We have talked a lot on this channel about how to do well academically. How to study effectively, how to ace your tests and how to crush those homework assignments even when you have barely any time to do them.
But of course, successful students don't just do well academically, they do well all around. So, that begs the question, what separates truly successful students, who have it all together in all areas of their lives, from everyone else?
Well, that's what I wanna talk about in this video and today we're gonna cover eight habits of successful students and yes, this is definitely a riff off of Stephen Covey's excellent book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which I have read and loved. But these eight habits are unique.
These come from my own observations of people that I know who are successful and things I've tried to cultivate in my own life and I think every single one of them is gonna help you in the upcoming semester. So, lets dive right in.
To start things off, successful students are forward thinkers. J. R. Tolken wrote in The Hobbit that, "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."
And as a student, you have a lot of live dragons to contend with. Not just on the academic side of things but on all fronts.
You've got your career plans. You've got relationships. You have your living situation, errands you need to run. There is a lot to keep track of. And when I was in college, I had a lot of friends who always seemed to be scrambling to get these things done at the last second.
They were basically letting life sneak up on them but if you can build a forward thinking mind set, this isn't going to happen to you. And you'll also position yourself for opportunities that would pass others by.
So, if you're not already a natural forward thinker, if you're not automatically thinking of things that are coming up in the near future, how do you become one? Well, I definitely think it is possible, because I didn't use to be one but now I am.
When I was a kid, I remember my mom would just like look up from whatever she was doing, oftentimes and ask me, hey Thomas, have you brushed your teeth today? And I remember thinking, like, how do you think of stuff like that?
