Value all parts of life

I've recently found myself in two very different situations where I ended up greatly regretting some things that I had said. I don't mean regret like I said things out of anger or drunkenness and then couldn't take them back, I said them out of... naivety I guess is the right word. Actually, in high school, a kind of mentor of mine told me that my greatest weakness was naivety. Since then I've met some pretty nasty people and think myself to be toughening up a bit, but it's still a work in progress.


In these situations, my hasty speaking did not result in something of great consequence, but not of positive consequence either. So I guess it's really just been a kind of good learning experience. I really value these kinds of learning experiences. Generally, I really value anything that helps me become better. I'm sure everyone does though, this is not something unique to me. But I do think that many of us do not recognize the things that make us become better. Even worse, we mistake the things that make us become worse for the things that make us become better! I could venture some examples but that would probably leave me out on dangerous ground. So let me move to some fairly safe ground.


Studying.


I think everyone probably recognizes that they're studying to make themselves better in the end. But I think some people might have that end benefit misdirected to just the knowledge that they are acquiring, that the knowledge (or the score) makes them better or more capable for tasks ahead. Umm... I'm not really sure, haven't thought it through, you might be able to beat me in a logical argument on this, but my initial gut reaction is that knowledge doesn't make you better necessarily. Yes...if I add the word "necessarily" I feel pretty confident with that statement.


I think the greatest benefit from studying is the perseverance you acquire, the problem solving skills you acquire, the creativity you acquire, the multitasking because many of you are still working, the time management, the critical thinking. Many things. I probably initially value critical thinking the most.


Case in point, my math studies in university. What would you guess, do I remember all the formulas and theorems that I learned? Yeah, probably not. Well, definitely not. Until very recently when I made a small trick by which to remember this fact, I could never ever ever even remember if the derivative of sine was positive or negative cosine, or if the derivative of cosine was positive or negative sine. But I can see the fruit of my laboring over math problems all the time. It depends on the situation, but sometimes I can have such a mind for details that solving just everyday scenarios becomes pretty easy, seemingly easier than it is for others. I'm also very patient when trying to find solutions. See, the studying, the act of sitting down for hours and just trying to understand something, trying to make the connections in my brain trained my brain. And now I'm benefiting. Sometimes anyway.


So I want to say, that if you can learn to value just the act of studying, of thinking and trying to figure things out, I think it might help serve as motivation. If you think of just studying as something that is making you better, you'd probably want to do it more. If you can't find the answer or if you can't get a super high grade it's still ok because if you've put yourself through an honest studying process you will have benefited much, and that should leave you happy! That should also take some of the pressure off which will probably help to increase your score.


Yeah I don't mean to say you should throw caution to the wind and lose sight completely of your end goal, just value the process. It'll make you happier, less stressed, and therefore more capable.


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・【The Easy Way】2010.1.13(Wed)

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