College Success: It's supposed to be difficult.

Live every moment as though it is impossible for you to fail.

There's a saying that goes, "If you think you'll succeed or if you think you'll fail, you're right."  In other words, whatever you tell yourself will happen, will happen.  [Every time.]  

Our minds and attitudes are powerful influences on how we behave and what we believe.

Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan
"A League of Their Own"

Pursuing a college education is hard.  Damn hard. 

"It's supposed to be hard.  If it was easy, everyone would do it.  The hard is what makes it great."  

I'll bet you know lots of people who chose not to go to college because they didn't see the value or believed they couldn't handle the work. 

That didn't stop you, though.

Just because something is challenging doesn't mean you shouldn't be doing it.  

Tell yourself that even though reading a big chapter or taking an exam will be difficult, you can do it.  It is impossible to fail.  You will do it.  You will be successful.  You'll earn decent grades.  You will graduate.

Did you know that it takes just as much of your energy to pump yourself up as it does to knock yourself down?  

Which kind of energy will you be using this semester?




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