Tips for students that really works

Tips for students that really works

What if I gave you three simple tips that'll help you increase your concentration on study for long hours? And what if I told you that this one single activity of being able to focus will single handedly take you to the path of success?

Today we're talking about how to increase your focus and concentration on your studies for long hours. 

I will give you three tips. And at the end I will also give you three bonus tips. 

Let me tell you a secret. People that are successful don't feel any of these problems. But the question is, how do we become like that? And tip number one is called programming. Now, imagine you're driving in a car down this beautiful mountainous track. Now, what if you're sitting in the backseat of the car?

Chances are initially you're going to be looking out to see what's the scenery or you're going to be looking in front to see that. Can I keep track of the route? But after some time, I guarantee you you're going to get bored and you're going to either start looking at your phone or you're going to fall off to sleep or you're going to be asking the driver, how long is this going to take?

Now, just imagine that you are in the driver's seat now, no matter how many distractions are there, how much you feel hunger, thirst or your phone is ringing. You're going to cut out everything and focus entirely on every oncoming vehicle and have been bent. 

Now, why such a big difference? The question is, in our lives, are we in the driver's seat or is someone else driving our vehicle? Are we taking charge or are we blaming someone else for my problems?

Our brain is a super power. It before its rules to distraction and direction are inversely proportional. When one goes up, the other one comes down. Now, the reason I call this programming is because every day you think it's easy. 

But every day when you wake up, chances are you're going to slip right back into your old way of thinking. And which is why each morning when you wake up, ask yourself, am I in the driver's seat of my life? 

I've I've taken responsibility for everything that happens to me today. And soon it's gonna become a habit. 

"How to increase your focus and concentration".

Tip number two is called practice. Now, no one ever taught you how to concentrate. Your parents just tell you. Concentrate. Go. But no one tells us how to do it. Now, attention is a muscle. And just like every other muscle in the body, it requires training. 

Now, Malcolm Gladwell said that in order to become an expert at something, you need to spend 10000 hours learning it. And guess what happens to us every day? 

We spend about 15 to 16 hours being distracted. We're talking to someone. We're checking the phone. We're reading a book. We're checking our laptop. And guess what? You're becoming an expert at at Distraction. 

So today I'm going to teach you something that you will follow initially just for 10 minutes in your day. And eventually you're going to become a master at your own focus and concentration. 

Take out 10 minutes of time where you can be alone and comfortable in a room and which is the room that you enjoy studying in.

Now finish all your eating and drinking before you go into that room and keep your phone and laptop outside. Since this is your first training session, we're going to start with your favorite subject.

So take one textbook. Don't take five, six, seven textbooks. Remember, we're only talking about ten minutes. Take one textbook, one note book, a couple of pens if you like, colored pens and take one extra sheet of paper, which we are going to use as a distraction sheet. Take a time out with you. And when you think you're ready to begin, sit on the timer.

Now pick up your textbook and read actively read aloud, shut the book, ask yourself some questions. Maybe you want to make some notes. Try to see if you can remember what you've studied. Highlight. Underline.

And you're going to find that suddenly something pops into your head saying, hey, you need to call somebody or you need to respond to somebodies message. Now, whatever distracting thoughts get into your head.

Put all of that down on this sheet that's lengthy aside. Come back and study, write down the thought, come back and start. And towards the end of ten minutes, just shut the books. Switch off the timer. Close everything and walk away from natural.

 And like all exercise, the first day is usually a bit unusual.But it's possible that what you've accomplished in this 10 minutes is as deep as what you would have accomplished in a whole hour. 

Gradually try to increase the number of these slots that you take. Don't be in a hurry to increase the length of the slot. 

There are only three rules that you need to follow to make this activity a success. 

Rule number one

 every time a distracting thought enters your mind, write it down on that distraction sheet lying on the side.

 Rule number two

 every time you think you're totally losing concentration, switch it off, close your books and move out. Don't worry about the timer. And 

Rule number three

Never, never, never get your phone into the space. This is a sacred space where you always focus the moment you allow the. Traction. Into the space. You pollute the space when you follow these three golden rules, you will be able to sit for at least about 45 minutes and concentrate with full focus and to keep your mind sharp and focused.

We also need to have a healthy body. So here are the three things you need to look at.

One is your diet. 

Eat a diet of healthy food. Drink a lot of water. Cut down on sugars because that makes us sleepy.

Second is sleep. 

Sleep is brain. Food is not only brain food. It is super food for the brain. So if you can get about seven to seven and a half hours of sleep every night, you're going to actually increase the ability of the brain to focus and concentrate.

And the third thing you need to look at is exercise. 

A good exercise routine increases the blood circulation and carries oxygen to the brain to help us focus and concentrate. And there's one more little practice session that you need to do every single day. It's called mindfulness. 

Some people call it meditation. But don't worry. Don't be afraid of those big words. All it means is doing one single task at a time and focusing on it. So, for example, you're talking to someone only focus on the person. Don't be taking your phone of the time. If you're drinking a glass of juice. Think about the glass of juice. Don't be looking at television at the same time. 

So the goal is that in every activity that you do during the day, do one thing at a time with full concentration and your mind starts getting trained to focus on the activity that is taking part in. And they say the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war, the more you practice mindfulness and concentration in the little little things every day. 

That attitude is going to carry with you to the high pressure situations of a heavy competitive exam. You're going to be able to focus beautifully in that three hour competitive exam without a problem. How to increase your focus and concentration. Tip number three is called passion.

Now, passion to like focus can be cultivated. And I'm going to give you three quick ideas on how you can cultivate the passion.

 The first thing that you need to do is don't start reading the textbook right away on a new chapter.A new topic. Cover to cover.

 Textbooks are not thrillers. They are boring. So before we open that textbook, how about we had an interesting higher level perspective on the topic that makes us super interested in actually reading that textbook. So a couple of things you can do. 

You can go to a Khan Academy video.You can go to a Nat Geo video, if that's what your subject area is. You could also listen to podcasts and they sometimes give you this big picture. Interesting overview.

But the idea is, first, train your mind to first get interested in the topic and then open the textbook.

And again, the textbook we will not read cover to cover. We'll use the F killed three. Our technique, which we've discussed in the previous video, and you can go back and watch that and drop a link down below as well. The second idea to help you develop passion is to give yourself rewards. 

Now, when we train our mind, we need a reward at the end. Allowing yourself to make that phone call to a friend. It could be playing with your pet or it could be grabbing that small piece of chocolate. Once in a while. And the third idea that's going to keep our interest in that subject is to vary our study techniques.

 If you're reading from a book one time, make notes another time. Go to a video a third time and try different, different things. And we've got a video to talk about all these interesting study techniques. And I'm going to drop a link below. And finally, for the three bonus tips that I had promised to give you. And bonus tip number one is called Focus on Fewer Things. 

Yes, a lot of people will tell you to write down all your priorities and A, B and C, and they'll tell you that go for the priority right now. Try to do the B later. And, you know, if you get some time, look at your C priority. But Warren Buffet sees that he writes down on his priorities into A, B and C, and he only goes for. He actively dissuades you from looking at A, B and C, and he says those are the distracters. So Bill Gates says himself that the reason for success is because he focuses on fewer things.

Bonus tip number two is that sometimes the reason we are not able to focus on our goal is because we haven't written down our goals clearly enough.

So how about we take a piece of paper and write down our goal very clearly in one month? What is it that I want to achieve? And bonus tip number three is call start saying no. Yes, it is. Lot of people will tell you that you need to say yes to everything. You need to be positive. But I'm saying to you, start saying. No.

And this is in tandem with focus on fewer things when somebody comes up, deal with an idea and chances, I'd say, hey, this is so exciting. How about I go ahead and do it? Tell the person, let me think about it. And I suggest sleep over that idea. Wake up the next morning. And unless it is exactly in line with those one, two, three items that you had in your a priority list, say no.

Do this and see the change. It should not take more than 3 days to see change in your study patter if you follow all my guidelines. 

Make sure you share these tips with your friends and help them too. Because sharing is caring.