Hi, and welcome back to a new How Did You Make
It? The Weekend. I'm Yusra, and today I'm going
to share with you five things you can keep in
mind following the episode from last week with
Paul. In the second part, I'll share three things
you can do following the learnings of that episode.
So let's get into it. So the very first thing
I want you to remember from last week's episode
is consistency beats talent. What does that mean?
First, it's a fantastic reminder. You don't need
to be good at something you just start doing.
You don't need to put the pressure on yourself
and start comparing yourself against others who
are good and you feel like they are gifted and
they are better and they are not even trying.
When Paul is sharing that consistency beats talent,
he's inviting you to dedicate time to it. to
dedicate time to whatever you want to achieve.
Whether it is daily, weekly, monthly, you will
get to wherever you want through consistency.
Discipline gives you freedom. Discipline is self
-respect. Discipline empowers you to take more
risks. Essentially, discipline changes your life.
Let's say you're trying to commit to get better
at something. or to just to improve your grades
or anything you put your mind into discipline
is kind of what you want right coupled with consistency
obviously and if you're asking yourself how is
discipline self -respect how is it giving me
freedom how come it empowers me to take more
risks well let's take an example let's say you
had plans with a friend with a family member
so you're supposed to meet tomorrow 9, 10 a .m.,
you will show up, right? Because you committed.
By showing up through your actions, you're showing
them that they matter for you. You want to be
there. You said you would be there, so you were.
Discipline gives you freedom. Freedom in a way
that no matter how you feel, you'll still show
up. And you'll make it to that location you said
you would. So let's go back to self -respect.
You said you would get better grades. you said
you will start running or any kind of other sports
so when you're showing up you're showing up for
yourself you're showing yourself that you matter
you respect yourself enough to do what you said
you would and when it comes to taking more risks
think about it if you've been disciplined enough
to run one kilometer every week and then after
that one kilometer every week for a while you
move to two 5, 10, 15, and so on and so forth.
Well, eventually, the half marathon won't seem
that tough, right? Not such a big risk. Because
through discipline, you've been building confidence.
You've been getting stronger and your mind can
aim higher. In the episode, we also talked about
mentors. How they can teach you immensely. But
we also talked about obstacles. how they can
also be your teachers because every time you're
struggling every time you're failing you're actually
learning you're learning about the things you
should not do to gradually understand the things
that you should do again let's take an example
you've seen some grades getting lower lower or
steady and steady but not towards the direction
you want to take so far you think that studying
the day before the exam makes sense because everything
will be fresh well and so far no luck your grades
haven't gotten higher or as high as you hoped
here's a lesson here's the obstacle your learning
style for that class is not working for you so
you need to identify another way to learn to
get better In the episode, Paul was also telling
us how he moved to London with no plan, no job
waiting for him. He just went. And this is a
fantastic takeaway and reminder that you don't
need to wait for the perfect moment. Because
if you're disciplined, if you have consistency,
if you have been learning from your mistakes,
you don't need certainty. You will just go for
things. And the last thing I want you to keep
in mind, is to practice visualization as much
as you can because visualization is practice.
Paul was telling you all about how he could not
go on the luge as much as someone will practice
before competing because it's too demanding for
a body. However, he was practicing it in his
mind through visualization. And this is the biggest
call to action here. as he was visualization
start practicing it as well whether it's you
succeeding your exam you succeeding your interview
start doing it as much as you can gradually and
see its impact and you know what what's the worst
thing that can happen if you start imagining
your success right okay now that you have everything
in mind let's talk about your to -do list How
can you get more disciplined? And if you're new,
that's perfect. Grab a notebook and let's think
about it. The first thing that you can do is
to pick one habit to focus on. Just one. The
goal here is to start small so that you don't
get overwhelmed, that you don't get annoyed because
you're not achieving them, because you're not
keeping up. Then you will decide when you will
do it. I think a good trick would be for you
to pick a time right after something you do every
day that is a non -brainer. Like eating or brushing
your teeth, you just do that. And if you can,
try to track it. You can write it down on a notebook
or on your phone to see how far and how much
you're doing every single week. And the last
thing that I want you to keep in mind for that
discipline goal is to be consistent as much as
possible. but but but life is not linear things
happen life happens so if you're missing one
day or another it's okay it's fine the idea is
not for it to be perfect because life is not
perfect just keep going go back to it and you'll
make it through what about risks you've been
consistent you've been disciplined let's take
a small risk right trying something new with
people or by yourself, just thinking about going
outside of your comfort zone. Well, you know
what? The first step is the scariest one, so
it's only going to get better from there. And
there are three things you can keep in mind here.
Well, failure is around the corner. If the first
week you're thinking about is learning a new
language, for example, you'll probably make a
lot of mistakes. But lucky you, that's not the
end. It's only going to get better from there.
And through that example, what I want you to
not forget is that it won't be perfect. That
you should not overthink about what people are
going to say, what people are going to think,
but just focusing on what you can control. That
all you need to do is preparing as much as you
can to the best of your capacity and then going
for it. Because all you are doing is progressing.
so let's go and the best for last making visualization
part of your life okay so we are in 2026 and
getting into this year you know exactly what
you want to see happen for yourself or month
after month you're realizing that there are a
lot of things you want to achieve job you want
to have exam you want to ace so let's practice
visualization daily right so now that you've
been working so hard towards it let's close your
eyes close your eyes and start practicing visualization
just see yourself in front of that laptop if
you have a zoom interview or in that classroom
if you have an exam and see yourself making it
you've been working for it You've been practicing.
So every single thing that you have done so far
is going with you within that room, in front
of that laptop. And I was reading a Stanford
research that I'm going to link in that episode
where essentially it's explaining you how mental
imagery so practicing visualization reminds you
that you can make it because you have been working
towards it thank you so much for joining me today
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