Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

(Part 10)

·       They prefer tasks with some degree of difficulty and novelty, which stimulate their learning skills.

·       They don’t apply the simple criteria of success fail to their learning. Remember, they are focused into the learning process.

·       They know how to handle groups.

·       Finally, they work with passion.

Other chief habit is that of asking questions. We have to establish hypothesis and set concrete, realistic goals. After reading any text we have to ask several different questions related to its content, in order to verify if we have completely understood the text. It’s also important to try to relate such text and other areas of our knowledge.  Again, linking ideas and concepts is a habit of highly successful students. So, link.

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Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

(Part 9)

·       They concentrate on the process of solving the task and understanding the involved ideas. Of course we are interested in getting good results, but the process is more important. A result is a very brief moment of life, while learning to develop processes is a skill the will last for the whole life

·       They interpret and analyze errors as a way of increasing their learning, i.e., they try to learn from their mistakes. This way, they see errors and failures as opportunities.

·       They look for their required information in several channels (books, journals, newspapers, experts, internet, and so on.)

·       They consult experts and teachers frequently. This action provides a new perspective about the studied topics.

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Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

(Part 7)

·        Everyone wants to be successful in life, but where are the keys to success? So we have to go out and search for those keys, or do we have those potentials already within ourselves? When we begin to examine life, we can see that it is divided into two aspects – life within and life without; internal life and external life – and we can see that these aspects are of equal importance. Even if we have renounced the world, gone far away from civilization, and live in the wilderness doing nothing but meditation, we cannot ignore external life. We still have to see that we eat, do our ablutions, and perform our practices on time. So life in the external world is as important as life in the internal world.

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Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

(Part 6)

If you prefer to play video games, then remember that making any game requires to prepare a detailed script including history, characters, goals and relations. Therefore, you could start writing down the script for your “dream” game. On the other side, you could imagine how the novel you are reading could be transformed into a video game (start out by thinking which gaming genre fits the novel better: role-playing, adventure, action, and so on.) The basic idea is to find match points and links between our affections and our chores. And such links there always exist. Remember, to link ideas and concepts are the most important habit for successful students.

Successful students also exhibit other particular traits we should internalize:

·        They are always trying to discover better approaches in order to accomplish their tasks (adequate studying place, availability of resources, etc.) You may find my post on Pristine Home with Feng Shui useful for improving your studying environment.

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The Importance of Taking Personal Responsibility

How can people be more responsible?

Being responsible is a learned behavior.  It is not an accident and it requires patience and effort.  If you want to be more responsible and practice the skills that will help you, you can become more responsible.  Begin by practicing these steps: ·        Complete the chores your parents give you to do ·        Listen and follow directions in school ·        Ask questions when you are confused or don’t understand ·        Write down your assignments and projects ·        Set a regular schedule to help you complete your school work ·        Study regularly for tests ·        Ask for help from others (friends, parents, teachers) when necessary ·        Accept that being a student is your job and plan to do it well

Accepting your personal responsibility’s

People have to accept what responsibilities are given to them. They are the ones that are responsible for what they are assigned to do.