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hey AD, i find that it helps to change activities often so it helps not to get bored with same thing.... i have same problem, what i started doing was having a couple of things going on at once, so when i get bored with one, i change to another.... it may take longer, but by the end of the day, you notice you've gotten a couple of things done, hope this helps you..... anyhow, good luck with studies...
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bhanusupriya wrote:
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" plan studying with a partner , that makes u to stick to ur plan and to gain some more points which u do not look at. "
thanks supriya,i wish i could but i live far away from big cities, i dont know many people in here, those whom i know are not even student anymore. 
thanks genbot,
thanks fluro, lets see what i can do about it, getting bored between cooking, weekend troubles, anyway, thats part of life, happens all the time. i will take a break now, and study after that. happy studying.
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happy studying to you too!!!!
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Hey AD!!
how are you?
hows ur plans gng??
if u give a quick read of chapter b4r starting and then listening to goljan audio....this will help in writing down extra points and a kind of revises stuff u read earlier....
after listening and writing notes
u read again whole chapter and try to memorise things....
this revises the whole chapter and at the end u find urself in good spirit of having chapter on ur tips....then also there are some points in chapter which u still cant memorise...make notes of those points....
this will also help u in revising at the end
this is how i used to do
good luck AD!!God Bless you!!
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thanks fluro, angel, great tips! thanks!
i woke up really late, its pouring outside, dark, mad at myself. shame on me!
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hi ad....
how are u.... this weather really sucks rite??? wen the hell is spring??pah!
i know i should not let the weather affect my mood n studies... but it does!!
my studies have not been happening.... hope u are doin better...
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hey AD, hang in there! you're doing good, just don't let yourself get discouraged.... its sunny in some parts of the world  
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I found this another forum, this is interesting.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/70
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hey AD...hope your readin...
the only way to get back some flow n seriousness is to read a bit.....
am doin ok... very slow ... but crawling fwd is better than sleeping or running backwards...
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Thanks DD, i will try, i am doing very bad.
anyway, from that lecture of 3 minute( above link), i got down to these points:
8 words for success:
1.Passion: Do it for love, not money. If you do it for love, money comes anyway.
2. Work: Nothing comes easily.
3. Good: To be successful, put your nose down in something and get damn good about it. Practice, practice, practice.
4. Focus: Focus on one thing.
5. Push yourself mentally, physically, you gotta Push, push, push .Push through shyness, self-doubt. Get somebody to do it, thats why mothers are invented.
6. Serve: Sherwin Nuland (professor of surgery, Yale) said it was a privilege to serve as a doctor. Serves others, something of value.
7. Ideas: Listen, observe, be curious, ask questions, solve problem, make connections
8. Persist: Persistence is number one reason for our success. Persist against failure, against criticism, rejections, pressure.
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Edited by antidepressant on 04/04/08 - 01:04 PM
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There is no magic word,
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8 words for success.... i like it.... keep up the good work!!! happy studying!!!
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hi AD... where art thou??
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hi AD
yeah persistence and hard work is the only key things for success ....
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thanks Fluro, DD, and Match2010 for dropping by. I was away from studies in the weekend, today back again, going to read RBC in rapid reveiw. woke up at 9.36, bad, but better than 11. have to stay very positive.
after RBC,,
wbc(17), lymphoid (12)
Hemostasis( 17 ), blood bank( 8)
Resp ( 35-7)
Kidney ( 32-8)
Urinary tract and male repro(16)
Female repro (36-8)
Endocrine( 35-4)
Muskulo (12), skin (24-10=14)
Nervous ( 31-11=20)
GIT (36-8)
Hepato (27-5=22)
long way to go!
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You can do it.
I totally agree with all the things listed there about success. But I also think there is one key element missing, which is confidence. If you don't believe you can do it, then you cann't, simple as that. Mentally you need to convince yourself you will ace this thing. Get rid of any doubt or hurt. Put all your effort into it. USMLE is hard. But it is definitely doable, especially if you put your mind on it. With all the resources available online and all the support you get from here (or your family), you are in a much much better position than lots of people. You will make it good!
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thanks commit, yes, positive attitude and confidence is very important, i have been pessimistic all my life, i am trying to be positive, and work hard, dont want to do research why dont i study, i just want to study, like others. for now, i have to shut down the computer and get back to RBC. happy studying, all!
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hi ad
how are you?
i want to thank you for being such a great friend.
please let me know if i can help you anytime.
i don't say that my exam was bad but i don't know why my state is like a concussion.... this exam has robbed me of all my energy and even my thoughts..... so i guess it will take me some time to recover. i hope you are studying well.
keep working hard.
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thank you SOS, for dropping by, you are a great friend, yes, there is one thing i need desparately, is how can i become you? dont worry about exam, your preparation was good, so, i believe, it will be great. you are just feeling that exam day confustion everyone feels.
well, i am not being good, today i woke up at 11 again, its raining, and it will rain tomorrow and day after.
yesterday, i may read 5 pages or RBC chapter from RR, then i thought i am not doing anything else, may be i should do some questions, i did 5 questions from micro qbank, and read its explanation. then it was about 6, i got up from studies, waited, got exhausted, didnt do anything. where am i going?
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Hi antidepressant,
I think we all go through days like you had. The important thing is to get back on foot and keep moving. I spend weekends with my family (wife and 2 kids), 140 miles away from where i work/live during week days. so, the first day back to studies (monday) is always a challenge, and i had let in the past ruin the rest of the week. Of late, i have been consistent in getting back on foot after the weekend and moving forward. We just have to keep trying a strategy which will work for us.
All the best. Keep rolling.
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hey AD you don't wanna become me... i am a stupid girl anyway.... but you have me by your side... so whenever you need me let me know... i was feeling so useless after the step1... i mean from being so busy and occupied to doing nothing at all and used to end up getting worked up over the step1results.. yesterday i took my first step for CS prep.... i'e started a journal..... now i've got a study partner as well.... and soon i am going to go full swing into CS prep... i hate to do nothing .... then i will also have make preparations for my visa interview.... i am trying all i can to not to think of step 1 but there are three questions which are really troubling me.... i got them wrong by just being plain stupid.... i am just not able to forget those.. and just to save me from anymore anxiety i packed up all the step1 material and have put them in the closet... now i don't ever wanna look at that stuff again.
you study well... i 'l keep checking on you.... i love this forum so much that i will stick around as long as i can....
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hi AD...buddy i feeel ur pain ....lets keeep checking on each other and we will make it .
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Thanks, SOS, I am glad you are staying busy. this is the best time for you, no pressure. dont worry about any questions. wish you a 99. and stay around, even though i will pm you, when i am in trouble, , did you read one chapter from RR every day before your exam as you planned?
Thanks match, what are you studying now a days?
I got bored of RBC and RR, i went through half way of RBC, and then decided to take a break of 2 days may be and read something else. may be micro. i will try to do some questions, and read the explanation, and if needed related part in the book. each questions shouldnt take more than 5 minute in reading explanation unless i read the book. i am bad in virology. its hard to remember those. woke up at 10.30, visited some journal, had tea, now i will open the book. If i do anything, i will be back and report! roger.
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Persistence:
Persistence is not allowing anything to stop you from an activity once you start it unless it's something really severe.
What people don’t know about persistence is that you don’t have to be feeling good when doing that particular thing. Persistence is simply going against your obstacles and your emotions and accomplishing your task under any conditions.
Don’t Wait for Things to Change Wanting to be persistent while waiting for your mood to stabilize will be like waiting for the wind to calm so that you could set sail. Yes, the wind may clam down eventually, but that may only happen after it's too late!! Life moves in cycles and you will face times when you aren't in the mood for anything. If you stop working whenever the cycle moves near the bottom, you will never complete an activity to the end. To summarize this, go against your emotions and obstacles instead of waiting for them to move away from you. I know that sometimes things could be out of your control, but when it comes to not exercising because you couldn't find your training shoes, that's definitely not being persistent. Persistence is an acquired skill and not some kind of gift. Simply by training yourself to be persistent, you will become a persistent person. Whatever you do affects your personality; if you keep dropping small activities because of small obstacles, you will end up dropping bigger activities because of even smaller obstacles. Whatever you train yourself to do will become a part of your personality.
Persistence and Flexibility Some people think that persistence is trying the same method over and over until things get done. This is completely wrong! If you can't break the wall by punching it then don’t keep punching. Go grab something to break it down with, bring your friends to help you or use dynamite. The idea is to avoid repeating a method if it proves unsuccessful but not let go of the main goal; in this case breaking the wall!!
To summarize it all, these are the guidelines for becoming persistent:
Holding on even if you feel like quitting: In other words, disregard your emotions.
Keep your goal in sight: If you don't visualize your reward, what will push you on, against your emotions and personal comfort, to accomplish anything?
Don’t ignore small situations: Be persistent when doing even small tasks. This will be reflected in your behaviour and your personality when you face bigger situations.
Be flexible: Don't keep punching the wall )
losing motivation midway quitting something midway is real bad, just remembering how where you motivated at the beginning of your activity may add more to your pain . if you are a person who starts a new activity in a very energetic way then stops midway then don't worry, there are still some things to do in order to help yourself not to lose the interest that early .
what to do is you lose motivation midway one of the things you can do is splitting down your big project into many small pieces. for example suppose you have to finish studying 100 pages , putting a goal to finish those hundred pages may cause you to lack motivation as the one percent per page progress will be very small and so you may quit midway. instead you could divide the quantity into a 20 page divisions , and put a goal to complete the five divisions, each 20 pages you will get motivated because you will have made an achievement which is completing 100% of he first section.
Have you ever wondered:
"Why do things never work for me? Why do I never succeed while others do? Why do some people reach their goals, while others don't? " I bet most of you have asked yourselves those questions before. Have you ever started doing a certain activity, but after trying a couple of times, decided that it was too hard for you? Maybe you thought that you lack the qualities needed to perform the required activity. Or maybe you've done like most people, and started complaining about your bad luck, the weak economy and all of the other external conditions that affect you. its only about the number of tries
But the truth here is totally different, life has proved that anyone can achieve anything that he wants, given that he tried hard enough. "But how hard is hard enough ?" You may wonder... Here's an example. Let's say that you need to fall about one hundred and fifty times before you can reach a certain level of proficiency in skating. Let's assume that you only tried one hundred and ten times. You might stop trying and call yourself a failure because you fell 110 times. But if you knew the truth - that you were only 40 trials away of achieving your goal - you wouldn't have stopped then. Off course, there isn't any known constant number of trials that you need to complete for every activity - because the number of required trials depends on your skills. Take the skating example. If you were very skilled at sports, with good feet co-ordination and balance, you may need to fall twenty or thirty times only before you could do it well. An average person may need seventy trials, while someone with zero sports background may need to try more than a hundred times. But in the end, after all did their required trials, they are all capable of skating!
still not convinced?
If you're still not convinced, just go ahead and read the those few examples: Thomas Edison failed nine hundred ninety nine times before he succeeded at inventing the lamp. On the 1000th trial!!! When he was asked how he managed to continue trying in spite of failing all those times, he told them: "Whenever it didn't work, I would never say that I failed. I just say that I've found another incorrect way to make the lamp". Another story regarding sports, it was previously thought that a man can never run a mile in less than 4 minutes. That belief was there for years, that no one ever dared to doubt its correctness. That was until Roger Banister proved that this was not true, by running a mile in less than 4 minutes. Just after that in the same year another 37 runners broke the record, followed by hundreds later.
What's interesting here is that if anyone of those runners had tried hard enough before Banister, he could have done it. But they all gave up to the belief and didn't try enough times because they thought trying was useless in this case. "Why bother with something impossible ?" they thought. More examples: Henry Ford lost all of his fortune 6 times, and each time he did bounce back and rebuild his empire.
Walt Disney's idea of creating a cartoon character called "Mickey Mouse" was rejected more than 5 times, until he managed to find someone who supported the idea and then Mickey came to life.
English novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books. Programming your mind for
success
Doing a Master of Science would typically take you two to three years in most countries. Two years of programming can strongly affect your way of thinking even if it was for only two times per week. Have you ever thought about the impact that watching television everyday for 10 years have on your belief system? Defiantly the programming is much more powerful than the ones that happen at the universities because of the following reasons: 1)You watch television everyday while you don’t attend lectures everyday (for masters you may only attend 2 times/week) 2)You can keep watching the same things that you like for 10 years or more!! (some people are addicted to horror movies others to violence...etc) 3)While watching television your mind is almost in the state of hypnosis because of the excitement you are experiencing (this allows the beliefs to bypass your conscious filters much easier) So, what if drama was your favorite?
What if horror movies were your favorite ones?
The result of watching something for years is being programmed by it. Don’t wonder why do you have a certain belief system or why do you sometimes become a thinker, its because you may have been programming yourself to think that way since years.
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