Motivational Ideas (Part 2)

1. To achieve the best results, we should do things little at a time, constantly, and without any haste. This strategy has many benefits. When we work by tackling things little at a time, we get to assess the situation more calmly and get time to make any corrections in our strategy. We also get time to re-think our strategy and thus are more likely to make changes from time to time. Working steadily also allows us time to think about the consequences of our actions. It also provides us time to consult others. When we are learning something, steady and constant work allows us to absorb knowledge more easily and it allows us to perfect a single topic completely before moving ahead. Steady work also allows us the time to think deeply and reflect.

2. The concept of self-study in the age of internet is an important concept. It is important that we understand what is self-study and how it can help to eliminate or reduce ignorance among the humanity in both the ‘acquired’ or ‘secular’ and ‘revealed’ fields of knowledge.

What we really mean by self-study here is the study environment in the absence of a live teacher and students. One studies on his own at his home or anywhere else. But the one who is teaching on the internet is actually a teacher. This is because the book is actually written by a teacher or the videos are actually made by a teacher. Only certain conclusions drawn will be done by the student alone. But the more a person studies, the more perspectives he gets on a particular field and the better conclusions he can draw. The reason attention is being drawn to self-study in this age is because of the overwhelming presence of entertainment on social media as well as to eliminate the problems of procrastination and ignorance.

People who spend their free time ‘just hanging around’ or people who spend their time watching useless TV shows, or much worse, shameless TV shows need a better place to direct their lives. If we are wasting our time, it is much better for us to utilize the internet to learn useful knowledge which can be either ‘acquired knowledge’ such as sciences, philosophy etc. or ‘revealed knowledge’. Another benefit is that studying on our own is helpful in eliminating general ignorance in our society. It also helps us to stop supporting social media which require our views to run them but which are inherently bad for the society such as shameless movies etc.

Of course this self-study does not mean that we should’t study with our teachers. But the point being presented here is that if we are not part any educational institution to study, then it is important that we at least study something on our own, rather than not studying anything at all. We should utilize the blessing of internet positively. Ignorance can be fought through mass education and if no national / international educational systems are setup so far, at least we can take individual responsibility to educate ourselves. It is only after gaining authentic knowledge that we can reach the ultimate truth.

3. Way to overcome jealousy: 1. stop thinking about yourself and see other person’s point of view and feelings 2. or use the tactic of acknowledging the problem, communicating the issue , and consequently trying to resolve the issue.

4. Despite all the difficulties in life, there is no need to say that I have so many problems, no one loves me etc. Instead we can take our situation, make great changes (a little at a time) and work hard and thereby, we can make a great story of success in life to inspire others.

5. Because of general rule that humans don’t have a strong will power,we can try to do small things at a time, but with consistency.