A. Get interested before start.
Confucius said, "Better the desire than knowledge; better interest than the desire.”This saying is very reasonable, for it profoundly interprets the influence that interest has upon study.
It is also because of its importance that we put interest in the first place.Interest helps concentrate.And once you concentrate your interest on study, you’ll get more energy and chance than others.
Learning from someone doing well in studies, your biggest finding will be nothing else than the fact that he shows great interest in every subject, This interest equips him with more passion, which impulses him to grasp any knowledge around.
And this passion generates incomparable perseverance in him, enabling him to solve puzzles insolvable to others and consolidating his knowledge foundation.The power of interest shows evidently.
The cultivation of interest is not so difficult.Here I take only two ways as an example.
Make use of conditioned reflex. If some one always studies when he is tired and feels sleepy, in long term the conditioned reflex of study and sleepiness forms. He would always be in low spirits when he studies.This is why those always look sleepy in class.
Do something pleasant before study and keep this emotion in study. The conditioned reflect of study and pleasure forms. You’ll feel pleased when study and study when you feel pleased.Thus the interest of study is cultivated.
There is also something else you can do to help study.
Interest requires others’ praise and encouragement.When you need interest on something, do it and do it well even if you feel no passion.You’ll feel the willing to do it upon others’ praise and encouragement. This also helps to cultivate your interest.
I did terribly and felt no interest in Politics in the second half of Grade Third in my junior middle school.But I knew somehow I had to improve it.I did my homework on Politics first everyday and often discussed with the teacher.
Just due to these two measures, my grades advanced apparently in ten days.
It can be said that interest is the most active element in study. It is decisive in the results and governs all other elements.We must emphasis on interest.
C. Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Emerson said, “Self-trust is the first secret of success.”Self-trust is of great importance in study, yet it is among the elements which are often neglected in the process of study.
When the result is not ideal, people always impute it to the lack of efforts or intelligence. They always neglect the great effect that psychology has upon the results of study.It can be said that the adjustment is more important than the study method and the attitude (hardworking or not).
Be quiet in mind when you study, and you can study attentively.
Be mentally positive, and you can turn stress into motivity and promote yourself.
Similarly, trust yourself but not fanatically, and then you won’t keep wandering on your answers.
It appears negligible but in fact is most important. On the one hand you can save time when you take exam; on the other hand you will feel sure afterward. As a matter of fact, self-trust is an attitude to life and one of the essential qualities of a successful man.
It doesn’t come to exist groundlessly but lies on strong skills and abundant basic knowledge, which will be talked about later.s
When you do scientific homework, you should know whether you have done it correctly on finishing it.Here self-trust means trusting your ability to solve problems.It helps put your possessed abilities into full performance and is embodied everywhere in your study process.You can see its great effect and say, “I am a success out of self-trust and with it I become mature every step I take
Now we can to something more practical.If you want to possess self-trust, the most crucial is to consider yourself strong.If you are strong on a certain subject, find one who can not match you and say, “I would like to help you with this subject. Is there anything I can do for you?” Explain to him and help him find more exercises.This is a good way to possess self-trust.You can also solve some problems neglected by most people and thus greatly improve your grades, which also helps build your self-trust.
Self-trust is the prerequisite of putting your abilities into full performance.Once you possess self-trust, you can say you are a true success.
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