Some key traits one must have in order to do better in school

Performance is the heartbeat of every organization and personal life. If you are schooling and you are a non-performer people never take that kindly. As a child, you need to realign yourself in many ways so that to produce results.

Here are some of the traits that you can practice to see if your performance can become better in school.

Discipline

Students who are disciplined do very well in many ways. whether it be curricular or co-curricular activities. Discipline is a kingpin or like a cog wheel to make your move smoothly without hiccups in your learning environment. If one is disciplined, he or she becomes a darling to the facilitators. Discipline will tell you when, where, how to do something every other time. It teaches one to obey rules and regulations without question. It makes a smooth sail between the school and home environment, connecting the two without having any hiccups.

Discipline can not be compared to anything. It carries and connects all other aspects of life. It is the one that calls for the right decisions even if everything and everyone is going in the wrong direction. Discipline calls one to be humble and considerate. With this characteristic, everything else might fall in place.

Time management skill

Good time management will always be safe and will have very minimal stress. When you take your time seriously and utilize it for every slotted schedule, you can do much. Time tables should be followed to the letter. There should be no procrastination. If your friends can complete a task or assignment given by your facilitator, then you can also do the same. By the way, push yourself to perform no matter what.

Good attitude

One person said, negative attitude is like a flat tire and until you change it, you shall not move. When one is filled with negativity about everything around him or her, then, it becomes very hard to perform the tasks according. We need a positive attitude which will steer our positive thought to positive actions. Do your best to turn your negative attitude to positive and you shall do better in many aspects of life.

Organization

Being organized is a great skill for performers. This brings efficiency to your workings. You always need to know where to find whatever you need for each task. From textbooks, pens, pencils, sets, writing books, and so on. You can make more time for tasks if everything is within your reach.

Clear vision and goals

A vision helps one’s mind to set itself to performance mode. It can calculate the time, what is needed and how to reach that goal. Where there is no vision people perish, the Bible states in proverbs 29:18. Set a SMART goal daily, weekly, monthly, termly, and yearly to reach your preferred destination. That is your vision.

Fearlessness

Many students fear their facilitators or teachers which has a negative connotation. They fear to ask questions and answer them. They fear their peers who are good in certain areas and subjects. Whenever a student inhibits such, the chances of doing great in school are cut off by a certain percentage.

We should be fearless, building our confidence daily and marching towards our future when all the questions in our minds are answered. Be fearless. Your teachers, peers do not sting so ask and answer questions. You will realize much daily.

Being a good listener

Listening is a skill and a character trait. Many fall short of this great aspect. This is what I tell my students, ‘When you think you have understood and there is no need to listen further, start all over again and listen more’. This will help you package your thoughts in a more comprehensive manner. You might miss the nitty-gritty of a concept just by not listening for 10 seconds more.

Teachable

Being teachable means you are willing to learn or take instructions. It’s being docile and cooperative. Many students feel they do not need to be instructed and end up on the wrong ditches. If you are under the supervision of any facilitator then you will do better if you follow instructions and advice given by them after all that’s why you are under them.

Every learner must know it’s not their own way but how they are instructed to do it. Well, build your willingness to listen and follow even if you think you know. This will help you do better in school.

Decisiveness

Making the right decision on everything is a plus in schooling. We make choices daily. Wrong or delayed decisions might be detrimental to your performance. If you make the right and timely decisions every day you shall do better. If you have to write an essay now and you feel like not doing it, then deciding to favor writing will add something into your assignment record. That is a plus.

Deciding on what to do every minute, hour or day might bring you great benefits. Do decide to remember always that ‘your today’s decision will make or break your tomorrow’.

Stress management skill

Though some amount of stress is good for one to perform excellently, too much of it can be a major handle that can cripple your performance in school. Many things around us might build quite a big load of stress in our lives, but every person who can manage it well can end up doing better in school.

One needs to master some ways of stress management so that it will not build to burn out. If a student manages other valuables well like time, eating well, good sleep, rests, health, exercise among other things, that one will have little to no stress during each day. This will help them do better.

There are more traits but let me settle to these for now. Follow through and you might see the difference in your studies. Thanks for having time to read this article. God bless you.

You can read more staff from my book Learners Success Guide In The 21st Century sold as a paperback by the author.

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