O-Level Maths Simplified Part 1: Goal Setting And Motivation
Welcome ! welcome ! Hope I find you well ! Hey everybody this is Ibrahim Chilanga founder of E-Blue Institute. I am the author of a free 3-part course titled O-Level Maths Simplified.
Welcome to Part 1!
How do you pass O-level mathematics so that you
open the doors of career advancement ? Are you looking for five O-levels ? Do
you want to go beyond O level and attain A-levels ? Do you want a degree or
diploma ? Do you want a dream job or career? Is O-level mathematics a stumbling
block between you and all these dreams ? Fortunately, this free course is an
opportunity to achieve these dreams because I am going to teach you how to
easily pass O-level maths.
This training is designed to simplify maths. Maths
shouldn’t be an ugly beast that scares away students. Mathematics is a subject
you can enjoy if you are taught well. So as a maths teacher I have to simplify
it for you. In fact Iam going to make it very difficult for you not to pass
mathematics. How do I do this ?
To get started let me tell you about how I have helped
other students pass Maths and made their dreams a reality. Now consider Allex.
Allex had failed maths three times at first with a U then a D and finally an
E. These were terrible results for an
ambitious young man. But when he came to me after being referred by his friend I
worked with him for only eight months and he passed maths with a B. This was a great
result for someone whose last symbol had been an E. As we speak right now he
is doing diesel plant fitting at Harare Polytechnic.
You may now ask, “How did I help Allex pass Maths
?” Well if you want to pass mathematics the first thing you must work on before
anything else is your motivation. Did you know this?
It turns out that one of the reasons behind why
many fail maths is that they lack motivation first and foremost. If you look at
the word “motivation” it means motive to action.
This means if we do not have a motive we can’t take
action. Why do young people sit around and not do anything ? Why do young
people find the time for taking drugs that destroy their health ? They are
lacking motivation. They do not have a great thing out there so that they say
to themselves, “ I have to go out and get that.” “To get to this point in my
life I have to do these three things now”.
When we talk about motivation we are talking about
goal setting. A goal is something you want to achieve and it motivates action.
Take for example travelling. In travelling the destination that is where you
want to get is your goal.
Have you ever realized a simple fact that the
primary reason why you get to your destination is that you know that the place
is there. In other words the destination is clear. When you want to travel to
Harare, Bulawayo, Johannesburg, London etc it is clear that these places are
there even if you have never been there. This therefore, motivates action today
like the purchasing of bus or air tickets. Why and how would anyone buy tickets
for an unknown place ?
Likewise when you want to achieve life goals you have
to make your goals clear. Once your goals are clear this will motivate action which
are critical steps you take today in order to achieve these goals. So goal
setting is important because it’s a process that help you make your goals clear
by writing them down.
Many people are failures not because of bad luck
but due to the fact that they don’t have clear goals. What is it exactly that
you want to achieve in your life ? As an O-level student setting goals is one
of the greatest things you can ever do. Your life depends on it ! It will get
direction and a bright future !
So why not get started with goal setting ?
Goal Setting For O-Level Maths Students
I now need you to sit down and begin to write the
things that you want to achieve in your life. Identify these things. What are
these things ?
So to do this take a piece of paper and create
three rows as follows;
Row 1: Things I would like to do
Row 2: Things I would like to have
Row 3 : Places I would like to go.
Now start brainstorming …
Row 1: Things I would like to do
“What are some of the things I would like to do ?”
“I would like to learn swimming.” “ I have always
wanted to learn the isiNdebele language.”
Row 2: Things I would like to have
“I would like to have a university degree.” “I
would like to have a car.” “I would like to have a job as a medical doctor.”
Row 3 : Places I would like to go.
“I have always wanted to go to the Victoria Falls.”
“I have always wanted to go to Durban and see the ocean.”
You see if you start writing down the things you
would like to do, have and places you would like to go soon those things will start
to formulate in your mind. What the mind conceives it can do. Therefore, it
will only become a matter of time before these goals materialize as reality in
your life.
These goals will motivate you everyday when you
wake up. Every morning they will make you say,“ I have to go out and get that.”
“But to get it I have to do A, B, C,D now”. You will soon discover that O-level
maths will become one of the things you need to do now in order for you to get
to your life goals.
So after writing down the things you would like to do, have and places you would like to go which are your major goals here are some of the things you should do next.
1. Choose just one goal for now.
To make it easy getting started with goal setting and
avoid being overwhelmed choose just one goal for now. For example becoming a
medical doctor under Things I would like to have.
2. Make a list of the obstacles, make a list of the solutions.
As you work on achieving becoming a medical doctor
what are the obstacles or problems you are likely to face ? What are the
solutions ?
3.Set deadlines
I would like to do this by 31 May. I would like to
do that by 19 September.
4.Put action items in logical order
Have you ever heard a statement? “Putting the cart
before the horses.” This statement means first things first.
So say you have chosen becoming a medical doctor as
your goal. What are the things you should start doing now ?
Well if you want to become a medical doctor the
first thing to do is passing O-level maths. Medical practice require an
excellent background in sciences particularly maths.
This therefore, means you should begin today
working really hard on your O -level mathematics.
5.Visualize your dreams everyday
Get a dream book cut out the pictures of all the
things you would like to accomplish. Look at them all the time. In this era of
You Tube you can also download movies, documentaries and music that support
your goals. Get excited about your goals!
6. Be persistent
Do not quite because you had a bad day.
7.Create a support system
Let everyone know about your goals – your parents,
your friends, brothers and sisters etc. Create a support system that is have
around you people who always support you to achieve your goals.
Also your music, videos and movies play an
important role in the support system.
Eliminate associations that do not add value to your
life. For example put to an end friendships that do not respect your efforts to
achieve your goals.
With O-level students the problem is, it’s 9:30 am,
you are doing maths, a friend comes, he or she says, “ Hey Iam going to the
shops, would you like to accompany me ?” then you say, “ That’s okay Iam gone.”
“ But Maths is hard !”
Well I hear this every
time. However, what you should know first and foremost is that there is nothing
meaningful that you can achieve in life by going through the easy way. Someone
once said, “If it was easy everyone would do it.”
When you see athletes
receiving medals at the Olympics it appears like it was easy. The truth is it
wasn’t easy but the harder the fight the sweeter the victory.
No one will tell you about
the sleepless nights the athletes went through as they worked hard preparing
over a period of years. I remember reading about one world class athlete from
Korea who said she trained for eight hours in a day !
However, the possibility of
winning a medal at the Olympics motivates everyday athletes like this Korean. An Olympic medal distinguishes
an athlete and places him or her in an elite class.
This also applies to you.
The fact that O-level mathematics is a key that enables you to achieve your
goals and live a better life should be motivation enough for you to find the
strength needed for going through whatever it takes to pass maths.
You can also find strength
out of yourself. I myself find my strength for whatever I do in Jesus Christ
you can find yours in same.
But after passing maths you
will be distinguished because you will have fulfillment. You will be a
different person because the doors of career advancement and progress would
have been opened.
All this means you must
work hard starting today. As long as you maintain good work ethics you will no
doubt pass mathematics with an A come examination. Those who pass maths do so
not because the exam was easy but because they worked hard everyday before the
exam.
Denzel Washington a popular
American actor making a keynote speech to university graduates in his country put
it in a simple yet powerful way when he said, “ Hard work works !”
We have done a lot of
talking so far and you may now be asking, “ When are we going to do Maths ?”
This question comes at the right time because since you are now mentally prepared
I therefore, will not hesitate to announce that the maths topic we are going to
do is called Vectors. I have put
together an exciting lesson on Vectors and you will enjoy doing it.
So lets get started! However,
we will not get started in Part 1 but please watch out for O-level Maths Simplified Part 2.
In the meantime I look
forward to seeing your comments and feedback in the comments section below.
Thank you very much !
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