Think Differently

How much of a real questioner of beliefs are you? Are you the one in a million person, who dared to think differently, and managed to make a difference? OrAre you just another raindrop from the sky, finding its place among so many other raindrops in the rain?

A Nobody or Somebody?

Who Are you?

You might want to answer this question in so many different ways. You will begin to reason that you were, still are, a different and unique person than everyone else. Or you will simply own up and accept that you're like anyone else, didn't dare to think differently, and just went along with the ebb and flow of life and came to where you are today.

Ever wondered if something in your life had happened in a different way, and your life took a massive turn? Wonder what would've happened if you had dared to come up with something controversial to the normal unfurling of events in your life. Maybe there would've been a sea of difference. Maybe there might not.

But the bottom line is, after you've spent all your life's energy, you might find yourself sitting at some reclining arm chair and wondering, "What was my life all about?"

Now, if you were a successful businessman or an entrepreneur, you might have the satisfaction of answering that question all by yourself, "Yes, I was a hard working innovator!"

If you were just an employer for someone else, the someone being a reputed organization or any individual for that sake, you might find yourself having a not so satisfactory answer for the question you asked yourself.

What's the deciding factor, that demarcates a 'normal' life, and an 'extra ordinary' one?

Its the willingness to question things.


Throughout our lives, we've been trained to accept things for what they are. Always trained to do stuff how its meant to be done. Right through schooling, right down to working at some company. We never are allowed the chance to THINK, in the sense, to actively question WHY something happens and why it should happen.

Rarely one in a bunch of ten people questions why life has become so mechanical in contemporary times. Why? Because society has grown so vast that the room for a single human being to stand out as somebody apart from the normal mold, is getting smaller and smaller!

Successful people got where they are today not simply by hard work or luck. They did Hard AND smart work. Work hard, work differently. By differently, I mean a whole lot of things.

The basic foundation for all this uniqueness comes with the ability to ask questions.

If Newton had sat there, took the apple and just ate it, we never would have known about what made the apple fall, any day.

What did he do, that set him apart? He Questioned WHY.

Remember, nobody is more intelligent than anybody else. Intelligence, as far as humans are considered is mere APPLICATION of whatever you KNOW.

Intelligent people, simply apply what they know and tend to find a solution for

problems much faster than so called un-intelligent people.

Intelligence is merely a gauging factor for one's level of understanding of how human society operates at the scientific and theoretical level.

Take for example, something happens in your everyday life, that is totally abnormal from your daily routine. Do you stop to question WHY it traversed, instead of just simply getting on with it?

By merely asking the question WHY, you accomplish a whole lot of things.

It begins with you searching for an answer to your question. While searching for that answer, be it an emotional answer, a practical answer, whatever it might be, you encounter a whole lot of new situations to grapple with.

Now each and every unique experience in your life is a chance for you to LEARN something NEW.

If you keep learning new things each day for all of the remaining years in your life from this moment, will you not gain something, Something that might of be any use to you sometime in your life? Isn't it better than just being yet another victim of life, going along with the flow and drowning when your share gets filled?

So, Question. Seek the answer to whatever question that arises to your mind. Let your thoughts go on a free trail. Think about the things that happened in your life, question why they happened, and from the answers, derive the experience to equip yourselves to face your future with a better version of You. Question the stuff around you, you'll begin to notice so much difference from the banalities of every day life, and why you've been wasting the chance you've been offered all along to make a difference in this world, however be the magnitude of it.

Seven Magic Words for Success

If I told you there were just Seven words which stood between success and you, would you believe it? Probably not. You'll just dispel the concept as yet another myth. But, Truth is, these six magic words do make an impact on everyday lives to a resounding extent.Most of us begin a day, not by thinking what we are going to do in the day that is to come, but by spending it on thinking about what happened the previous day.

Well, It IS good remembering the past, but living in the past isn't good at all, not even a tiny bit. What it stands to bring you is more grief and disappointment, and that is not going to help you or any loved one any bit at all.

The past just serves as experience for you, experience from which you ought to have learnt that whatever went wrong, shouldn't be repeated at all.

There's a saying,

Whenever you fall down, Pick up something, and stand up and start running again.

Its a rat race that goes on in today's world. You have to keep running fast, just in order to stay at the same place where you are. And in order to improve yourself, you need to run EVEN faster.

This might remind you of the Evolutionary theory by Darwin. Believe me, it applies to human lives too. Except that, humans evolve emotionally and intellectually each day.

Its therefore important that you channel your thoughts towards Improving yourself by analyzing your past for lessons learnt from mistakes and unpleasant events, and make sure that such mishaps never repeat themselves again.

Having read through this post, you might have noticed that I still haven't thrown light on those Seven Magic Words for Success.

What you think is who you're

They're those magic words. Its only you who can change who you are, if you want to improvise yourself. You'll be amazed at the results that arise from thinking differently, even an empaneled Shrink won't give you the results that you give yourself via positive thinking.

Need a Good Vocabulary? Here's What People Say

Following my previous blog entry on the need for a good vocabulary, Do you need a Good Vocabulary? I proceeded to begin a discussion on the popular Blogger's hangout Blogcatalog The discussion elicited a lot of responses, and it was Very informative, So I took it to task that all the opinions offered there should be clubbed together to present a consensus on the question. Here's what people have to say about the need for a good vocabulary:

Meds, who blogs at Gears of Rock says:

As long as you can write clearly, then I feel there is no need for an extensive elitist Shakespearean vocabulary.

He also says by using excessively difficult words, one shouldn't end up sounding incoherent.

You shouldn't be a jerk about knowing special words. It only impresses the weak so stop taking advantage of them.

Jenn thorson, who blogs at Thriftshopromantic says a good vocabulary is Absolutely needed, and it helps in impressing the readers and makes them come back for more.

As bloggers, having a good vocabulary is one terrific way of making our posts compelling-- of giving each sentence variety, flow and saying just the thing that we want to say.

It allows our work to have a flow that SOUNDS right, that crackles with interest (and otomotapoeia!) and makes people want to come back.

Zentastic, the advocate of Geek Confidence went forward to write an in depth comment on the real need for vocabulary and its advantages as well as shortcomings.

I think of vocabulary as a toolset - the right word for the right time. Obviously, the more tools you have, the better, but using the wrong tool in a situation just makes things worse.

I value people who can get the point succinctly. If I were working in a fast-paced environment, the last thing I'd want is to have to read an essay any time someone sends me a memo.

People who have a limited command of vocabulary often resort to throwing around as many big words as they can in order to impress. The problem is, people who actually know how to use vocabulary elegantly can see right through that.

Me-me King from MadMadMargo Unequivocally supports the need for a Good Vocabulary.


Shiley Gnu, from Proof Positivity has lots of personal experiences with her husband when it comes to excessive use of difficult words. She says sometimes she ends up intimidating her husband and makes him think She's actually swearing at him whereas shes really cuddling him with soft yet rarely used words.

My husband thinks I'm cursing at him half of the time because of my vocabulary.

I keep doing the free rice thing that does the vocabulary (I'm addicted). My husband doesn't want me messing with it. I say "It's for a good cause." He huffs off and says "It figures!" He won't admit it he's just as bad I fall asleep reading text books and he loves them. I must love slaughtering language.

Touche?!

Arnous and Steve both concur that :

Good Vocab is when you can use words to say less and mean more.

Arnous blogs at The Arnous Blog and Steve is from Zobop Republic

Karin, a ski expert from Sweden who blogs as the Silly Swedish Skier is of the view that a Good Vocabulary is needed, but only in a moderate amount, more like a casual necessity.



Hatingtherain from the Rain Hate blog also accepts the view that vocabulary is only a tool of necessity.


Jeremy Long from Good Internet Marketing dismisses the need for a good vocabulary. He says the ability to express thoughts clearly will do.

not necessary...
Just be able to express your thoughts, feelings, etc , clearly.

Maddie from Irrelevant Twaddle says a good vocabulary contributes to the overall personality of an individual.

I think having a good vocabulary is vital as it enriches your understanding of information in general and creates a good impression to those that see your good use of vocabulary, beneifical in emplyoment, education, et al.

Sofia from Filosofia, a philosophical blog, says that a good vocabulary is an Indicator of the overall monetary success of a person.

The Conviction is that people with larger vocabularies tended in general to have larger incomes.

Bottomline

Various people of different ages, different walks of life all concur that a good vocabulary is indeed a valuable tool. But, they also imply the fact that it is not a mandatory necessity. The lack of a good vocabulary doesn't limit an individual, it is just an enhancing attribute in any language.

A Good Vocabulary is in the end, a valuable tool, that should be used wisely as to the benefit of effective, simple communication.

Do You Really need a Good Vocabulary?

When it comes to the English Language, there comes the question of one's Vocabulary.






English, being the "lingua Franca" of the world, freely derives upon words from other languages, example , Latin, Greek and so many others, that it has evolved into possessing a massive vocabulary in its present state.
First off, What is Vocabulary?



The Simplest definition for vocabulary is:

Vocabulary is the set of words a person is familiar with, in any language.


Its apparent that a person's extent of vocabulary indicates the level of proficiency a person has with relation to a language.
More the vocabulary, more the person's command of the language.

The Language, we're discussing at the moment, is English.

There are majority of people who use the Internet. English speaking people, Non English Speaking People, People who are proficient in English, and so many other categories.

Now the Interesting point you have to keep in mind when it comes to English Vocabulary is that, a person who has English as his mother tongue, might have lesser vocabulary than a non native speaker of the Language!

That is the beauty of English. Though the Native English speakers have a natural form of accented English, The correct Accents associated with English, it is possible for non native speakers with a better vocabulary to get to know English more than them.

What does it matter, if you have a better vocabulary than others?

You can express yourself in a much, much better way than you ever imagined.

How so?

Languages exist only as a means for people to communicate.

The More words you know of in a language, will help you in expressing how you feel more easily, and more effectively!

For Example, lets consider two persons. They're taking up an examination, which evaluates the person's confidence level. Its for a spokesperson job.

One person has an excellent command over English. He knows a lot of words.

The other person, though he can speak fluent English, has only a limited choice of words, for he isn't that well versed with English.

They're asked to write a single line, describing their confidence level.

The person with a good vocabulary writes:

I'm never the bombastic person, always the suave, slick yet serenely foresighted to formulate the apparition of the best possible outcome of any precarious predicament.

The person with a limited vocabulary writes:

I'm a calm guy, I always take things the way they come, and try to turn them to my side.



Now, who among the two, creates a better Impression?

Obviously its the guy with the better vocabulary.

This does not mean that those who are fluent in English yet endowed with a limited vocabulary are looked down upon. Its just that those with a better vocabulary always fare better.

The primary difference is that there will be a better awareness in the person with a better vocabulary, a quicker response to any situation that arises and needs a quick use of persuasion to be done.



But, there are instances where a person who speaks simple, yet understandable English fares much better than a person with a masterful command over English.

But, if you ever take it to task, to work on your vocabulary, you can at any time Impress anyone, or take hold of a situation that involves verbal persuasion, and can turn it to your advantage, with a better choice of words right?

Think :)

Have an opinion concerning the above Discussion? Feel free to drop a comment below, Your opinion is valued very much!

How to present answers

Having discussed about bettering your grades obtained in the previous posts, its time we looked upon a very important step in the process of any examination : Presenting your answers.

No matter how impressive your answers are, believe me, you'll never get the grades you deserve if your presentation is shabby.

For, the Examiner is also a person, he should also be able to read your answers quickly yet he should also be impressed by the presentation you have provided to the answers.

A Good Presentation makes a good first Impression for the Examiner to provide you with more grades.

The First Answer

A lot of attention should be directed by you towards providing the best possible presentation for the very first answer in the evaluation sheet.
It Should be Neat, without any overwriting, legible, to the point, and should be written with a language that's simple yet classy.

You should also be careful in Choosing which question you're attempting to answer first.

It is not possible to provide an excellent answer to a question you barely know the answer to, is it?

So make sure the question you pick is one that you have read thoroughly about.

Proceed to answer the question, make sure its presented in a tidy manner and that the important points are underlined. Its okay if you spend five minutes or a little more towards answering the first question, to maximize the impression it creates, then you can proceed answering the other questions.

By presenting the first question's answer neatly, you subconsciously instill some confidence within yourself to answer the subsequent questions more effectively. You also impress the Examiner a bit, coax him into thinking that the paper he's evaluating has a lot of effort put into it.

Page Margins.

The Answer sheet you are working on usually comes with the default margins, on the top and left corners.
It serves a good purpose if you take some effort in drawing an additional margin to the right and the bottom of the page.
This additional margin you draw adds some more succinctness to your paper, gives it an impression that it contains some information that is worth looking into.
It all comes down to the 'Placebo' effect, a way of coaxing the Examiner into thinking that the paper is that of an exemplary student.

Avoid Overwriting.

An oft committed mistake, this greatly reduces the value of your answers. An overwritten answer gives the impression of Insufficient preparation, Unsure-about-the-answers attitude, an overall detrimental effect on the Examiner to award more grades.
So, its vital that the answers provided are written in a continuous flow with as little overwriting to them as possible.

Underline the Keywords.

After having written the answers, quickly glance through them and underline the keywords and phrases you deem important with relevance to the answer.

Segregate Different Answers

Make sure you don't club all the answers together, leave a substantial amount of space between each and every other answer. Draw a simple line below each answer, to differentiate one answer from the other.

Underline the Headings

The Headings of each paragraph can do with a bit of underlining to them. It serves to accentuate the content of the following paragraph.


Remember, the answers do count a bit, but the impression you cast upon the examiner is also a vital part towards improving the grades obtained.

For, unless you cast the fishing pole into the water, you can't catch the fish right?

Without any effort, there cannot be an outcome.

Without a smart effort, there cannot be an appeasing outcome.

How to plan ahead

Each and every one of us would have invariably been caught in a precarious predicament at one point in our lives. And therein, we ask ourselves a very difficult question.



What lies ahead?

Life is replete with surprises. Surprises are exciting. In two ways : Good and Bad.
The Good way a surprise excites someone is when it turns out to be a pleasant one. Something that heralds better oppurtunity, better financial security, or even something that grants one a passionate love life.

The Bad way a surprise hits on someone is when they're faced with a daunting problem, a major financial crisis, joblessness, emotional turmoil, coping with stress, relationship issues, and various other crises that gloom normal, happy life.

Did you notice one thing?

The list of things that are "counted" as bad are endless. They keep stretching, and they're intertwined. They form a vicious circle.

On the other hand, the list of things that count as "good" are few. Why, pray? Cause Good things are generally never realized that they harbor goodness with them.

You, being the self analyzing, confident, intelligent person that you are, sometimes fail to realize the real crux of the situation that you're in.

Say, lets ponder on a small story below.

Two men are rowing kayaks. The river suddenly turns turbulent. One says to the other, "Hey man, the river seems to be in a bad mood, make sure you maintain your balance on the kayak!"

The other person, a -things-the-way-they-come person, retorts, "Why don't you shush and concentrate on the rowing?"

What happened?

The river was headed into a waterfall. The person who sensed it and prepared himself for the oncoming descent, managed to have a safe fall through the waterfall and down to the calmer water below.

The other person, who failed to realize the impending catastrophe, was swept along with the river in full force and crashed headlong into a rock precipice, hurting himself.

What does this tell us?

To plan ahead, to always keep an eye open for what might traverse us in our lives. No matter how secure/ insecure we feel about it.

How to plan ahead?


The primary step in planning ahead, is to set yourself a target.

Without a target, how can someone accomplish anything?

It's like a car on a friction less road. It keeps traveling, forever. Hypothetically proven.


Set a Goal.

Set yourself an objective. A Goal, a target, something you might feel like working towards to.

Let it be realistic, but by keeping it realistic, you need not restrict the limits to which you set yourself to.

The Goal should be something you will have to put in a lot of work to do it, it should be more or less a challenge.

Remember, if Edison hadn't taken it as a challenge to keep experimenting with the filament for a thousand times, we would never have seen the electric bulb in action!

Prioritize.

Classify your everyday activites into two types. Useful/ Useless.

Useful activities should be those that help you move one step closer to your goal. Useless activities are those that do not relate in any way to your goal, but they might be a casual activity in your daily life. It might be important, but that doesn't matter.
Just fill in the list according to the usefulness of the activity you indulge in.

The importance of this step is to self analyze yourself and to inform You of what you're really upto in each passing day of your life.




Be Confident.

The single most important foundation to achieving whatever your objective is to be sure of yourself that you're capable of doing whatever you set yourself to. This article might help you allay any fears you may have about your potential.

Don't waste the Present.

Remember, the past is finished. It's over, done, that's it. The future is uncertain. Its only the present that you hold in your hands. No matter what befell you in the past, if you make use of your current time usefully, the future will be good right?


Planning Ahead


Take up the list you made containing the activities you indulge in daily. Look at those that pertain towards the completion of your goal. Draw a mental picture of what you have to do in order to further your objective. Think. Think what you'll do to improve upon what you were already doing. Think of the pitfalls you might encounter, but also think how you will equip yourself to face them and succeed.

If at any point, you feel that something might not turn out favourably, convince yourself that it will, indeed turn out for the overall improvement of your current predicament, and whatever turmoil that heralds only serves as experience, a powerful tool with which you can bravely face the future!

Remember, it's not the bad things that pull us down, it's us thinking that things will end up bad that pull us down!

Please feel free to drop a comment on whether you liked the article, or if you have any similar experiences or suggestions. I'll be very glad to read it, Drop a comment below!

How to lose fear of failure

One of the basic reasons people don't attemp new things is because they're afraid. Afraid of its outcome. This may be taken as an indicator that they're having foresight, but that might not be the true case.

They're just letting an imaginary fear take over their thoughts and prevent them from actually doing something.

They end up as lambs to the slaughter, like countless other humans who spend all their lives doing what everyone else does, nothing different, and die a unnoticed death, unremembered and uncared for, an unknown entity that walked the Earth.

Compare this with "successful" and "famous" persons, and you instantly realize what they had and what got them to where they are.

It's entirely psychological

Where does this fear have it roots?

From the person's past experiences. 

Why does this fear arise?

This fear arises because you strive subconsciously for a good outcome, and you also have suffered an experience which was unsatisfactory in your past, while attempting a new challenge.

How to overcome this fear?

Approach things with an open mind. Don't let any misconceptions drag you down.

Think of it, how will you fail, if you don't even attempt to actually DO something?

There were two athletes. It was the olympics. They were discussing their tactics, and their target for the ongoing competition.

Both weren't well known athletes, they hadn't set records earlier, but they were considered promising and capable.

One said to the another, "Hey, I'm aiming to set a new world record today."

The other mocked him. "How will you? You haven't even come close to doing that anytime in your history. Stop thinking like a frog in the well. Be like me, I'll just cross the minimum mark for qualifying."

The competition got over. You might have guessed what would've happened.

The person aiming for setting a new record, though he came close to it, WON the competition, atleast. He set a new benchmark for him, for his sporting career, one that he could work upon.

The other person, the one who just wanted to qualify, was unable to attain the minimum requirements to qualify itself. Why? Because he set himself an abysmal objective.

The successful person on the other hand, though having set a far flung objective, atleast managed in coming close to it.

What does this tell us?

Set Your Goals to the maximum limit possible.

You might have come across the expression, "Aim for the skies!"

The true meaning of this expression is that, if one aims for the skies, one might atleast move satisfactorily on the ground.

What would happen, if you aim for the stars?

Simple. You'll be soaring in the skies!

So, think expansively, aim high. Remember, there are no limits, the limits are only meant to be broken!

How to get better Grades - Part Two

Dissatisfied with those C's and D's you see each time whenever your papers get to you after evaluation?

Think you're worth much more, say, a B or even an A grade?

The previously written article on this subject was on improving your grades, focusing on the A and B graders. This article, is totally for those who aren't in the top tier yet.

There are a few basic reasons which lead to unsatisfactory grades (say C and D grades)

What are they?

Preparing at the last moment.

Not doing the necessary follow-up work for the subject.

Lack of interest towards the subject.

Poor understanding of the concepts.

Inability to properly present the answers.

Now any one of the above factors could be contributing to poor grades.

On first sight, they present themselves as casual, not-so-serious factors. In substance though, they are merely different manifestations of procrastination.

You need to realize what your primary objective is.

What should you do to attain that objective?

You're getting grades. You aren't satisfied with them.

Now this in itself is an indicator that there's a small part of you which feels the urge to put in more effort and achieve better results. Let's set about transforming that small, teeny urge and turn it into a huge, burning desire.

If you have been thinking all along that "intelligence" is a factor that contributes towards better grades, you're totally mistaken.

What is a grade? Its merely a reflection of your performance in an evaluation of a subject by a teacher.

The teacher evaluates a paper, finds what the paper contains with respect to the questions asked, and according to the answers, awards grades. If the answers are outstanding, the student gets an A. If they're to the point, but still lacking the final touch, that's a B. If they're okay, and agreeable, its a C. Mediocre and those below it, go with D's E's and with the penultimate F leading to the glorious "U".

Sounds like a musical note? In a way, yeah.

The primary thing you're going to do, in order to improve upon your grades, is to start preparing in advance. "In advance" means, you're going to begin preparing when there's atleast a full month before the evaluation of your papers.

You needn't put in ungodly hours into it. Just half hour a day. Open the book, or access the reference materials, and simply read the topics at hand. You needn't begin memorizing them. See what's in those materials, try to correlate them with the information you listened to during those classes, and relate them. Tell yourself that, "This concept is actually the process behind this."

For example, if the topic at hand is Nuclear physics, tell yourself that, "This concept is Nuclear physics, it actually deals with the various physical attributes of the nucleus of atoms."

Get what I'm hitting at?

You're making mental reminders to yourself, so that, at the time of the evaluation, you actually know what you're writing upon.

Then begin reading the subject. Remember, just casually read it. Approach the subject with a clear, unadulterated mind. Don't have any psychological blocks like "It's difficult" or, "I won't understand it"

Just simply read. Keep reading. Discuss it with your roommate or a friend. The discussion need not be one which is entirely for discussing the subject. You can try to include a few lines, ask a few questions during a casual talk with your friend about what he thinks of the concept of the forthcoming examination. He might be on the same boat as you are, so you both might end up discussing what you know (or the lack thereof!) and might even begin a joint venture to understand the subject at hand.

I imply again, you needn't put in hard work. What you're doing here is smart work.

By gradually building upon understanding the concepts and the subject from the grassroots level, step by step, day by day, over four weeks, you ultimately accumulate enough information about the subject, that at the time of the evaluation, you fare a better performance than what you'd do by preparing only on the previous night.

When the results come, you'll be surprised, for you'll see your C's and D's transformed into a B.

The important thing at this point is, don't be satisfied with what you get!

Strive for more

Once you attain and accomplish an objective, don't sit still. Set a higher target and find about ways achieving it! A,B graders should aim higher, and what lies ahead? A+! The final step in academic exellence. How do you improve upon an above average grade, and achieve even better results? The answer lies here.

Please feel free to drop a comment on whether you liked the article, or if you have any similar experiences or suggestions. I'll be very glad to read it, Drop a comment below!

How to get better Grades

Throughout your lives, you would have, at one point, asked yourself this question. You might have thought of this question when you were getting mediocre grades, or when you were getting above average grades. 

This post will cover a few of the areas that might help you maximize your scoring potential and to get better grades.

First of all, whatever grades that you have obtained, consider it as a benchmark. You need to set a goal for yourself. The goal being : Bettering your previous grades. How do you set about achieving it? 

I'd like to quote a saying here :

"You have to run faster Just to stay in the same place."

Now, I can hear a lot of groans coming up cause I said that. Don't let the fact that you need to put in more effort bring you down. It's just that, there are so many others co-existing along with you in your class, your neighborhood and the entire world. The world keeps changing every single second. Population increases, methods of earning money increases, way of living changes second by second. 

Being a part of an ever chaning environment, how will you fare if you remain the same person you always were?

I'm not telling that you should work upon your personality and change it. Each one has an unique personality. Every personality is equally special, intriguing and liked upon. But, what counts is, how you apply your thoughts to suitably chameleonize yourself to blend with the changing trends and make your personality stand out.

You can ask me,"Ha, how does one's personality, character, social well being reflect upon one's grades?"

Believe me or not, it's true. Its often extremely trivial things that produce changes of mammoth magnitude. Little did scientists predict that the splitting of an atom- a particle that is unobservable unless you have an electron microscope- could cause such mass destruction. Small things, when left unnoticed, will spiral into bigger things that can produce massive detrimentive effects.

The first step you should do in order to achieve better grades, is to Analyze yourself.

You do know that you're capable of much more, You know that you can do better, and your teachers and professors know that too. So, what really is stopping you from achieveing what you really deserve? 

The primary thing that prevents most people from realizing their true potential is Procrastrination.

By postponing things, concepts to be memorzied, understood, you're just imposing more workoad on yourself. And at the final moment, when the time of submission of your answer sheet comes, the workload becomes huge, and you tend to lose out on the finer points, thereby costing you some grades.

The difference between an A+ grade and an A grade is not tiny. Its enormous. Do you know that?

Why is there so much difference? Its because, getting an A means that you have memorized the concepts thoroughly well, you are capable of reproducing them Verbatim, also, you have written them in a coherent manner appeasing the Examiner.

Wheres, an A+ implies that, you, not only having memorized,

 having done the assignments perfectly, having given impressive seminars, have also gone one step further. 

You have found a way to apply the concept In your life, that is, you have realized in what way the subject at hand is going to aid you or any other human in the real world.

Concepts on paper might seem totally out of context when we try to relate them to our daily lives. So why are they included in the syllabus?

Education is a compilation of Humanity's work over the ages, and its provided to contemporary Humans in order that they can get a better insight into how the world around them really works, right down to the grassroots.

This is what ultimately all those grades, those GPA's, those marks, all boil down to. Not mindless mugging up of mundane concepts. Its an evaluation of how much You, as an individual, has benefited from it.

In the beginning of this article, I talked about running faster in the same place to retain your current standing.

So, If you want to achieve a higher objective, you should think about this too:

"If you want to go somewhere else, you have to run atleast twice as fast as that!"

Self analyze yourself. Think. Think where you are going wrong. Look at people who are obtaining better results. Ask them, discuss with them. Mulling over spilt milk never serves a purpose, but learning how Not to spill the milk again serves one!

Having talked about those who get an A grade and an A+ grade, its easy to assume that there is no redemption for those who are scoring lower grades. Definitely not. Do you know how many people out there are underachievers throughout their lives because they failed to stop and realize what their mistakes were, and kept on mulling over the mistakes they committed? 

If you're getting low grades, its just an indicator that, either you haven't had a good understanding of the subject, or, you have other distractions that keep you from giving in the necessary hours to achieve the result.

Maybe you've always had an aversion to the subject. You don't like it in some cases. In some cases, you might deem the subject as "being unworthy to waste time and effort upon."

In that case, if that subject doesn't really matter in your academic performance, feel free to forget it!

But if, that subject also counts towards the end aggregate, then there's no alternative other than to master it.

You need to find a way to turn your dislike into your like so you would ultimately stand to gain from something you hate so vehemently!

Approach the concepts with a clear mind. Allay all your doubts and set aside any psychological blocks you might have that prevent you from learning the subject.

If you're having any difficulties understanding a particular concept, feel free to ask your peers or the professors/teachers for guidance. They're always ready to help!

Its just you who have to take the impetus to actually study.

Remember, the choice is upto you. You can either choose to work harder, put in more hours, and achieve the result you so desire.

Do you also know that, once you achieve your aim, you will automatically find a better, more satisfying one?

Its true!

In the next article, I will provide more hindsight for the B ,C and D graders to improve their grades, and I'll show the magic tricks that will get them an A+!

Please feel free to drop a comment on whether you liked the article, or if you have any similar experiences or suggestions. I'll be very glad to read it!

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