study in silence let your success make the noise your success isn't recognized when you're studying
until the early hours in the morning it's not recognized when you're the first person walking
into the library at seven in the morning your success isn't recognized when you're hustling
every day behind closed doors yet this is where your success is made it's during the daily habits
and routine when you're putting in the discipline and building your work ethic on a daily basis
and applying these skills consistently that is what will push you to the next level
it's the discipline that you cultivate in the lonely nights of studying to the early mornings
to have the results you've got to be willing to do what everyone else is not willing to do
you have to go places where everyone else is not willing to go if you look at the all-time greats
all throughout history the top point one percent the true leaders the titans
look at what they do they don't seek short-term pleasure in everything they do that's what the
99 percent do the top point one percent do the opposite because they understand that if you
want to have a great life look at what the 99 do and do the opposite and if you're truly in the 0.1
be prepared your life will change like you can't even imagine you can help people on
a scale that is unfathomable you can buy cars and houses like you didn't think was possible
but be prepared as you start changing the world you will be called a freak a misfit greedy
they'll say you just got lucky but remember this if you don't have people hating on you then you're
not there yet you can be world class or you can fit in with the world you don't get to do both
as jocko willink mentions in his podcast there's these weak thoughts that go through
every student's mind sometimes even on a daily basis these are the weak thoughts that say
you've had enough these are the thoughts that say you've given it your best shot you can stand
down you can back off your grades are good enough there's no room for improvement
these are the weak thoughts in your mind that act as a defense mechanism they want to let you
escape to run away but you need to push back don't negotiate with these negative thoughts that spring
up when you're at your weakest you're in charge do not let them control you these thoughts are
liars and they just want to bring you down think about it if you give in now what is it going to
mean later we need to make choices in our lives where even though the decision we make right now
may not be the most comfortable and maybe we feel like we don't want to study right now
but we know that it will help produce great results in the future whether it be exam day
graduation when you are applying for internships or scholarships and you have a strong set of exam
results to fall back on greatness does not happen easily the costs are huge it means
battling these negative thoughts on a daily basis it means fighting the procrastination ignoring
it pushing it to the back of your mind do what you have to do to eliminate the procrastination
being great is going to take sacrifices it's going to take time it's going to take energy
it's a constant battle of going the extra mile doing things that other people are not prepared
to do putting in the hours that other people are not prepared to put in waking up before other
people are willing to wake up preparing for exams before anyone else in your class are willing to
start preparing it's not an easy journey that's why there are so few people who achieve greatness
because by its very nature only the top one percent are able to reach it
because only one percent of people are willing to pay the price only one percent have the attitude
of a winner only one percent are willing to do whatever it takes they do not
take the easy way out you need to train that instinct to study when you're tired to study
when you're born to study when you want to relax of course get eight hours sleep a day eat well
exercise socialize your mental and physical health should always be your priority
in the long term you need your mental and physical health to reach greatness so do not ignore it
short term and long term make it a priority but don't use that as an excuse to be lazy
you need to train your mind to push back on the negative thoughts train your mind to say
get up go keep fighting and if that's what you become if that becomes your gut instinct
if that becomes your natural reaction when negative thoughts pop up in your mind you
will overcome just about anything that stands in your path you've gotta say i've got to take
control of this process and not just hope it's going to work out like most people do
your studying should be a constant pursuit that's going on all the time and when you're pushing
yourself seeing your performance and grades increase that's when you start to feel alive
that's when you start to feel your best but that motion of studying makes people feel so uneasy
that they think well i'm gonna work hard and study hard and do well in my exams until i graduate
and then i'm gonna get to a place of calm i'm here to tell you that place
doesn't exist it's not a real place and the problem is a lot of people are motivated because
they think they're going to reach this destination where they're finally happy that place is not real
if you have a million dollars you want a billion if you have a fast car you want a faster car
you will realize eventually that growth is what makes you happy it's not the destination that
will finally make you happy it's the journey you're on to get to that destination it's about
improvement in the way you think it's improvement in the way you push yourself to achieve bigger and
better things it's improvement in the way you make mistakes and understand what you can learn
from them but also it's about understanding what you've done right and building upon them so the
next time you're facing a decision where you want instant gratification and you forgot about the
long-term goal and you forgot about the dreams you have that's when it's time to get excited
you need to pump yourself up you need to remember the reason why you're doing it you need to close
your eyes and see where you're going to be 10 or 20 years time you need to smell it hear it and
feel it within you exactly how it will be if you decide to push your work back and procrastinate
and if you decide to stay focused and stay disciplined and get the work done it's on you
no one else can make that decision for you burn that long-term dream into your mind
think about it talk about it write about it stick post-it notes around your room about it
but most importantly do something about it and if you haven't already started you can start
right now starting with one small decision how many hours are you planning on studying tonight
or tomorrow ask yourself that right now how many hours are you planning on studying
great now double it that is how many hours you will study it's an easy first step to make
so simple but it can kick you out of your comfort zone
go with the non-traditional path the road less traveled be a leader be revolutionary and i'll
leave you with the words of matthew hussey because this video was made for all the crazy people
the irrationals for everybody that doesn't want to just live an average life in order to craft a life
that you love more than the life that you have today you have to start being a little irrational
reasonable people adapt themselves to the world unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world
to themselves all progress therefore depends on unreasonable people
so you have two options right now you can either be one of life's reasonable people or
you can be someone who's slightly unreasonable somebody who demands more from life
you