success is like a quiet daily set of
tasks
real real small it's like that quiet
walk to the library
that empty 24 7 library late at night
over and over and over or as i sit there
studying
other great people and i compare their
actions with my own actions
over and over and over or as i sit doing
30 minutes of meditation a day
over and over and over making the choice
to eat foods that enhance my brain
neurotransmitters
over and over and over it's a very quiet
process
where you're doing these simple little
tasks but finding love in those simple
little tasks
it's not the big thing where you do this
one thing and something big happens
being able to make a success out of your
life it's not purely down to luck
you have more control over it than you
think you can decide to be successful
you can decide to have the fast cars and
the big house
and it starts right here with your
studying
not because getting good grades is going
to bring you success in the future
it's about the work ethic and the
attitude you have towards your studying
that will transfer to your work after
you graduate it's about believing that
you can achieve something
and doing whatever it takes to achieve
it it's about fine-tuning the skills you
have
to zero in on your goals the skills that
you are improving
while you're studying work ethic time
management
reading critical thinking problem
solving
decision making focus reasoning
persuasion organization overcoming
obstacles
and self-motivation these are all skills
that all great students have improved
and refined over years of efficient
and effective studying and it's these
students
that have made a decision that when the
world is saying that's impossible
you're not capable your dreams will stay
as dreams
they have that lone voice that goes no
you know what
it is possible just watch me
they have gone through this process of
growth and they have pushed and pushed
through all the obstacles that were
thrown at them it's important that you
don't think of your studying as though
it's all about passing your exams and
getting a piece of paper at the end of
it all
so you can get a good job because it's
so much more than that
and it's the great students that
understand this it's not about your
exams
it's about the process and the journey
you go on and the skills you refine
over the years it's about when you don't
feel like studying but you continue to
push through and study anyway
it's doing the things that you need to
do that you know you need to do
when you don't feel like doing it
because the reality is
is that most people can study when
they're feeling good most people can
study when they have no distractions
when they're in a quiet environment when
there's pressure put on them as a
deadline is approaching
but just being able to study on the
highs isn't good enough
you have to be able to study all the
time so learning how to refocus your
mind on the lows
and knowing the lows are going to end is
a huge skill
the process is just as important as the
actual prize
because the process is going to make you
the deeper the process the greater the
reward
just remember the prize is going to be
huge
the question i get most is how do i make
myself study
when i just don't feel like it by the
end of this video
you'll know exactly how to make yourself
sit down and study even when you're
feeling exhausted
the way my brain works i would rather
die than not study
when i know i have to now of course i
don't mean that literally
but it's an important perspective that a
lot of successful people
that are at the top of their craft have
will smith said something similar
if we get on the treadmill together
there's two things
you're getting off first or i'm going to
die it's really that simple
and as owen cook explains it a lot of
people that are successful
use death as an analogy not because they
really want to die
but rather because there's no other
possibility so when someone says
i'd rather die what it really means is
that there's a zero percent chance
so what i've found if i have it on my
schedule
that i need to study for two hours
tonight when i get home
there's a zero percent chance that i
will miss that study session
because i know that if i miss one day
then i'll go on to miss another
and then another
there's no convenient time for me to
study it is 100
inconvenient so once i've made that
decision to go
i'm going to stick to that decision why
because if i
fail in that decision i will fail in my
larger scale goals
let me explain most people i know that
have a job that they hate
they don't try very hard at their job
this is very common
and the rationalization is that my boss
is a bad manager
this job just isn't for me i don't get
paid enough
but everything is practiced for the big
show everything is preparation
for the huge opportunities that may
unexpectedly jump in front of you
so if you can't make yourself work hard
in a job you don't particularly like
how are you going to run a multi-million
dollar company as an executive director
or save lives as a top surgeon or fight
for justice as one of the best lawyers
in the country
if you can't study for just two hours on
a night when you're feeling tired
how are you going to achieve anything in
your career after you graduate
you're not
a work ethic is something that is
cultivated over time
and the hardest part of it is that
you're your worst enemy
because you can always give up i mean
you still need to be flexible
if i'm really run down and starting to
feel sick and my body's telling me that
i need rest
and it's an exception to the rule then
yes maybe i can unwind and sleep early
that night without studying
but assuming it's just the typical i'm
tired excuse
then i'm gonna carve out that time
because i know that if i fail to do that
i'm not instilling those habits and it's
going to affect
whether i reach my long-term goal
because those excuses will snowball
and i know you know what i mean because
we've all been there
we feel tired so we don't study and the
next day
we feel tired again so we don't study
again
you need to rewire your brain train your
brain to ignore
how you're feeling and just focus
it's like a muscle just keep working on
it
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's not many people who achieve
greatness
because by its very nature only the top
one percent are able to reach it because
only the one percent 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 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
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