioritising, because if you have your priorities there's just no space for
FOMO or, guilt or regrets, because you just know which things you value the most and therefore,
into which things you should invest the most of your time and energy. And then, you can actually
do pretty much all those things, but you know into which of them you should invest the most. And also
if you're a bit like me, and sometimes you maybe hesitate if the actions you're taking in your
life are good for you or your life in general, then prioritising can really help you because
if you're thinking about some particular action of yours, and you figure out that actually that
action is bringing you closer to your priority - to your goal - then you just know that that action
is good for you!
And that leads me to two really quick tips which could maybe help you to set your priorities.
The first tip is
Because you really need to know what are all those things that are there for you
in order to set your priorities right.
And the second tip is some kind of like a reflexivity exercise,o!
where you try to imagine that your studies at LSE are already behind you and m
you are thinking about the things that you remember the most,
the things that you enjoy the most,
you appreciated the most,
and if you think about it in this context,
then, you have your priorities because these are the things for which you're coming to LSE
and which you should pursue.
And that is everything I really wanted to share with you today,
so I hope that you've enjoyed it and maybe found some helpful tips that you will be using during
your LSE journey who knows, and now take care, and i will see you very soon at the next video!
Bye!