Happy New Year, Everyone!
// January 1st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Grandmaster Habits, Study Techniques
It is 2010 and school is starting again! I know many students dread school lessons, but if you have heed my advice and study in advance during the school holidays, you should have no problem coping with lesson in this year. If not, don’t worry too! Keep on reading my articles and your learning curve will be more gentle and more fun if you have practised what I have shared. Remember, studying is cool!
In my last post, I have shared about the importance of setting goals, and I have seen many of you posting about your resolution in my forum! Well done, young ones! Unfortunately, there are still many kids who do not believe in setting goals. They always say, “goals are useless. They don’t work for me. I never achieve a single goal in my whole lifetime.”
Does it sound familiar to you? Well, there are 5 reasons why goals don’t work for most people.
1) Self-Limiting Beliefs
This is one key reason why people don’t set goals for themselves. They only dream of what they want. But when it comes to writing their goal down and making a commitment, they start giving excuses like, “I am not smart enough,” “I am hopeless in Maths,” “It is too difficult for me.”
By now, you should have known that all these are not true but mere perceptions we made about ourselves. So start to break your limiting beliefs and create empowering ones.
2) They don’t know what they want
The first step in setting a goal is to know very clearly what you want in the first place. Ask yourself, “What do you really want in life?” Many people respond by saying, “But I don’t know what I want!”
Successful students have clearly written goals and vision. I remembered asking one of them what he wants to achieve for his final exam and he replied, “Grandmaster, 10 ‘A’s!” Greatly impressed by his answer, I asked him, “Why do you want to score 10 ‘A’s?” He replied,” Because I want to study Medicine in the future. My dream is to find a cure for lung cancer.”
