NO Excuses! – Best Study Motivation Of 2020
how much time do you spend every day
debating with yourself whether you
should go and study or procrastinate a
little longer well let me give you some
advice sometimes you have to ignore what
you’re feeling and just go through the
motions you might feel like watching TV
you might feel like doing something you
might not feel like doing something and
instead of not doing it just go ahead
and go through the motions get it done
get out there and do what you’re
supposed to do it’s the problem most
students have they negotiate with
procrastination and at first it’s
difficult to overcome but the more you
do it the more you make yourself study
even when you don’t feel like it the
easier it will become get up and go and
study
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we all know the students that complain
about their grades they make excuses why
they couldn’t achieve higher but because
they’re making excuses they blame
everyone else but themselves so they
don’t do anything about it they don’t
fix anything they don’t improve anything
so they continue getting the same grades
if all you do is complain nothing’s
going to happen in your life be obsessed
over your future be consumed by the
possibilities the super-successful don’t
stop when they hit their targets they
simply reset and go again that dream is
not going to just sit there and wait for
you to come and get it you’ve got to
chase it
you’ve got to chase it like a man
possessed you’ve got to go and get it so
what are you doing about it you’ve got
to take action with your studying find a
solution to your problem
don’t be the problem for every action
there is an equal and opposite reaction
if you increase your studying by 50%
your grades are also likely to increase
and if they don’t
then find out why and let me tell you
what happens when you take
responsibility for your life and you see
the opportunities in front of you for
what they are you start to take control
you realize that there’s nothing else no
one else that’s controlling your life
it’s all on you in the words of Gary
Vaynerchuk your ego and your
insecurities doesn’t want to take the
hit you don’t want to admit that you
messed up because for some reason so
many of you are living your lives based
on other people’s opinions and that is
crippling you the way you really
eliminate fear is to not care about
anyone elses opinion my losses are mine
I’ll deal with them myself I don’t need
your two cents
you’re losing plenty on your own if you
let somebody else’s opinion whether it’s
your friend your partner your mom your
dad your aunt your uncle if you are
genuinely living the exact life you want
to live then what will happen is you’ll
stop waiting for the right time to make
a move you’ll stop waiting to make a
change or break bad habits you’ll stop
blaming others for the lack of happiness
in your life but if your life has been
out of control for so long regaining
control will not happen overnight if
you’re committed to experiencing your
own happiness and creating positive
things in your life for yourself
we’ll people are waiting for the right
time to make a move take a chance make
it change or break a bad habit yet that
right time never seems to appear each of
us have plenty of excuses as to why
we’re stuck in the metaphorical mud of
life feeling out we control little more
than the air we breathe into our lungs
and the truth is it’s easy to blame
others for our lack of happiness when it
comes to studying consistency is so so
important a lot of people win and then
they chill for two or three months but
real winners they have their finger on
the pulse all the time they’re always
looking for the next one they’re not
studying the it satisfied they’re
studying to learn everything there is to
know they never get to a place where
they feel like they made it because as
long as you’re moving towards achieving
something you keep studying you keep
reading you keep learning you stay
hungry
and watch how it changes you day by day
month by month you evolved into a
completely different person 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 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 them 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 were on the phone to
friends or watching
aimless videos on YouTube so what’s the
difference between someone who is
successful in 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
ethic 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 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 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
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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 can 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
and you’re so driven that you can
envision this goal every minute of every
day it is then that great things start
to happen the 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 this 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
it’s the easiest way to turn your grades
around changing your attitude about your
studying it’s when you decide that the
grades you’re achieving right now are
not representative of what you’re able
to achieve because what you’ll notice is
that these students that are getting the
top grades their attitude towards their
studying is completely different to
those that are achieving at the lowest
grades attitude is more important than
circumstances more important than
failures more important than successes
more important than money it’s even more
important than talent or skill and we
have a choice every day what attitude
are we going to have when approaching
our studying you can’t change what
grades you were given up to now you
can’t change the exams that you failed
but you can change the attitude you have
towards your studying today
and you know it’s going to be hard you
know there’s going to be ups and downs
but that’s what’s going to make it worth
it in the end if you really want so what
if it’s hard it’s going to be worth it
it’s worth it to show the world I’m not
just average like most people it’s worth
it to show my friends family and
teachers that I can become something
that I am capable of achieving great
things I can achieve whatever I want
it’s worth it to me to pay this kind of
price it really doesn’t matter what
you’re going through how you deal with
it is all that matters the only way
you’re going to push past the mountain
of obstacles the late night studying
until 3:00 in the morning the multiple
deadlines that just keep coming and
coming
you need to have extraordinary focus a
crystal clear vision of exactly what it
is you’re aiming to achieve whether it’s
getting that a grade or 4.0 GPA or
getting into the most prestigious
university in the country you need to
work out exactly how you’re going to
make it happen you need to make it the
first thing you think about when you
wake up it’s only then that you have a
chance because then when that
procrastination starts sliding into your
life you will muster the force to
destroy that obstacle do you think like
an A student or are you falling back
into that C mindset your success is
completely dependent on how you use the
24 hours in your day
everyone has the same amount of time
Bill Gates Warren Buffett Will Smith
they all have 24 hours and you’ll see
this with the students in your class the
students failing their exams
you’ll probably notice the same patterns
they wake up whenever they want to wake
up they might go to class they might not
it depends if there’s something more
interesting on Netflix to watch when
their exams are approaching they don’t
care they might start studying the week
before for a few days before or even
just the night before don’t fall into
that mindset it’s not okay it enough
when it comes to graduation day you’re
going to look in the mirror and say I
did this despite all the obstacles and
setbacks I did it and that feeling you
will have of accomplishment and triumph
will be like nothing you’ve ever
experienced it’s a feeling that you will
take with you for the rest of your life
so when it’s time to study and your
automatic reaction is to fight it and
procrastinate take a few minutes to
think about it think about what you’re
doing that small decision of choosing to
procrastinate is you choosing to settle
with what you have push past it
study their dreams one of the big
differences is that the eighth grade
student goes to work he sits down and
overcomes resistant it doesn’t matter
he’s feeling tired or he’s had a long
day it doesn’t matter how he’s feeling
he sits down and he goes to work and he
has pride in that you’ve gotta ask
yourself why do I want to become an
eighth grade student I’ll tell you the
reason why it was important for me when
I was at university it was because I
wanted to be the best version of myself
so I could train myself to be wiser
think faster worked more efficiently and
ultimately I knew that all those
challenges that came up were training
for the next challenges in life as
Anthony Chi once said if your goal is to
get an eighth grade overall in your
exams in six months time and you’re only
working at C grade level right now than
the amount you need to study needs to
increase by at least 50%
if you continue studying the way you are
you’ll continue getting the same grades
you’re getting if you’re studying two
hours at nighttime then you need to move
up to three hours then 4 then eventually
five if you don’t train the muscle when
it comes time to do the actual exam
you’re not gonna be able to achieve that
a grand
an A grade student takes full
responsibility for what shows up in
their life there’s a whole load of
problems that show up daily in our lives
that we have no control over the weather
the economy the government illness a lot
of that we can’t control however would
you not agree that becoming the best
version of yourself upgrading your
skills obtaining the best qualifications
you can would that not put you in a
better stronger position to deal with
everything that gets thrown at you do
you think that upgrading yourself and
becoming a wiser smarter more driven and
successful person would benefit the
people around you that you love of
course it would but I’m not so easily
convinced and naive to think that
getting good grades is as easy as
pressing a button and within seconds
you’re getting a grades and your life is
better you may not be able to get to
this level of studying in a matter of
seconds or minutes but it’s easily
possible to achieve it in a matter of
weeks or months if we just consciously
choose to face what’s in front of us and
the first step is to just get things
done get your studying done if you say
you’re going to study three hours
tonight then do it because when you
start to get things done you’ll realize
that you’ll start to have more success
and sometimes a big part of success is
just not being lazy and just doing what
you know you have to do 90% of it is
just showing up just show up and do the
work you’re not going to feel perfect
every day and it’s the same with every
student in your class that’s achieving a
grades right now if those students only
study when they felt in the mood to
study they’d be getting c’s and d’s
right now because everyone has those
days where we just don’t feel like
studying there’s got to be those days
that you just have to push through there
might even be more days when you don’t
feel like it than when you do but that’s
okay we’ve all been there and the top 1%
they push through it
if you’re chasing grades then you might
as well just give up now the grades are
nothing there’s nothing there it’s not
the grades you should be chasing it’s
the individual that is capable of
achieving those grades that you should
be chasing those students that are
achieving a 4.0 GPA you’ve got to study
their character because that’s when
you’ll start to see exactly what it
takes the daily habits that are followed
religiously the hours of studying late
at night while everyone else is sleeping
the 100% attendance in class and when
you study the characters of people
getting poor grades you’ll see failure
everywhere
you’ll see it all falling apart the
procrastination taking control the lack
of drive and focus skipping classes when
they just don’t feel like it’s your
choice you have to make are you moving
forward on a journey to better yourself
or are you sat down and giving you
throwing in the towel making do with
what you have not willing to take the
risk because that’s what most people are
doing they don’t give a damn about
achieving anything in their life you can
see it in their actions in their
behavior so don’t be most people ed
Milan one of the top teak performance
experts on the planet explains it like
this failure and setbacks students
quitting
failing the exams having retakes
dropping out it’s all going to happen
just get ready don’t give in to that
stuff don’t give in to the fears don’t
give in to the setbacks you’re gonna
have failures it’s part of the journey
and when you get weak when your
classmates give up when your friends
tell you you shouldn’t be studying so
much or that you’re not good enough or
that there’s something better or
whatever they tell you you remember why
you’re doing it
you gotta have a persistent attitude
that you’re gonna wait you gotta have a
positive outlook you gotta be optimistic
you gotta know you’re gonna win right
now you need to believe you’re gonna win
because listen to me
the price you paid for not being the
best version of yourself is too extreme
you’ll have to carry the burden of
failure for the rest of your life start
to stand up a little taller start to
walk more confidently start becoming the
best version of you you can do it
quietly in your own way you can do in
the way you want but somehow they gotta
look at you and think okay I ain’t gonna
mess with that one you’re gonna have to
put up with some failures you’re gonna
have to put yourself into some
uncomfortable places listen to me do it
put yourself into an uncomfortable place
don’t negotiate
don’t try to navigate it in your head
unrealistic people the world as Ellen
cook puts it 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 this feels 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
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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 your educational journey is
going to be hard I can promise you that
there are two paths you can take the
easy road or the hard road
if you choose the hard road it means you
choose to study when your friends are
out partying you start writing your
report when the rest of the class don’t
even know the deadline yet you’re
already awake at 5:00 a.m. on your way
to the library when the rest of your
friends are still sleeping if you can
find enough focus and motivation to do
these hard things the things that
everyone else struggles with then your
educational journey will be easy the
grades will be easy the scholarships
will be easy but it’s a choice that you
have to consciously make you have to
step up and take that path and it will
be lonely at times it will feel like
you’re the only one doing this but
that’s the whole point the whole idea of
this is to be standing at the top of the
mountain while everyone else is still at
the bottom because you took the path
that so many people are unwilling to
take okay so you know where you want to
be at the top of that mountain but why
aren’t you there yet
why is it that you’re stopping yourself
from getting there why is it that you
just settle for the grades that you’re
getting because doing well at school and
the University it’s not easy it’s
difficult to get good grades it takes a
lot of focus a lot of sacrifice a lot of
late nights and early mornings but it’s
absolutely worth it you are in charge of
the life you live and when you are in
charge you study hard regardless of how
you’re feeling whether you’re feeling
lazy tired stressed frustrated bored it
doesn’t matter this doesn’t stop you
it’s the easiest way to turn your grades
around changing your attitude about your
studying it’s when you decide that the
grades you’re achieving right now are
not representative of what you’re able
to achieve because what you’ll notice is
that these students that are getting the
top grades their attitude towards their
studying is completely different to
those that are achieving the lowest
grades attitude is more important than
circumstances more important than
failures more important than successes
more
the money it’s even more important than
talent or skill and we have a choice
every day what attitude are we going to
have when approaching our studying you
can’t change what grades you are given
up to now you can’t change the exams
that you failed but you can change the
attitude you have towards your studying
today and you know it’s going to be hard
you know there’s going to be ups and
downs but that’s what’s going to make it
worth it in the act if you really want
it enough when it comes to graduation
day you’re going to look in the mirror
and say I did this despite all the
obstacles and setbacks I did it and that
feeling you will have of accomplishment
and triumph will be like nothing you’ve
ever experienced it’s a feeling that you
will take with you for the rest of your
life so when it’s time to study and your
automatic reaction is to fight it and
procrastinate take a few minutes to
think about it
think about what you’re doing that small
decision of choosing to procrastinate is
you choosing to settle with what you
have push past it
study
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you just need to start studying and I
know you probably have dozens of excuses
all completely valid and reasonable
excuses you’ve had a long day and you
want to relax you want to go out and
socialize with your friends you want to
chill out on social media for a few
hours you want to start studying
tomorrow because you feel it’s too late
now there are a thousand reasons why you
shouldn’t start studying right now but
the truth is that none of them matter
the truth is that if you want to build
something in your life then you have to
remember that you just need to get
started because at the end of the day
getting started is the only thing that’s
holding you back because as soon as you
understand that what is holding you back
is literally something as small as
getting started it’s that small decision
that you make when it’s time to study
and you give yourself two options you
can procrastinate or you can study
because if you choose to study you can
forget all the excuses you can stop
making them you can stop giving in to
them no matter how valid they may seem
at the time you can finally decide that
you are going to create that forward
momentum that you’re going to step out
of the average that you’re actually
going to make your life easier by
choosing to study rather than
procrastinate because the time said I
felt happiest the times where I felt
most productive were I wasn’t looking
for something extrinsic but I was
focused on myself and trying to push
myself and develop myself and achieve
things that required my absolute focus I
finally realized that my excuses
were coming from the weak voice in my
mind holding me back and trying to make
me a worse version of myself as joe
rogan puts it a lot of people have a
problem with excuses a lot of people are
not used to pushing themselves there’s
been many days where I didn’t want to
work out I just didn’t feel like I had
the energy I just had to force myself
and I think there’s very few people out
there that really know how to force
themselves it’s a learned skill that
kind of disciplined focus where you
don’t allow yourself to back out of
things and you don’t allow yourself to
slack off and there’s not many people
that keep themselves at such a high
standard and because of that they come
up with excuses and excuses are a giant
part of the problem so if you’re one of
those people you need to put your foot
down and say enough you need to change
your life if you don’t make any excuses
you’re going to feel far better in the
long term
sure in the short term it’s going to
suck but in the long term it will
absolutely be worth it and when you
don’t feel like studying just aim to do
it 20 minutes 20 minutes of light
reading and see how it goes and it will
make you feel better because 20 minutes
is better than nothing and after 20
minutes see how you feel and maybe you
can do another 20
it’s these baby steps small seemingly
anything
implicit decisions that add up over
weeks months years that combine into
greatness leave excuses behind you’ve
got this you want to raise the bar raise
your standards take risks most people
won’t do that you see most people engage
in low life living as Les Brown put set
you begin to look at yourself look at
your dreams and begin to experiment
while stepping into greatness if you are
not willing to risk you can’t grow and
if you cannot grow you cannot become
your best and if you cannot become your
best then you can’t be happy
and if you can’t be happy then
what else is that
now you can see the link between your
studying and happiness the more you push
yourself and your studying to become
better than you were yesterday
you will start achieving more and
feeling better about yourself which will
make you happier there’s a direct link
between your studying and your happiness
there are a few people who have decided
within themselves I’m going to make it
some people aren’t waiting for their
lives to improve some people are moving
on their own because they feel within
themselves I’ve got what it takes to
make it they are not afraid about
tomorrow because of how they see
themselves because of what they feel
that they deserve because of what they
feel that they can create for themselves
because these people have decided as
they look at the future as they look at
themselves there’s a way where there’s a
will there’s a way and when you have
that kind of drive nothing can stop you
nothing
that’s what life is about pushing and
challenging looking for ways in which
you can improve yourself but not only is
it important that you believe and begin
to know that it’s possible to live your
dreams as you run towards it but it’s
necessary that you work on yourself that
you develop yourself it’s necessary that
you get the energy drainers out of your
life and that’s the difference between
people that are excelling in school and
university and those that are not people
that excel in their education are people
that understand that pain can be turned
around and used as fuel to fight back
harder and that pain if it’s deep enough
if it hurts enough it can carry you for
the next two three even four or more
years it’s that powerful
I like how Will Smith puts it 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 Jocko 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 scream 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 great
at all 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
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 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’ve 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
or 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 the
feeling of getting the same mediocre
grades every exam every report every
assignment the feeling of being tired of
getting beaten up by procrastination the
feeling of anxiety and stress every time
a deadline approaches it’s the tiredness
that will propel you to have the
motivation to change the desire to get
off the ground and stand up and stop
eating dirt the battleground is in your
mind that’s where the war is it’s in
your head that’s where the enemy fights
that’s where procrastination and
temptations lie as soon as you wake up
the battle begins and it continues
throughout the day through temptations
and seductions the battle continues and
your friends see you studying and
studying they see you studying all day
and you make it look so easy but they
have no idea of the gunfire going off in
your head because the real battlefield
is in your mind it’s never the situation
you find yourself in it’s always in your
head this is your moment this is your
year of transformation complete
rethinking re-examining rescheduling
re-evaluating this is the battlefield
it’s not exams it’s not reports it’s not
enemies it’s not teachers it’s not
parents that’s not the battlefield stop
wasting your time focusing on these
things and look within you it is
something that is ingrained in every
successful person to look at the
external problems around you and improve
and fix yourself to be able to overcome
those problems the ability to push
through difficult times the more you
overcome today the easier you will
overcome obstacles tomorrow and once you
build up that momentum of improving your
productivity it becomes a whole lot
easier and it’s funny how it works the
more you study the more you prepare for
your exams the easier your exams will be
the easier University will be the easier
it will be to get a good internship or
graduate job after you graduate it’s
really very simple the more effort you
put into developing yourself and
improving your studying the easier your
life will be respect the struggle of
your journey because it’s the struggle
that will build you to become stronger
but be persistent keep working on it’s
going to be hard but that is an
incredible thing because you’re going to
figure it out you will pull through
you have enough
you have enough resources you have
enough commitment you will find a way to
smash your exams you will figure things
out when tomorrow comes you might not
know what steps to take but believe in
yourself why are you only getting
average grades how can so many people in
your class get better grades than you
they’re probably not smarter than you
and even if they are that’s only a small
part of a far bigger picture the biggest
factor here in influencing whether your
grades will be average or if your grades
will be among the best in your class
comes down to one thing the amount of
effort you put into your studying and
that doesn’t just mean opening a
textbook and reading for as long as
possible until you feel tired it’s more
than that it means asking the professor
questions practicing with past paper
questions following a study schedule
religiously going to classes eating
healthily staying hydrated doing
exercise daily getting seven to eight
hours of sleep a night it’s all these
things as well as studying 10 hours a
day if that’s what’s required studying
10 hours a day is pointless if you’re
exhausted from getting 2 hours of sleep
the night before you’re binging on junk
food and you’re missing all your classes
that’s not the point of all this it’s
the attitude you need to have that will
only come with phenomenal grades this
attitude can lead to new opportunities
open doors lead to scholarships boost
your confidence and even improve your
social life so if you’ve got a problem
with getting average or below average
grades then do something about it
before you know it your formal education
will come to an end and you’ll be thrown
into the world of work so don’t waste
these years make the most of them
that means no wasting time no
procrastinating the earlier you decide
you’re going to give your studying
everything you’ve got the better life
you’re going to have believe me at two
hours you were going to spend watching a
film on Netflix will be far better spent
studying in the long term these small
decisions to study instead of
procrastinating add up you’re more
likely to be happier healthier and
definitely wealthier I’m not saying
relaxing and chilling in front of
Netflix is always bad but if you’re
procrastinating for four or more hours a
day when you know you should be studying
I’m saying that right there needs to be
fixed
it’s the grade a students that you
should be chasing you know who I’m
talking about
the ones that seem to do well in every
single exam that’s thrown at them but
you don’t see the hours and hours
sitting at their desk with just their
study lamp on while everyone else is
doing things that don’t matter you don’t
see the parties they didn’t attend or
the films they haven’t seen because they
were so focused on studying it’s behind
the scenes in private where the grind
and hustle takes place so what are you
going to do about it I’ll tell you what
you’re gonna do observe them learn from
that study them this is your time this
is your moment no one else is going to
make it happen only you have control of
your grades or card work smart be
consistent seven days a week no excuses
no procrastination you have it within
you you just have to find it and if you
keep this up within a few weeks you’ll
see your grades increase within a few
months you’ll be among the top students
in your class
trust me
try it
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as Eric Thomas says you have to give it
everything you’ve got
no more TV no more partying no more
playing if you don’t have a 4.0 what you
need to be doing is studying get off the
phone sorry I’m not available until the
end of this year
you’ve reached the right number but
you’ve called me at the wrong time I’m
about to start studying now I dare you
to keep retaking your exams over and
over until you pass I dare you to have
100% attendance I dare you to stop
missing classes like you’re soft that’s
the problem with a lot of students it’s
a soft generation so they quit
everything and if you create a culture
of losing if you keep going through life
and not even caring whether you lose or
not if you keep failing and failing your
exams because you’re making the same
mistakes again and again if you keep
letting it happen then it’s going to
become a culture you need to stop being
a victim and start creating the life
that you’re capable of there is no
excuse for not living up to your full
potential this will only happen when you
stop waiting for good things to happen
to you and you start taking action to
make them happen
that means stop waiting for the right
time to study stop waiting until you
feel ready just study straight away
stop letting negative people influence
you and drag you down with them
push forward I’m going to learn
I’m going to fight I’m going to do what
it takes to get the highest grade
possible in these exams I’m going to do
everything in my power every single day
to stop being a victim and start making
something of my life in the words of
Eric Thomas you get from being a loser
low self-esteem doubt in fear but if you
can find your way to this side guys it’s
sweeter on this side greatness it’s
about getting better never settling
never saying well I got a PhD now so I’m
finished
you know at the end of the day when you
lay your head down and sleep if you’ve
pushed yourself as hard as you could or
if you just took the backseat and let
life do what it wanted with you
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most of you won’t be successful because
when you get tired you quit there’s no
motivation or drive there to push you
through the tiredness you always want to
blame other people you always want to
hold other people accountable you’re so
quick to point out other people’s flaws
but you never look at yourself and point
out your own flaws and if you don’t do
that then you’re not going to improve
them and grow there’s a lot of potential
within you a lot of talent but you need
to realize that your talent is not going
to create itself your talent isn’t going
to nurture itself
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