I wanna talk about failure
I wanna talk about why things go wrong
Why you failed to study better
and you're wasting your time
because you can learn as much if not more
from your failures, your non starts, your hesitations
as you can from your successes.
We think that things happen overnight
but they don't
they happen every day, in each passing moment
you win or you lose
you waste or you create
winning or passing an exam or a degree
it's not a one-time thing
it's an everyday thing an every moment thing.
You don't win once in a while
you don't do things right once in a while
you do them right all of the time.
Winning as a result or success excellence
they're all habits.
Your goal is not too big, okay?
you're just not yet the person you need to be to execute against that
and that is absolutely fine.
So you don't just lose once in a while
you don't make an arrow once in a while
you don't fail an exam one time.
You want the secret? It's called work.
Do not get confused here
You have to work to match the ambition coming out of your mouth.
There's only one thing that you need to really find
and that's direction.
You need direction
your own direction, not someone else's direction
not your parents direction
society's direction, social media's direction
your own direction.
But what does it actually mean? It's a big word
Well it means knowing where you're numbing yourself
or where you're awakening yourself
where you numb yourself off
with laziness, sleeping in more than you should
scrolling through your feed more than you should
distracting yourself more than you should
hesitating, procrastinating
waiting
waiting again and again
until you've numbed yourself
from reality.
But when you are awakening yourself
you know what that feels like
because you're here
listening to this motivational video
you're focused
you're seeking direction, you're setting a clear goal for every single day.
You're taking trips to the library or the coffee shop
the study session after study session
you say no to the easy things
and yes to the right things.
and if you want a really quick measurement
if you want a quick gauge of where you're at
in this spectrum of numbing and awakening yourself
just look back.
What did you do today?
not a week ago, not two weeks ago
but today.
How much direction do you have?
How much clarity do you have?
How much drive do you have?
Were you driven by something?
that you planned for and you scheduled or were you
reacting to what happened?
Even the way you ended up on this video
did you schedule time to watch this or did you just end up here?
Cause if you ended up here, you're reacting
if you planned to be here
you're responding, you're creating
and if you are one of those people or you're having a moment where
let's be honest, you're wasting time.
And it happens to all of us
It's as simple as, it's because you didn't know
what you wanted from this moment.
You didn't prepare for this moment, you didn't plan for this moment
maybe you didn't even act
never forget that you're either creating your day
or your day is being created for you
by your emotions
by somebody else's agenda
by some youtuber, by some social media post.
There's only so much time in the day, now
let me give you some practical advice
and it's called the Prom Method.
So what is the Prom Method?
What do I mean? these are the four pillars
that will help you to get the most out of your study time.
The first one stands for print
because if you look at most students in your library
in your coffee shop, in your lecture theatre
in your classroom, you'll see that
more and more people are using digital devices
to increase and enhance their learning and academic experience.
Now, I'm not knocking those tools because they are tools
but are they the best tools?
Maybe not.
There was a study done at
the University of Leicester in England, what they found was that
students required more repetition to learn new material
if they were reading from a computer screen versus printed material.
So, I want you to ask yourself this question
do you learn more effectively
when you have something in your hand
that you tangibly can feel, touch, highlight, play with
or does the computer screen, does that digital screen work for you?
Are you more likely to be distracted when you're using something digital?
or are you more likely to be focused when you're using a paper version?
The second thing and probably one of the most important
relax, take a deep, long, slow breath.
We all know the importance of being relaxed
but did you know how it's a physical thing?
How when you're stressed you release more cortisol
which inhibits the neurons in your brain
from connecting, from communicating with each other
and so you're less creative, you're less focused
and you're less able to think.
Your stress is a physical thing
so your job in the Prom Method
is to make sure that you set yourself
just like concrete sets itself or you set a foundation, that you set for yourself
a habit of becoming relaxed.
And it's a grading, I don't want you to be so relaxed
that you're watching Netflix again and again and again.
I'm talking about the kind of relaxation
that helps you to be productive
that helps you to revise, study, learn every single day.
Just like the tuning of a guitar
you need to tune your emotions in
you need to tune your mind in
to the habits that you want to create.
And moving on to the third thing, it's the one thing
we're living in a time and an age where
devices and distractions are everywhere
in your lecture theatre, you see it
when you're at the dinner table, you see it
when you're in the classroom, you see it.
Devices and distractions everywhere
and these tools start using us instead of us using them.
so the challenge and fight now for you, is one thing
choose the one thing the priority for this day
feel it
know it
feed it
and start working to that one thing every single day
so that, like I mentioned before
you have the direction that you need.
And the final one
is music
music sets the tone
for our moments and we know it because even with these videos
that you like to listen to
the best ones have the best music
and it's classical music, 18th century music
that has been shown, scientifically proven
to engage the parts of your brain
that are responsible for two really important things
your focus and your memory.
So if you ask, if you want to know
how to stop wasting time and study more effectively?
Turn the music on and turn the distractions off.
This gym is for your minds steady study
so choose the tools, the tone, that's going to help you the most.
And to round off with just remember this
only as high as you reach, can you grow
only as far as you seek, can you go
only as deep as you can look, can you see
and only as much as you can dream, can you be.
So reach high, reach far, go deep and keep dreaming.
My name is Keshav
and this is your Motivation 2 Study.
Peace.