1. Academic Excellence is Like a Plate of Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup (Nigerian Favorite Delicacy) …you enjoy it best when you are most hungry for it!
Hunger is the real ingredient that makes ANY food delicious. That is why any time you are really hungry any food you eat tastes sweet and delicious. It is not different from academic excellence!

Have you ever failed a course or scored a CGPA lower than your expectations OR WISHES? Didn’t that experience cause you to be hungry for a better grade or CGPA? That hunger/desire is not a symbol of fear or inferiority as some might think. That desire is the cry of the spirit of excellence already in you waiting to be unleashed. So, take advantage of it and anytime you study always know that you are not a failure trying to be excellent. You are an excellent person who under accomplished during the last exams! You are an excellent person who is fully prepared to unleash excellence the next exams!

2. Academic Excellence is like a Beautiful Virtuous Lady, you only win her heart if you do not struggle for her!

Very few guys know this hidden secret! And that is why beautiful and virtuous girls only give their valuable hearts to great guys who really value them enough not to struggle for them because of their healthy self-esteem. In the same fashion, Academic Excellence is accomplished best by those who do not struggle for it…yes they desire it, work at it but they do not struggle for it!

Are you stressing yourself just to have a higher CGPA? It is likely you won’t get it! Are you struggling to study? Why not relax and take some rest; your brain assimilates more when it is less tensed! Ask every exceptional course mate of yours, you will find out, they may study longer or shorter than you but they do not study under pressure! They do not sweat for an “A”! It is amazing how much success you will accomplish when you study with a restful mind! Ask yourself a sincere question: Why do I perform better at courses/exams where I experienced less tension or stress? So my advice is simple; Relax! Relax!! Relax!!! Do not struggle for academic excellence! Rest your way to academic excellence! Work/Study under Rest not under tension, struggling or fear! Because REST is the real key to academic excellence!

Author - Mene B. Orits

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