Students, HOW to start this semester?

Hey, what’s up? It’s me, Seth from SethPerler.com. Happy spring semester! I hope you had a really great winter break.

This video is for middle school, high school, and college students. It’s spring semester 2019, and you’re starting a new semester. I want to make this quick video to tell you something that will make your life a lot easier this semester.

Basically, on my blog below, I’m going to link a PDF that you can print out. I want you to print several copies of it. What it is, essentially, is a mini self-assessment. You’re going to print it, look at it, and complete it yourself. It also wouldn’t be a bad idea to have your parents complete it as well.

This assessment will help you identify how you’re doing in the key areas that contribute to success in school. I’ve made it easy to read, easy to understand, and powerful. It asks a series of questions and uses a scale from 1 to 4. A rating of 1 means things are not going well, while a 4 means you’re doing great and don’t really need to worry about that area.

These are the specific areas that need to be in place for you to do well in school.

Now, I know some of you are thinking, “I don’t want to do one more thing. I already have enough on my plate.” Trust me—this will actually make your life easier and better. You’ll have more freedom and more free time.

Here’s how it helps:

First, it gives you clarity—crystal-clear clarity—about the things you’re supposed to be doing. Second, it helps you understand exactly how well you’re doing with those systems. Third, it helps you reflect on how you’ve changed over time.

When we’re aware of something, we tend to be better at improving it. A lot of people aren’t even aware of the systems they need in place. Simply becoming aware of them can make a huge difference.

You can put this assessment on your fridge or hang it on your wall. Then, if you come back to it in a month, six weeks, or eight weeks and score yourself again, you’ll be able to see your growth. This helps you become even more aware and gives you greater clarity about where you want to go.

Because of that, I recommend completing this assessment three or four times throughout the semester. It will help you refine your systems and continue improving them.

Now, if you’re listening to me and thinking, “Man, Seth, this doesn’t sound fun. I don’t even want to do this,” hear me out.

Your parents want this for you. The adults who care about you want this for you. And deep down, you want it too.

I don’t want you to be average. I don’t want you to be mediocre. I don’t want you to have a so-so future, and I certainly don’t want you to have a bad future.

I want you to be happy.

I want you to accomplish your goals. I want you to pursue your dreams. I want you to have opportunities, choices, freedom, and the ability to live the life you want as an adult.

Here’s the irony: in order to have that freedom, those choices, and those opportunities, you have to learn how to do things you don’t always want to do.

Sometimes there will be homework you don’t want to do, essays you don’t want to write, projects you don’t want to complete, reading you don’t want to do, or studying you don’t feel like doing.

Any goal you pursue in life will include aspects you don’t enjoy.

For example, in my business, there are parts that I love. I love making videos. I love working with people. But I don’t enjoy a lot of the behind-the-scenes work, like website management, uploading videos, and handling technical details.

There are parts I don’t like, but I do them because they allow me to do what I love.

The point is that this PDF will help you develop skills you’ll need for any goal you pursue in life.

I’m not going to go through the entire assessment, but here’s the basic idea:

No matter what you want to accomplish in the future, you’ll need some level of organization. You’ll need planning skills. You’ll need to know how to prioritize, manage your time, and handle responsibilities effectively.

These are skills that take many years to develop, but this assessment will help you identify them so you can focus on improving them—not only to have a better semester, but to have a better life.

If you use this tool, it can reduce your stress, help you manage your responsibilities more effectively, increase your freedom, improve your peace of mind, and help you build a better future.

It’s not a magic solution. You still have to put in the work. But it will help frame and organize the areas you should be focusing on.

Have a fantastic spring semester, and I’ll see you next week.