PUSH YOURSELF A LITTLE MORE

“You will never

Change your

Life until you

Change

Something you

Do daily. The secret of your

Success is

Found in your

Daily routine.” -  Darren Hardy

Every day the absentee figures of students are shared with me, the latecomers and improper uniform graph is submitted to me every month, and the figure statement of the language skill and numeracy skill development of students is submitted every term, apart from the results of their academic performance.

Though the school insists on punctuality and appreciates those who are punctual every day, by giving a certificate every month, there are still students who are fighting a battle in their mind and are unable to come to school on time.

A small change every day in your sleeping time or waking up time or in your daily routine, can help you reach school on time. Keeping the uniform ready the previous day will ensure that you do not violate the school rules. Getting into the habit of arranging the books as per the time-table, the previous night will not only take care of the bag weight, but will also ensure that you do not miss any of your books for the day.  

Identifying your weaknesses and working on it, one day at a time, will help you to improve. If your handwriting needs to improve, take time every day to write one page neatly. If you are not good at reading, you should read a few pages every day. Expose yourself to the language often, by watching English films for children every weekend, listen to English news every day, speak in English with your friends, even if you make mistakes.

This is how we learn a language. We fear being ridiculed and so we speak in our mother tongue, which is our comfort zone. By overcoming your limitations, you will feel proud of yourself.

Nobody became an expert in any field overnight. There is a struggle in mastering anything. Ask a Dhoni or an Elon Musk or a Jeff besos, or a Gukesh, how they became world famous. Their beginnings were very humble. But their success story is history now. They worked one day at a time.

You reach a state of effortlessness itself through effort.

Everything in life that we achieve is by putting in a little more effort.  All our small achievements cumulatively lead to big achievements. Just like how James Clear says in his book, “Atomic Habits,” “small, consistent improvements can compound over time to produce remarkable results. So, aim to be 1% better every day.”

I would urge you to study for 30 minutes more, when you feel it is enough for the day.

When you feel tired and sleepy, tell yourself that the next day in school will be so much more peaceful if you keep your uniform ready and arrange the books as per the time table.

You may be tempted to play computer games or watch television when you come back after a long day in school. Fair enough. But restrict the time wasted on it and do what is most important.

The benefit of doing what is important and not what is pleasurable is that, you will develop the discipline to make the right choices in life. Work on one habit at a time. Overcome that weakness and move on to the next. We may think that a disciplined life is boring, it is so repetitive, it is monotonous, yet, discipline is the most pleasurable pain. A disciplined life is truly liberating.

Not only for children, even for adults, you reap massive rewards because of the small habits you are performing.

1.Add daily movements to be healthy

2. Avoid the elevator and use the staircase

3. Save a little money every day and it will be lot more at the end of the year

4. Meditate for 15 minutes consistently

5. Write a line of gratitude every day.

Begin with just these five habits and watch out for your life. You will make monumental progress. All you need to do is, push yourself a little more.

As mahatria says, ‘’ Existential glory is that all are born equals. Human glory lies in ensuring that we do not die as equals.”

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