Today we're going to talk about high energy and positivity, which you might think what does this
have to do with the GMAT? Well first off some of you asked about why I have so much high energy
and why I'm so positive and it made me think, well that's an interesting question but also something
that can apply to your GMAT. It's easy to get down on yourself it's easy to lose motivation
but if you approach life in a couple of different ways, um ways that will give you high energy and
keep you positive, I think it will actually help you prepare for the GMAT and do well.
So my first tip for being positive and cultivating- oh, and having high energy is cultivating curiosity.
Uh the world is a fascinating place there is so much out there that we do not know, there's so much
mystery, and so many things that are so curious about the world. Whether it's the people around you,
the world, uh the sort of environment you live in, and so if you can cultivate a little curiosity
about the things that are around you in your life and not accept that you just know how things are,I think you'll find that you have a lot of energy to explore and to learn new things. Second,
this is hopefully not entirely obvious, uh but eat well, rest up, and get a little exercise. Um there is
a lot of very good science that shows that what we eat, um how much sleep we get, and getting a little
exercise, has a dramatic effect on our well-being and also on our ability to learn things. So
um make sure you're eating some salads uh make sure that you're getting to bed early and getting
up early and then get a little exercise um whether it's even if you're just going for a walk for 30
minutes during the day that will help to distract you from your studies and also um it'll help you
to focus when you come back to your studies. This is one of my favorites laugh and smile.
It's amazing what a little laughter and some smiling can do for our well-being and
positivity um sometimes it's hard to laugh. I understand there's tough things that happen
in life but as much as you can try to smile try to laugh um I'm sure there are things on
the internet that always make you laugh so go look at those things when you're feeling
less positive than usual. And, if there's nothing to laugh about then maybe you should
insert a little silliness into the world and that will make others laugh and you can laugh as well.
next serve others go out and help other people whether it be a family member,
a friend, or a complete stranger. If you invest your time and energy and helping others and fulfilling
their needs you'll be amazed by how fulfilled you will be and how positive you will feel feel about
the world. Um so get involved it doesn't have to be like this big thing where you go and volunteer.
Maybe it's just cooking dinner for your family or cooking dinner for a friend
or picking someone up from the airport or helping someone move. Do something small
serve someone else and you'll find that it'll make you a little more positive about the world.
Finally, and this is actually the best one, make the choice. You get to choose how you react to the
things that exist in this world. Um I understand that there are a lot of bad things that happen,
that's okay. It's all right to feel sad sometimes, it's you know, you need to embrace those feelings.
There are a lot of depressing things that do happen but on average when you're going through
life day to day there are so many things to be positive about. So when you wake up in the
morning make the choice to be happy be positive and to have a high energy because you get to
choose, it's your choice. That's the power that you have. All right I hope these tips help you to
be positive and happy and also to dominate the GMAT. Um if you want more tips on how to dominate
the GMAT head over to gmat.magoosh.com and if you enjoy listen to me talk about the GMAT and how to
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