I like how Will Smith put said he said 99% of people are not willing to do what
it takes to make their dreams come true and the world is so competitive and
challenging yet you're making yourself weaker you're making yourself an easy
victim for failure as soon as you graduate because the financial stability
doesn't go to those that procrastinate every day the health and well-being
doesn't go to the people that are too lazy to go to the gym or eat healthily
you're stopping yourself from getting what you dream because these bad habits
that you pick through your education it's these habits that are going to stay
with you for the rest of your life the center of bringing any dream into
fruition is self discipline something as simple as eating when you need to eat
and drinking when you need to drink you don't procrastinate when you need to eat
right you're studying should be the same Jaakko willing mentioned in his podcast
a couple of years ago the word motivation doesn't really mean what we
think it means we think it means that we're fired up to do something we think
that it means that we're eager and passionate to make something happen and
we think that somehow we should just be able to turn on that eagerness and turn
on that passion but you can't you can't just turn on passion you can't just turn
on the desire to study it just doesn't work that way
honestly that isn't even what motivation means motivation doesn't mean to
motivate and screen and encourage now to motivate actually means to provide a
motive a reason why so to motivate someone is to explain to them why
they're studying why they have assignments and exams that they're
graded on how it will help them where it will take them why they should continue
to study and to work and to fight and when you need motivation for yourself
don't look for someone to scream and yell don't look for someone else to give
you motivation look at yourself look at yourself and remind yourself why why are
you doing what you're doing remind yourself that this struggle this
temporary fight that you're in this is what will make you stronger and faster
and smarter every day we are making decisions that don't line up with our
end goals yet we keep doing it and doing it even though in the long term its
destructive if you've never been a disciplined person and how is the time
to start and it's not as bad or as hard as you think the word discipline has
negative connotations it's often seen as a punishment or a painful experience I'm
not talking about discipline in a negative way I'm talking about
discipline in the sense that it will make you free it will make you a happier
person a more productive person a wealthier person a healthier person it
can help you and support you to reach your dreams so then it brings us to the
question why are you studying why does it matter whether or not you pass an
exam how can it help you in the real world because it's a huge misconception
that school or university is irrelevant for real-world success
it is necessary to build up the knowledge learned by generations because
the more knowledge you have the more aware you are and the better decisions
you make it helps you build up the self discipline that is absolutely essential
for success you learn to push yourself to do things when you don't necessarily
want to do them because when you start working it's going to be exactly the
same there will be things that you don't want to do but the people with a driven
mindset will push through them and do them anyway so it's up to you to do
something it's 100 percent on you we are all products of our own choices our exam
grades are the products of our own choices our financial position is the
product of our own choices circumstances only define you if you let them
every decision you have made has led you to the decision that you are in right
now so do you like where you are now can you go further can you improve your
grades further can you improve your exercise and diet further there's no
reason why you can't have everything you want in your life you want to earn a
million dollars within a few years of graduating you can you want to become a
world-renowned doctor or a lawyer or surgeon you can there's no reason why
you can't have everything you dream of you just have to practice extreme
self-discipline keep improving yourself every day set goals commit to them and
take consistent action self-discipline is the underlying factor for every a
grade student it's when you have an exam in two days and part of you wants to
hang out with your friends but the part of your mind that is looking after you
that is looking after your well-being and cares about you it pushes you to go
and study it knows that if you don't there will be
huge consequences to follow it knows that if you don't study you won't get
the grades you have the potential of getting it knows that it will affect
your enjoyment through University it knows that it could even affect your job
prospects once you graduate and therefore affect your prosperity in the
future self discipline is self love if you want to be happy you have to love
yourself therefore you have to be disciplined and do the right things when
they need to be done it's about looking after yourself it's about taking care of
yourself the road to sustained happiness is through taking positive action
destroying procrastination and practicing extreme self-discipline and
you will see this for yourself if you make that decision if you decide
today that you're going to prioritize your studying but you're going to
prioritize the actions that will lead you to reaching your long-term goals
that you're going to practice extreme self-discipline you'll notice your life
will become more streamlined you will have fewer problems you were obstacles
you don't have to worry about an exam approaching because you'll be fully
prepared for it anyway you won't have to worry about exam resets because you
won't have any you'll make yourself proud you'll make your family proud
you'll be healthier because you prioritize exercise and a healthy diet
your life will be better in almost every way imaginable and all it takes is
self-discipline small acts of self-discipline consistently every day
so recognize that excuses are not valid you have the time you have the
intelligence you have the skills and the knowledge and the support and the
discipline to get your studying done so begin to live the life that you've
always wanted start taking action now there are no shortcuts
push yourself improve yourself be the person that you know you can be having
the energy to change is the only thing that's going to get you out of this trap
if you're stuck on the grades are getting right now you need that
discomfort you need that dissatisfaction to pull you out because if you're happy
with your grades you're not going to push yourself harder it's the discomfort
that will push you to the next level it's the discomfort the feeling of not
wanting to study that is the very thing you need to hold on to it's the very
thing that most students run from but don't run from it embrace it study even
when you don't feel like it
you need to make studying something worth fighting for
something that gives you a purpose when you wake up in the morning human beings
are all forces and that force needs to have an effect you need to have a reason
why you're moving in a certain direction and when all our needs are met
everything is relatively easy we don't need to hunt for food we don't need to
fight to survive we've lost a lot of basic purpose and we haven't really
replaced it with anything we need a purpose we need a mission because when
we have a mission human beings are happy I'm here to tell
you that if you make studying your mission if you make it your purpose your
educational journal will be taken to a whole new level let me tell you a story
Russell Burchard talked in his book in the 1800's about the happiest person he
knew the happiest person he could find was a groundskeeper on a farm and every
day he was at war with the rabbits of the farm he just declared the rabbits
were the enemy and he went out with his gun and he would hunt as many as
possible and he would go from morning until night and he would kill as many as
he could because the rabbits were his enemy and he was so happy for one simple
reason he had a mission he had a purpose his purpose was to destroy the rabbits
if you want something you have got to be relentless you've got to learn how to be
creative you got to learn how to be resourceful to hold on in spite of
everything the power to endure this is the winners quality with this power is I
cannot say all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man
and woman is in that state of mind and has a clear purpose and is fully
determined to not quit until they find it you deserve this don't let anyone
stop you decide that you're going to push yourself you're in full control
don't give up on yourself and live your life with purpose
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