Today results of XII standard are declared. Many students scored 100 % marks in exams. Due to know how they achieved this goal?
Honestly do you know exactly what the highly successful students do? In fact, there is no great secret in
knowing the five top Habits of Highly successful students, but the real problem
is that even when we know everything we find it very difficult to follow these
habits. We make this long list of new year resolutions and by the 10th of
January, we are sitting on our couch eating vada-pav guzzling cutting (tea) binging
on Netflix. Today we will see the things that the top five habits of highly
successful students, which make them different from rest other common students. So,
let's begin with the names of these four books: one is atomic habits by James Clear;
two is the power of habit by Charles Duhigg; three is indestructible by Mere Air
and hooked also by near Yale and now the how’s and why’s of the five habits of
successful students habit number five, find the source of your distraction now
you might think that the phone is a source of your distraction and that by
keeping it on silent it'll be the solution to all your problems. Have you ever
wondered why you find it impossible to do that? So let's try to find the real
source of your distraction. New Al says that the opposite of distraction is not focused but attraction and the common word between the two is an action which means
it's something we do and not something that happens to us. So attraction is
the things that you do, that you planned to do and distraction are the things
that you do that you didn't plan for now. There are two triggers to distraction;
one is the more obvious external trigger the beeps and rings on your phone. The
second is the internal trigger something inside you. Now, it could be
loneliness, it could be low self-esteem or it could be just boredom that leads
you to grab that phone. Our brain is using these distractions to prevent us
from these uncomfortable feelings. So we need two strategies here; one is to
manage our internal triggers. Now if you really have to manage our distractions,
we need to recognize and manage our internal triggers. But how are we going to
do this? So, here are some steps to follow:
One:
Every time you notice a serious
distraction, just take a notebook and write down the exact sensation that you
feel. Is it fatigue? or is it something more painful to acknowledge the
sensation? Let it come to the surface. Don't drown it or shut it out. So, if
you find that you were procrastinating because you were stressing about an assignment,
recognize it, calm yourself down. Take a warm shower and be compassionate to
yourself. Don't deliberate yourself for procrastinating. Give yourself 10
minutes. Most of the times the pain will either pass or settle and once you're
aware of the nature of the problems over time, you might be able to manage the
root cause of your distractions.
Now strategy number two is to pack external triggers, follow these simple steps.
Step 1 one turn off the notifications on all the apps on your phone. Right now
this is non-negotiable. step number two when you study keep your phone away
from your study space. Now the brain resists extra effort and you'll find that
every time you try to grab the phone and you find that it's sitting forty-five
seconds away inadvertently. You'll tell yourself okay, I'll check it later and
announce this to your friends. tell everyone that I don't check my phone always
on time and they will stop expecting instant replies from you. Tip number three
send fewer messages. Now, every time you send a message you look at your phone and
you wait for a response. This leads to a cycle of its own. Tip number four: Active
participation in class. Avoid looking at your phone during class hours. Now
take notes ask and answer questions participate in discussions and you'll be amazed
at how much you've finished learning in the school itself. While everyone else was
busy checking their phones. Now I'm going to give you the names of three apps
that are absolutely free for you to use that will help you hack your external
triggers. One is the forest App and second is the Self-control App and three is
the time guard habit; number four finds your golden hour or two. Now everyone
has that perfect time during the day when they are most productive. So look
around the routine of your house and find that perfect slot of time when you’re
most productive, creative, and energetic. The mind is fresh at 7:00 a.m. now I work
from home and I find it very challenging to be productive, so here's how I hack
my day. I wake up at about 6:30 a.m. Drink a few glasses of water and get
me a cup of herbal tea. Now, these were old habits and I decided to stack a
new habit on top of this. I wasn't getting time to do my music. I decided to do
20 minutes of reals while having that purpose. Then have a cup of tea at 7:00
a.m. During this phase, I don't read the newspaper or respond to my phone's messages.
I go straight into my study and this is the time that I spend writing the articles
for you all. Now, this is the work that means the most amount of creativity and solitude
and I find that this golden hour or two gives me so much productivity that
sometimes the entire day cannot. So, stay connected I will share the more ideas
and tips to the next coming article.
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