Do It Yourself: How to make stuff happen | Dee Bleakley | TEDxSouthmoorAcademy
-80%~90% of “talented people” is HARD WORK -Just putting 1 hour per day (excluding weekends) will make a difference. Q: Where am I putting my time & efforts?
“The problem is easy didn’t really lead anyone to success ”
-School is ‘cool’ in primary school and university, but not really in high school.
“If you want to be successful in something your going to have to put time and effort into it”
Procrastination: putting in effort in things you don’t need to do to avoid what you need to do.
Q: Why bother?
-what one does now affects the future
The effort I put now, will effect myself in the future
-Two big excuses we give:
1) “It’s impossible” - we convince ourselves that certain things are impossible
2) “It’s pointless” - we convince ourselves that certain things are pointless
-In our world academics success is based by our grades
-Blood, sweat, and tears to reach the gold medal (:
-Give our passions/ desires a shot and if we fail, well at least you now know..
”Life is pretty is quick and if flies by”
-Always see the bigger picture
-before you pass someone for being successful because of natural talent, check if they’re doing something that your not that you can improve on.
-Don’t get jealous, instead find a way to get inspired or motivated by whatever made you jealous.
“People who view success don’t get jealous about it, people who are successful get inspired and motivated by it”
Q: How much are you willing to do it yourself? -believe in yourself