Work hard and play hard

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Three blog posts written already and this is the fourth one. As we keep practising our skills, we continue to learn more and more. Committing over 10,000 hours to anything requires a huge amount of hard work.

A quote from Eckhart Tolle tells us that “Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be”. So many of us feel anxious when trying to learn, we are in the process of expanding our knowledge or ability and we place so much pressure on the end result. Many of us think of learning as a chore, and this mindset prevents us from actually enjoying education. Being too serious about learning doesn’t help with keeping high levels of motivation. Without finding pleasure in the learning process....it makes it more difficult to commit to a 10,000-hour-journey of discovery and accomplishment.

Sometimes we may encounter topics which do not interest us and this results in a lack of perseverance. Working hard over a long period of time is dependent on the level of self-motivation and passion. Failure often occurs from a high level of disinterest. Jim Carrey noted this when he said: “You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” Working hard is important when learning and we need to remember to always have fun and enjoy the journey of discovery. So, make your education journey an enjoyable one!

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