Grandad's Gems - Grandad AO's Blog

WORK AND PLAY Its your Grandad AO, Welcome back growth family. Managing work and play will be a big factor in all of our lives, especially for students who always have the opportunity to do both. In order to do both we need to manage how much we work and how much we play. If we don't then it is very easy for us to fall into a bad situation. In order to be able to balance work and play then there is a few things that need to be addressed.  Your ability to SACRIFICE is most most important. Me, you and the whole of the growth family all have big aspirations. We all want to achieve great things. With all great things come great things come greater sacrifice. Regardless of what your goal is. There will be a time where you have to say NO to play so you can work.  You need to know when to say YES and when to say NO . Decide what your balance is and stick to it. It may be 70% work and 30% play or 50 50. Balance does not mean equal.    Find ou...

BEING INDEPENDENT HAS IT'S NEGATIVES TOO It's Grandad AO. The growth don't stop! So let's get it! When you become independent there are 5 things which you need to be aware of as they may each effect you. First comes ISOLATION. You are going to be alone a lot of the time because you are able to be by yourself, which you probably need to be so you can get everything you need to do done. ACCOUNTABILITY. Where will it be if you are just on your own all the time? There won't be anyone around you to keep you in cheque or to ensure that you are acting correctly. Who will make sure your head is on correctly if you are all alone? ASKING FOR HELP. Independent people struggle to ask for help because they are so used to doing everything by themselves all the time. Now when they really need to they either don't know how or they can't because of their pride. they just feel so uncomfortable that asking for help is the very last thing they will ever do. ...

Being Independent in University and Life Welcome back blog family.  It's your Grandad AO and The Growth Never Stops .  EVERYBODY NEEDS INDEPENDENCE , especially people going to university. University most definitely teaches people independence by throwing them in the deep-end. Forcing us students to cook and learn how to fend for ourselves. Even force ourselves to go into our most hated lectures at 9AM! But with saying that, you can easily be a university student and not be independent.  We all need to understand that IT IS ONLY US ON OUR JOURNEY'S in life. I'm not saying that we are all alone in this walk of lives or that we don't have people there for us such as friends and family. What I am saying is we are the only ones who go through exactly what we go through when we go through it. WE are the only one who decide where we go on this journey with our actions. I don't believe anyone's purpose on this earth is to be a follower, yes some peo...

DON'T STRESS I feel like we (yes I'm included) needed a reminder not to stress. It's so easy to feel under pressure or threatened with things that go on in our lives but we really need to do our best to stress as little as possible.  I don't know anyone who stress is good for. Likely due to the fact that it's not good for anyone.  Now I know that there are many people who excel when under pressure, but stress and pressure is not the same thing.  So here are a couple things which can help anyone deal with stress: - Exercise  - Challenge negative thoughts  - Plan big days & split up tasks  - Tell someone about it I want everyone to know that if you are feeling stressed, you will eventually get through it. There's nothing wrong with looking in the mirror and affirming to yourself that 'Even though I am stressed right now, I will get through this'. This definitely works for me because I know that if I exer...

YOU NEED TO REST YOU THERE YES YOU YOU WHO IS READING THIS.  IDC WHAT YOU DO BUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DOING. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU REST.  Resting is important for everyone. We are only human and even in saying that, robots need rest too. If  we don’t rest then we will burn out and face ‘quince quinces’ (consequences).  We PHYSICALLY NEED REST. For example our bodies need rest from gym. For optimal muscle growth we need to rest each muscle group for 48-72 hrs. WE MENTALLY NEED REST. Even our brains have to rest. For the average person, our concentration spans deplete after about 45 mins of trying to concentrate. With a 20 minute REST after that, our concentration levels recover to about 50% and then decrease again slowly over time.   DONT get me wrong by all means work your hardest when your putting in work but make sure that you rest your hardest when it’s time to rest to. I’m not telling you to ...

GYM IS A MAJOR KEY! START GYM ASAP! Welcome back Blog family. GYM can teach you so many habits and tendencies that are transferable into whatever you may be trying to do in life. Since going gym I have definitely been able to learn these  Entrepreneurial & Millionaire habits... These are Discipline, Consistency, Patience, The ability to learn from others, to regularly check progress, how to pick yourself up after falling off/ failing, that everyone's process is different, lets you know if your a morning or evening person and you learn how to plan your day better. To some people, these may be self-explanatory but let me explain, just in case it's not for you.   DISCIPLINE can be learnt through the gym because if you want to see real results, regardless of what your goal is you are going to need the DISCIPLINE to make sure you are eating the right things. PATIENCE is next. You need to understand that it TAKES TIME to get the results that you wan...

HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE Hello everyone, I'm back again. Let me quickly give you some pointers on how to be productive.  Being productive will allow you to get more tasks completed within the day.  So lets get started.  The first thing which can allow you to be more productive in the day is having more time in the day. How can you have more time in the day??? WAKE  UP EARLY Yes I said it. And I said it because it's true. However, just because it's true doesn't mean that it is easy. I've tried to do it before and successfully did for a few weeks but eventually, I fell out of it. To wake up early it means that you have to go to bed early too, and when you live with your friends at university it can be extremely hard if you are like me and struggle with self-discipline.  Waking up early is so advantageous because you don't have many things if anything to distract you. Nobody is texting your phone, nobody saying let's do this. Ad...