Help needed..

[Positivegal]

Hi Smarties,

I had a target of completing really important couple of courses by the mid of december.

But the thing I am worried. that I am not Productive ..The reasons are:

1)Day dreaming..it leads to distarct my concentration.
2)Thinking about something repeatedly.
3)Thinking about the result.
4)I study hard until the end of the course but when it comes to time of exam I feel like I am drained away and doesn´t have any motivation to write the exams..I am really unable to understand what kind of nature is this?

I would be really thankful If someone would like to help me in this context,How to get done with my courses with flying colours..

Regards,
Pg..

[AlexG]

I can tell you in my experience any time I felt this it all came down is that I did not care about what I was doing. I didn't love it.

What courses are you taking?
Is that where you want to go?
Do you truly love it or are you just fullfilling the school/course requirements?
Is that what you want to do in life whatever you are studying right now?

[Positivegal]

Originally Posted by AlexG

I can tell you in my experience any time I felt this it all came down is that I did not care about what I was doing. I didn't love it.

What courses are you taking?
Is that where you want to go?
Do you truly love it or are you just fullfilling the school/course requirements?
Is that what you want to do in life whatever you are studying right now?

I am doing Programming stuff and I am pending it from last 2years due to some Problems and I have to complete it any cost..I know that I should love it but my background was from chemistry and I jumped to computers oriented courses in unfortunate situ..But I am trying to do complete this courses..as I really need this degree for my future..

Regards,
Pg..

[btwendel]

As Alex pointed out, if you do not love what you are studying it will be hard due to lack of genuine motivation.

Do what you love or love what you do.

You do need to work on your mindset, convincing yourself that - at least for now - the courses you study are the things you want to do.

[Positivegal]

Originally Posted by btwendel

As Alex pointed out, if you do not love what you are studying it will be hard due to lack of genuine motivation.

Do what you love or love what you do.

You do need to work on your mindset, convincing yourself that - at least for now - the courses you study are the things you want to do.

Hi btwendel,

Thank you for the advice..

I think I really need to work on my mindset to focus on what I am doing

Regards,
Pg..

[WadudaNura]

PG,

What I've found helped me in focusing is very simple. I sit down, and ask myself, what is it that I really want to do right now, what do I really think needs to happen right now? and then I write it down.

and then as a reward to myself, after 30 minutes of studying I do what I said I was going to do or a small portion of it for 10-15 minutes, then I repeat.

i.e. Today, I felt like I needed to do a meditation, that was after one halfhour block, I needed to clean my car a little, that was after another halfhour block, I needed to write down a list of things in general that need to be done around the house or in a certain area of my life, etc.

Oftentimes I find that my halfhour blocks become longer and I don't feel like doing the reward even afterward, but I make sure to do the reward at least a little bit so my brain doesn't trick me into not going with the half-hour block again, if that makes sense?

That way I'm really focused while I'm studying.

hope this helps!

[MyNoteTakingNerd]

Here is a post I recently made on my blog that may help you.

It’s Sunday… Yayyyyyyy…. a Day of Rest!

Well as my Friends 14 year old Daughter would say, as she stood there hands on hip and shook her head…

“Uh Uh I Don’t Think So!”

Today I want to talk about what may be the single biggest mistake, we as entreprenuers, make. Also, below I’m giving yet another Small but Powerful Report to ya, on this very topic, from a Genius.

Let me ask you a question. Are you really ever present anywhere? Are you ever focused on one single thing? For years… I was your typical Entrepreneur on Crack and Steroids. I had the next great Idea, to rule the planet, about once a week and I’d grab my makeshift Team of Associates and race off to the promise land… Only to quit or lose focus about 1/4 of the way to the finish line.

There are three reasons for this. One, I didn’t have the proper skill set to get what I wanted done. Two, once the initial motivation of the Idea wore off, I lost traction and the “will” to make it happen. Finally, I was overwhelmed with the day to day chaos of this life we live.

Today I want to talk about how you can make a difference in this area.

WHAT’S THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING WE DO THAT CAUSES THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH FOCUS AND FOLLOW THRU? …. (drum rolllllllllll) We do not take time off for renewal.

If you find yourself not being able to focus, concentrate, or follow thru then I’m going to suggest you start taking some time off. Yep.. You heard me.

What happens to a car when the battery dies? Do me a favor… go outside and turn the lights on in your car. Go back inside and in about 6 hours or so GO see if your car is willing to “take” you to the store.

You’re probably saying, “well no *&^% Nerd Boy”. Of course, the battery is going to be dead.

So let me ask you a question. “If you work all day, feed yourself junk food, go home stressed because you’re behind at the office, KICK the dog, fight with the Wife because you’re never “Quite There” or distant, and then move into your cave and work till you fall asleep at the desk……… What’s going to happen to you? As my Friend’s 14 year old would say to me .. “No Duh Nerdy Boy” of course you’re gonna burn out.

And for the Lovely, Smart, Talented, and Way Superior Then Me Ladies out there. Please understand that when I tell a story and it refers to “Us Guys” I’m not a man pig .. just tryin’ to write without the filters of political mandate. So please hang in there with me.

O.K. .. we’ve established that we’re burning the candle at both ends. Our “Batteries”, metaphorically speaking, have been Fried for years and we are running on shear will power.

That’s the equivalent of running out of gas on a hill, getting out and pushing the old clunker yourself on a Hot Humid Day

I hope ya got the point I’m trying to drive home here. Our bodies and minds are screaming for some Gas and Renewal.

So here ya go. Five Easy Steps to Recharging, Massively Increasing our Productivity and Quality of Life.

1. Start Managing Yourself Better. As you plan your day tommorrow I want you begin to think of the two most important things you could get done. Next, plan a fifty minute focused session for each one. Follow Each Fifty minute session with a ten minute Renewal Break. I got this directly from Eben Pagan and he credist it with transforming his life. Your day tomorrow should look like this. One 50 minute focued session on Important task #1, followed by ten minutes of relaxation, then another 50 minute session on important task #2, followed by another ten minutes of relaxation. Do this every single day for a month and WHAMO.. you are going to be shocked at the changes.

2. Start to make some simple changes to your diet. I’m not writing this blog to preach about “diets” but I just can’t let this post go without adding this. So here are two things to do for next thirty days. First, drink one glass of water every two hours. Two, replace one of those nutritious Whoppers with a salad each day. And, as a bonus but only if you find yourself, obsessing about it,… maybe right now .. begin to read articles or books on taking better care of your health and fitness.

3. Next… Be present for One Hour each night with your friends or family. What do I mean? When you arrive home or just hangin’ out with friends in the evening,…. be “there”. Give yourself permission to forget everything else in life and give your full attention for one little, tiny hour to the people you care about. Believe me this will be hard and I’ve got a whole set of issues, with this myself, I’m currently working on but that’s for another day over at the “My Note Taking Nerd’s one Screwed Up Dude” blog.

4. This week take a 4 hour chunk of time to just relax and have fun. This might be reading a good book outside. It might be going for a hike. It might be going to a movie you’ve wanted to see with your friends or “better half” and then sneaking in to a double feature (I’ve never done this myself of course.. alright you caught me… maybe once.) My point is to take sometime to just recharge and let your mind release from the stresses of life.

5. Finally, Get yo’ hiny on down this page and download the Wake up Productive Report and read the dang thing already. It will change your life.

This report can be found at the link next to my signature at bottom of page. It's a Cliff Notes Version of Eben Pagan's Wake Up Productive Program and is one of the best seminars on earth for reclaiming focus, determination, and self management.

As Britney Spears would say.. Happy Sunday Ya All

My Note Taking Nerd

[Phyrebrand]

I too get distracted by daydreams and by mild bouts of depression. I find it helps to visualize why you are doing what you are doing. Most of the big money degrees (medicine, computers, accounting/finance) have weed out classes that few people enjoy, but if you can visualize the money and the comfortable lifestyle you will have one day, can make your load much easier. Also, if you're daydreaming about an opposite desire or direction, that you're working against yourself. Daydreaming is after all a type of hypnotic state with powerful visualization taking place semi-consciously.

[Eisho]

Originally Posted by Positivegal

Hi Smarties,

I had a target of completing really important couple of courses by the mid of december.

But the thing I am worried. that I am not Productive ..The reasons are:

1)Day dreaming..it leads to distarct my concentration.
2)Thinking about something repeatedly.
3)Thinking about the result.
4)I study hard until the end of the course but when it comes to time of exam I feel like I am drained away and doesn´t have any motivation to write the exams..I am really unable to understand what kind of nature is this?

I would be really thankful If someone would like to help me in this context,How to get done with my courses with flying colours..

Regards,
Pg..

Write your goals down (completing your courses) and review them on a day to day basis after you wake up and before you sleep and as many times during the day as you can and especially when you feel yourself slipping away. BUT you should also create down time for yourself in your schedule to relax and unwind. There's no easy way around it, you need to discipline yourself.

Eisho

[Positivegal]

Thank you so much WadudaNura,Phyrebrand,MyNoteTakingNerd,Eisho for stopping and giving valuable advices and tips..

I will surely try them to make myself better..

Regards,
Pg..

[wolverine]

In reference to your last point, not wanting to do the exam after the semester -- I know exactly what you mean! You've spent the entire semester learning this stuff, you understand it, but you're tired (it might be fun but it's hard work too) and then they want you to regurgitate all of this stuff back to them?! What for?

Exams come at the end of a long, hard period of working, and they're like a huge hill at the end of a marathon. Just tough, and you're so close anyway, you've basically done it all. But you've put in all effort up to now, and you know exactly how good you'll feel when you reach the end. I find the best way is to throw your mind forward, not back; let go of the semester itself (though not the knowledge!) and focus on the end, the rush of being able to do the exams, the relief when you've done them and know you've done your best, knowing that ahead you've got a break in which you can relax, recharge and be raring to go again next semester.

Procrastination is a difficult issue to tackle, but not impossible. I'm still working on it!


Wolverine

[Positivegal]

Originally Posted by wolverine

In reference to your last point, not wanting to do the exam after the semester -- I know exactly what you mean! You've spent the entire semester learning this stuff, you understand it, but you're tired (it might be fun but it's hard work too) and then they want you to regurgitate all of this stuff back to them?! What for?

Exams come at the end of a long, hard period of working, and they're like a huge hill at the end of a marathon. Just tough, and you're so close anyway, you've basically done it all. But you've put in all effort up to now, and you know exactly how good you'll feel when you reach the end. I find the best way is to throw your mind forward, not back; let go of the semester itself (though not the knowledge!) and focus on the end, the rush of being able to do the exams, the relief when you've done them and know you've done your best, knowing that ahead you've got a break in which you can relax, recharge and be raring to go again next semester.

Procrastination is a difficult issue to tackle, but not impossible. I'm still working on it!


Wolverine

Hi Wolverine,

You are absolutely correct that I should increase my patience till the end of the exams and feel that 1 day everyhting will be over nad can be happily relax and live everafter..

THANKS A TON FOR YOUR EXPLAINATORY ADVICE.

Regards,
Pg..

[Daphne Lim]

Originally Posted by MyNoteTakingNerd

Five Easy Steps to Recharging, Massively Increasing our Productivity and Quality of Life.

1. Start Managing Yourself Better. As you plan your day tommorrow I want you begin to think of the two most important things you could get done. Next, plan a fifty minute focused session for each one. Follow Each Fifty minute session with a ten minute Renewal Break. I got this directly from Eben Pagan and he credist it with transforming his life. Your day tomorrow should look like this. One 50 minute focued session on Important task #1, followed by ten minutes of relaxation, then another 50 minute session on important task #2, followed by another ten minutes of relaxation. Do this every single day for a month and WHAMO.. you are going to be shocked at the changes.

2. Start to make some simple changes to your diet. I’m not writing this blog to preach about “diets” but I just can’t let this post go without adding this. So here are two things to do for next thirty days. First, drink one glass of water every two hours. Two, replace one of those nutritious Whoppers with a salad each day. And, as a bonus but only if you find yourself, obsessing about it,… maybe right now .. begin to read articles or books on taking better care of your health and fitness.

3. Next… Be present for One Hour each night with your friends or family. What do I mean? When you arrive home or just hangin’ out with friends in the evening,…. be “there”. Give yourself permission to forget everything else in life and give your full attention for one little, tiny hour to the people you care about. Believe me this will be hard and I’ve got a whole set of issues, with this myself, I’m currently working on but that’s for another day over at the “My Note Taking Nerd’s one Screwed Up Dude” blog.

4. This week take a 4 hour chunk of time to just relax and have fun. This might be reading a good book outside. It might be going for a hike. It might be going to a movie you’ve wanted to see with your friends or “better half” and then sneaking in to a double feature (I’ve never done this myself of course.. alright you caught me… maybe once.) My point is to take sometime to just recharge and let your mind release from the stresses of life.

5. Finally, Get yo’ hiny on down this page and download the Wake up Productive Report and read the dang thing already. It will change your life.

This report can be found at the link next to my signature at bottom of page. It's a Cliff Notes Version of Eben Pagan's Wake Up Productive Program and is one of the best seminars on earth for reclaiming focus, determination, and self management.

As Britney Spears would say.. Happy Sunday Ya All

My Note Taking Nerd

Wow, that was quite a post. Very useful advice.

Great job!