ReSchool Yourself

There will be a time where a career, activity, or task will become mundane, boring, and nearly despicable. It is at that moment where you are probably facing burnout. The challenge with burnout is that all the things that you prided yourself over have now gone out the window, and your discipline levels are now questionable. You succumb to the earliest signs of weakness and find yourself doing things that you thought you'd never do. This episode covers a personal battle with the effects of burnout and the steps to get back on the track.

High school is a period where curiosity, growth, and learning should take precedence, yet, its students are distracted by their own insecurities, social competitions, and instant gratifications. Rather than complicate the things that students should learn, basics like building relationships, reading influential and educational books, and improving communications skills will never go wrong.

What can you do to improve your position in the dominance hierarchy?

The initial excitement that drives a person to complete a worthy goal will undoubtedly falter. And when this does happen, emotional breakdowns, negative self talk, loss of momentum, and self doubt start to creep in. When you're in that clouded space, what do you do to get yourself out of that downward spiraling funk? Episode 2 talks about the realities of what you'll go through emotionally as you strive to accomplish a goal and what you can do to get yourself out of the ditch you dug yourself in.

We live in a state where most people’s curiosity has been suppressed through the consumption of uninteresting content. Through years of schooling, we’ve attributed learning with these mindless, boring, mundane tasks that do not excite us. Curiosity and the love of learning should not lie dormant, and we must take steps to reignite those traits.