The Success Of Academic Success: The Road To Success

Academic Success, the goal of most students, requires: effort, perseverance, and motivation. Although most want it, many fall short; not because they are unintelligent, but because they lack the drive and mindset necessary to achieve it. A negative outlook can lead to many troubles down the road; authors Carol Dweck (“Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn”) and Rebecca Cox ( “ The Student Fear Factor”) share the same beliefs; a student's mindset is crucial for the basis of their academic performance.

Many students nowadays, especially those in college, lack a balanced mindset; constantly being weared down by homework or in panic over failing the course. They come feeling unprepared and expecting the worst out of this

We must understand the difference between the fear of failing and truly failing, if you constantly believe you will fail you ensure your fate; you’ll never know unless you truly try. Success is like riding a bike for the first time, you fall, you possibly get upset but you pick yourself up and try again, eventually you begin to get the groove of things; soon you can ride around all on your own and all because you had the forte to keep going. There are many ways to face your fears and develop an adequate road to success; communication, one key to ensure your success, whether that be speaking to a teacher or someone who is informed on the topic you are trying to acquire knowledge of communication is a skill all on its own, one that greatly advances your success. Acquired through experience, although challenging to many, communication is a great notch to have on your belt if you are attempting to work your way to the top. On the topic of challenging, it is essential to challenge yourself, those who have reached the summit have never acquired their status taking the easy way up nor by simply sitting around and waiting for something, anything to happen. Although, it is crucial to push yourself to be better it is also very important not to overwork-- healthy mind is a healthy body-- if you exhaust yourself your mind will begin to stress and in time your body will begin to wear down under the pressure. Some forces that affect our chances of success aren't even under our control; many of us have begun to develop our mindsets since birth, raised by our parents or guardians in the morals and values they see fit. Since youth, most of us have been complimented for our intelligence by our teachers/elders and graded based on knowledge instead of for our efforts, according to a study conducted by Dweck and colleagues on the way praise impacts a child's mind, they found that “The