The three laws to success

There are many ways of achieving a goal. Probably as many as people, but sometimes experience and knowledge can teach us ways of getting better results. Learning and having good results is something you can achieve with great success, no matter what background you have if you follow these rules you'll have success in your studies.

First of all, there are three things that we must take into account when we go to school. Let's say these three things are our purpose when we study:

a) To learn

b) To enjoy and have fun

c) To pass the exams

Sports and studying have many things in common

The first one is obvious. You are studying to learn a number of contents, to acquire certain competences  and also to become a better person with all the things that implies. The second means that the more fun you have studying, the more you will learn. This doesn't mean that sometimes there are things that we don't like so much, but normally that happens because we're not good at them. The third one is the practical side of studying, that is learning techniques, reinforcing your own will and so on. In some way, everything is related.

Now, let's see the three laws to success:

1. PERSONAL AUTONOMY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Do you only do the things that the teacher tells you to do? Do you think you are responsible of your results? Do you have your own opinion about a topic? Have you made your own research on the internet?

Try to discover things by yourself. Organize your time. Plan things. Assume that you are the only one responsible of your results. Studying is like athletics a matter or organization, responsibility, techniques and will power.

2. STUDYING TECHNIQUES

You can make first of all mind maps. What is a mindmap? The best way to explain this is to read the following comic:

3. MOTIVATION AND WILL POWER

Motivation to learn correlates with success at school. That's why I think motivation is a very important part of the equation when learning. So your task here is to find your motivation. Your INTERNAL motivation.

Without that it’s very difficult to get really good results.

How can I motivate myself?

Think of your studies as a house you are building. Would you like to live in a beautiful house or just in a little room with no comfort?