A little secret

Ok today I will reveal a secret, and the secret is my result for this semester. The result was actually out a few days ago and the truth is I did real bad this time, I got a GPA of 3.6 for the semester.(Disclaimer: I do not mean to offend anyone or be ostentatious to people who got lower marks than me) All I'm saying is that it is comparatively bad to my previous semester's results. I was assiduous enough the previous semesters to achieve and keep up with a GPA of 4.6,  a 1st class. Frankly, I was quite proud of that, I felt prestiged to be in the 1st class, you know when people asked me about my GPA, they were rather astounded to find that I was a 1st class (maybe I don't have that studious look) and I think, that had motivated them a little, to be assiduous just like me (just kidding). It true, at least for me, whenever I hear an impacting speech or seeing someone accomplished something great, I would feel motivated and aspired to be like them. Now, I have lost that identity, the power to influence others and something that I used to be proud of. (sounds very much like a bigot but that's how I felt). It served me as a wake up call and came in a right time when I was too full of myself and over-complacent that I could still be as good as previous semester even if I put in lesser effort and slack on my studies. I have said that I couldn't focus on study due to the commitments in Taekwondo Club, it was true but I could still do better as my other committee member actually improved in their results in this semester. So not an excuse. However, I did not dwell on it, I accepted the fact and moved on with a resolution that I will do better and make up for the GPA in the coming semester. When life gives you lemons, either you can dwell on your problem or you can grow from it. I chose the later.

From time to time we need wake up calls like this, to keep our ego in check, to remind us that not to be complacent but have a humble heart and modest mind. And this kind of setback is exactly what we need in order to be successful, if I didn't experience this setback I would be less driven and never know how good it would felt when I achieved my goal.

So I wanted to continue with the topic on motivation, but I felt I've write enough for today and need more time to craft out my motivation post, so stay in tune, it will be up soon, hopefully! haha.