it takes sacrifices that's what it takes to be great any kind of success that
you'll experience in your life will take sacrifice and that's the case for your
studying too you need to be willing to go with the extra mile someone who wakes
up early goes to the gym and walks into the empty library while everyone else is
still sleeping you will get tired but if you have a strong enough reason you will
find the strength to push through why are you different than all the other
people in your class who are trying to achieve exactly the same as you what
makes you stand out from that what makes you deserve it more than they deserve it
somebody is waiting for you to give up someone is waiting for you to fall so
don't just talk about your hustle don't just talk about how much you're studying
show me every single one of us only has 24 hours in a day that includes me that
includes you that includes your friends your teachers your parents it also
includes Bill Gates Richard Branson and Will Smith and so if you only have 24
hours a day your success is solely dependent on how you use that 24 hours
how many of your 24 do you spend mindlessly scrolling through social
media or on the phone to friends are watching aimless videos on YouTube so
what's the difference between someone who is successful
their education or in business or however you want to define it and
someone who is unsuccessful the successful person uses every single hour
of their 24 hours wisely that's eight that's really it the person failing
their exams will be spending much of their 24 hours doing things that do not
align with their long-term goals the person at the top of the class will be
spending all of their 24 hours reading writing learning researching asking
questions planning preparing exercising and eating healthily because I can tell
you all about your life if you show me your schedule and you stick to it if
there are empty gaps in the schedule where you're not doing anything
productive I know exactly where you're going to be in 10 years time you can
pass your exams you can be great at whatever it is that you choose to be
great at but you have to put in the work you have to want it bad you have to want
it so bad that you're willing to lose sleep for it you have to want it so bad
that you're willing to lose friends over it you have to want it so bad that you
never ever give up as Steve Jobs says I'm here to make a dent in the universe
you will never hear me complain that it's someone else's fault why I'm not
getting the grades I have the potential of achieving if I don't like where I am
I'll work harder my current situation is a perfect reflection of the hard work or
lack of work I put in when you look at the all-time greats there's one thing in
common among them all they all have relentless sickening work
to get to the top you have to skip watching TV going to every party
scrolling through social media and wasting your time on unproductive things
because while the average student is sleeping you are hustling if you're
doing well at school or university if you're doing more than the group of
friends you hang around with if you're getting better grades than that if
you're doing more to move yourself forward than they are but then it's easy
to fool yourself into thinking that you're working to your full potential
but it depends it depends where your group of friends have set the bar let me
explain if you run the 100-meter sprint with a group of people that can't run as
fast as you of course you'll win quite easily it
wouldn't take much effort but if you run against people that are much faster than
you you might come sixth or seventh place or even last but it would push you
and inspire you to run faster it would make you push that little bit more
instead of training three days a week you might start training five days a
week and it doesn't matter that you came in last place your time is faster and
that's why you need to surround yourself with people that are better than you
it's these people that will push you up and encourage you and motivate you
there's a quote you become the average of the five people you spend the most
time with because their characteristics and habits and ways of doing things will
rub off on you if your friends are all letting life pass them by and they don't
prioritize their studying then it's likely that that behavior will rub off
on you too it's one of the single biggest improvements you can make to
your life to evaluate and if necessary upgrade the people you spend the most
time with as Will Smith once said as a child my parents always told me you can
be whatever you want to be you could do whatever you want to do but I didn't
totally believe it yet I went out into the world and I carried myself and I
held my head high and I stood there and I looked people in their eyes and I
talked to people as if I was deserving of all the things that this planet has
to offer some of you are doing okay you're getting decent grades at
university you're passing your exams you're getting your assignments in on
time but you shouldn't be satisfied with just doing okay no one should be aiming
for average and that includes you you need to be set on climbing to the next
level and you're not going to reach the next level
until you commit to becoming better than you were yesterday when you start giving
more you'll start receiving more more opportunities more prosperity stronger
relationships and better health if you push yourself you can always raise the
bar in your life you have to keep raising the bar first you set the
standard then you raise the bar you're only going to rise above average by
working hard by grinding by hustling by believing in yourself by believing in
yourself when no one else does by becoming obsessed with reaching success
by sacrificing today for a better tomorrow by getting out of your comfort
zone and pushing yourself past perceived limitations by sticking it out when
things get tough by using your pain as fuel to drive you to success by taking
responsibility of your life no matter what happens by not using excuses to
allow your poor results by doing whatever it takes when your goals are so
big that they scare small minds and you're so driven that you can envision
this go every minute of every day it is then
that great things start to happen
to struggle it's very simple the attitude you have when facing struggles
and obstacles is what determines whether you will be successful if you're going
to commit the next two three four years of your life to your education then your
attitude is everything being able to keep studying despite the adversity
thrown at you you fail an exam keep studying you argue with your friends
keep studying you have money problems keep studying you keep on marching on
through the struggle the chaos the frustration the procrastination the
disappointment the anger the regret when all that is there but you keep studying
through it all you know you have the discipline to be a successful person
it's the ability to know that even though at the time you feel overwhelmed
and overpowered you know deep down that it too shall pass you will find a way
you will keep studying to chase your goal to make you proud to make your
family proud through thick and thin you will continue studying Confucius said
one time he who said he can and he who said he can't are both usually right so
ask yourself les what do you want to be remembered for I hope you want to be
remembered for someone who gets results for someone that gets good grades for
someone that has their health and check for someone who has their financial
situation in check we can start now right now let's make it happen