How can I improve my work ethic?
I’ve always been an underacheiver – I coast through courses using my intelligence and a little bit of work to get average (2.7 GPA) grades. I want desperately to be able to ‘buckle down’ and learn everything better, and practising extra problems etc. I know exactly what to do to get a 4.0 GPA. I know I am capable of a 4.0. The problem is, I always feel so incredibly turned off by studying that I don’t do nearly as much as I should.
When I really get going, I can study for 10 hours at a time, but I am rarely able to get myself to START one of those ‘study sessions’, even though it’s easy to sustain once I start.
Any suggestions? I’m sick of mediocrity.
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So my advice, think of yourself as if you have already finished your degree, think of having an interview where you are asked a question that should be easily answered had you studied just a little bit more while in college but instead you watched tv, or played computer games or took to many extra hours at your part time job just to buy that stereo or something you wanted. Now think do you want to be that person or the person who can easily answer that interview question!
Find a place that you can study mainly and go there constantly. I know its easy to be distracted but just cut it out and make the decision to study hard every day. Remember the saying study hard play hard. That doesn’t have to change you can study hard and still go out and have fun. Just cut out the bs thats just a distraction.
Good luck in your quest.
“Any fool can be mediocre; talent takes work.”
Sure, studying is a drag, but the only way to get where you need to do is apply yourself.
It’s 6 o’clock; time to hit those books
I had the same problem. Maybe take a brisk walk then try to “hit the books”??
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