Speaker: Hey guys welcome back to Operation Self Reset, I'm Jake Nawrocki and we are here
in my basement because I just got done with the promotional exam and as you can see to
the ridiculous amount of study materials to my left, I figured out four key tips that
kept myself in the chair, and kept my mind focused on the task at hand, so stick around.
I figured out there's four things about me that I really truly needed to do to obtain
success when it came to study.
I'm not the smartest guy in the world but I figured out a couple of things along the
way.
Step number one, timer, I use my iPhone as my timer.
At first when I sat down I would always try to go for at least one hour, I would go to
my clock app and I would do a stop watch and let it go up to one hour.
And I thought one hour would be ideal that I can walk around, go to the bathroom, whatever.
I couldnít sit in this chair for literally more than like 15 minutes, I would think,
ìI can't sit more than like 20 minutes, I cannot sit for more than 15 minutes.î
You feel stab from your neck hurts, your back, and I'll be like my brain would be separated
from my body, objectively cleaning at one point of the basement here I was like, "What
the heck am I doing?î Shivering and like sweaty, freak out, my brain would be thinking
about trips, and inventions, and the podcast and all that crazy stuff.
But as time went on I was able to increase my time from 20 minutes all the way up to
40 minutes.
At 40 minutes I literally have to get on up and walk around, stretch your legs, things
like that.
So if you're a person that's very empty, your mind is all over the place, and everything
like, I highly suggest you organize, set your timer for maybe 15 minutes at first, get up,
walk around then increase it over time to get to that 40 minutes to an hour range and
figure out the time that works for you.
Because what's the point of sitting down and trying to study when you can't even focus,
so that really help me and I hope that helps you.
Step number two, keep things close by.
I always kept a gallon of water and some snacks close by, the reason in this?
You don't get up out of the chair, the thing is it's the only way to learn the material
is to keep seated.
Step number three, noticing the shirt I'm wearing right now, it's a positive shirt,
It's from think positive apparel and this is a Buddha in the middle but all these lines
are coming in here are positive sayings.
I'm not saying that you need to be wearing positive shirts to keep you focused, but use
positive thinking to your advantage.
Understand why you are doing this task to promotion or wherever it may be, why are you
sitting here studying away when you could be hanging out with friends, family, doing
other things that are more enjoyable than study.
Nobody really like studying but the thing is understand what youíre doing it for, and
stay positive about it.
Notice the outcome that will happen if you pass that test or promotions and if you're
in trouble staying focused with your goals and understanding why you're doing this, as
you can see behind me I got a brick wall, I put my goal right in front of me, I hang
a little goal sheet and it remind me while I sit up, and stretch my neck, and crack my
back probably like all you guys do, it just kept me focus, it make me understand why I'm
doing this and sometimes we know why we're doing certain things but we get off track,
we think this is ridiculous or bogus or I want to go hang out with my friends tonight
or watch a TV episode but if you keep a little reminder by you, you should be at least focus
on one.
So step number four, as you can see like I'm saying we're in my basement, it's not the
most ideal situation but with a new born and a wife at home I got to keep myself close
to home so I'm able to help out whenever I can.
Now if I was to go out on Starbucks, or library I have to pack up of all my gear, you know,
and that'll take 20 minutes, then drive there, drive home, you know I'm wasting time when
I could really be just studying in my basement so my suggestion to you is to find a nice
little quiet space within your house and if you don't it might be though to do, but give
it a try because throughout our days we might only have a 30 minutes or we might only have
10 minutes to tackle or study a little session or maybe go over one chapter, so if you have
a nice little area within your house, basement, or office, wherever it may be you're able
to knock out little increments of study instead of this big chunks so that really work for
me.
So I think with these four tips, number one, having a timer, setting the time either 10
minutes all the way up figuring out a time that work best for you.
Number two, getting yourself some water and some snack right by you so you don't feel
obligated to get up and break your study session.
Number three, think positive, know why you're doing it, for promotion or test, for your
ultimate goal at the end of the day.
And number four, find a nice little quiet spot within your own house and that might
be hard to do but the good thing about it is that you're able to run down here real
quick and study away.
With these four steps I really think that you're gonna be able to focus a little better,
if you guys have some tips, I know you do some really crazy ideas that you guys have
thought of throughout your study habits for promotional exam, for test, or just studying
in general, or just reading in general I love to hear them, put them down to the comments
below and also too, if love his video, if you wanna see more about Operation Self Reset
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I thank you guys so much for your time and we'll see you in the next video.