Mike Abasov

Here’s a quastion: What are the 3 things you’ve done today to make your life better?

Did you read a couple of pages in that textbook? Did you run a few miles? Did you write a blog post? Did you pay your tuition? Did you meet someone important? Did you help someone in need?

If you can’t name 3 such things by the end of each day, you’re not doing a good enough job to become successful.

So what are you things for today?

Life is much easier than you think. Anything you do or don’t do is most of the time a question of your will. 

If you really want it, you’ll get it. If you don’t want it, you are going to fail or stay idle, which to me is not much different.

Getting good marks in school is easy. After all, the system is created this way. You study, follow the rules, put in time and effort, and you succeed. Simple as that. It doesn’t make you any smarter than others, but it is a stepping stone to your happy future.

There are no profs that “won’t let you pass.” There is no “too tough material.” I’ve taken a lot of courses. Sometimes I do well, other times—not so much. But when I look back at any of my marks, I can see exactly what happened. 

Here, I prioritized other courses over this one. There, I was too lazy to read the textbook in time. And in this one, I worked my ass off to get this A+.

It all comes down to what you want, and what you are ready to do to get it.

Here’s an amazing motivational video. Check it out, and let me know what you think.

Hello fellow students,

Over the course of the last few months, I’ve been trying to find my voice on this blog. I talked about social media, marketing, professional development, etc., creating inconsistent content and, probably, boring you. But it’s time to put an end to this!

From this day forward, I going to write useful posts and try to help every student who’s looking for ways to succeed faster and is striving to be the best in their profession. I’m really excited about this!

Why this topic?

I’ve been a student for the last 5 years. I’ve been in every stage possible: from not knowing my purpose in life and almost failing courses… to finding my passion and getting straight A’s (well, once, and this will never happen again :-).

I’ve worked, and I’ve studied, and I’ve participated in many student initiatives, and I graduated, and I transferred,.. and I talk too much.

Being originally from Ukraine and living in Canada, I can honestly say that I have a lot of international experience too.

So I want to use all the knowledge that I have gained to help you.

I am going to be sharing my experiences, tips and thoughts about living the next level of learning — the level where you do more than just go to classes an parties, the level where you grow everyday and, hopefully, succeed sooner than any of your peers.

So welcome to the new Mike Abasov’s blog!

The Next Steps

I will be blogging every day, except for the weekends, big international holidays, and lazy days. In order to keep track of my posts, I advice you subscribe to this blog.

Every Sunday, starting next week, my email newsletter will be coming out with great additional information on how you can improve your college experience. This content will not be published on the blog; it will be exclusive to subscribers, so fill out a very short form now!

All my posts are going to be very topical and useful to the max. Check out the new About page to find out what I mean. Simply put, no boring crap anymore. I know you’re glad :-).

Thanks, everyone who supported me and provided feedback on this change. Especially to Derek Jensen, who helped me out more than I could expected.

I’m looking forward to seeing your pretty faces in the comments section bellow,
Mike

Always have an opinion. Ask yourself what your gut feeling is saying, what you think about this and that, if it is good or bad. Then analyze. Then answer.

Don’t brag about your decision just yet, because you might be wrong, and you don’t want to show that to everyone. But reevaluate and review your opinion later, when more information becomes available.

Some times, you will be completely wrong. Some times, you will be right. But what is more important is that through this process you will train yourself, learn and improve your cognitive skills, as well as intuition.

Later, when you get experience, more knowledge, and access to inside information, your judgements will improve dramatically. And this is crucial for any of your decisions.

So is Blackberry Playbook going to kill Apple iPad? What do you think?