The KEY to SUCCESS

You must have come across people who put in similar amount of efforts, are equally motivated, study from the same source, but one succeeds and the other does not. Though there are a variety of factors that influence this, but one of the prominent factors that I have observed is the ability to pay attention to something for a slightly longer duration of time.

In today's world, attention deficiency is turning out to be one of the biggest concerns that humanity faces, and the worst part is that most people don't see it as such. They think multi tasking is a great achievement. It has been clearly shown by modern medical science that the human brain cannot process two things at a time with full capability. It will divide its attention into 2 halves, and you will perform mediocrely  in both the tasks. For example, you sit down to study Sentence correction in GMAT, but after studying two examples, you are tempted to check your e-mail, whatsapp, visit a forum, watch an inspirational video, go to pee, eat something or just surf some random stuff on the web. Here lies the problem!

The thing is that learning process requires the brain to be actively involved. However, most of us are not due to a variety of reasons.

1. We are not doing what we want to. The current work/study has been imposed upon us, or is just a means to get something we want, but we are not interested in the current activity.

2. We think we have so much to do that we want to finish the current task as soon as possible.

3. We are not sure whether what we are doing is really beneficial towards what we want to achieve.

4. We have a general feeling of anxiety about the result.

5. The mind is not in control and does whatever it wants.

Learning requires effort, and if we have not given ourselves 100% to what we are doing, the mind feels something is being imposed upon it, and immediately wants to shrug it off. A human being does not like to be forced into anything. Rape is one example. What happens when one is not devoted to what one is doing is mental rape, though it takes a little amount of attention to figure it out, and most people just feel the effect of switching to something else, without realising the mechanics of it.

So what's the solution?

It's very simple. First figure out what you want to do, and why you want to do it. That clarity is very important. You may fool other people around you, but its very important to be true with oneself. Once there is that clarity, your entire intelligence will work towards making it happen. Then you'll not face the attention deficiency and success will be yours! You remember that famous dialogue from the movie Om Shanti Om 'Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaaho... to puri kaaynat use tumse milaane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai'. 

How to figure out what you want?

De-clutter your mind. With non-stop nonsense going on, how do you imagine to see things clearly? Take some time-off to mediate, jog, and play. Do some not very important things. Bring your body and mind to a sense of ease. Then your intellect will become razor sharp and cut through the web of darkness!

PS:  Believe me, if you do whatever you are doing 100%, success will only be a by-product. Something will expand within you, and something more fundamental within you will be touched.

Happy Living!