HARD WORK DECODED: WHY WE RESIST IT AND HOW TO MASTER IT..

 Hey people welcome you all to the fifth vlog in order to improve yourself. Today our topic will be on the "HARD WORK" kind of boring but I will teach u scientifically, logically and practically, the reason of why you all are avoiding , escaping it, and also gonna guide you with the technical solution of it.

⏺ DEFINATION OF HARD WORK:

Hard work simply means consistency and the effort you put in achieving your goals, even when it's get difficult, uncomfortable, or time consuming. Its means going beyond your comfortable zone, showing discipline, and staying dedicated despite distraction, failure, or delays in routine.

In simple word hard work means showing up again and again with same dedication and effort even when your task get boring or you feel lazy..

Basically hard work means repetition of the task without any shortcut.

Since we know the best meaning of hard work lets decode why we don't wanna do it.

There are many scientific factors which influences the mechanism of hard work. The factors are:

● Brain reward system( Dopamine).

● Neuroplasticity.

● Cortisol and stress

● Energy and nutrition

●sleep and recovery

● Muscle memory

Well will understand later the meaning of these terms and effect for now lets understand the mechanism for not doing hard work.

                                                   

⏺ WHY WE RESIST HARD WORK:

Hard work simply means repetition of the task, when we repeat some task we loosely interest in it, Because:

1. Habituation: our brain is design to notice new activities or thing or when it get repetitive, our brain just become less responsive to it. This is called Habituation.

2. Dopamine Decline: It's releases when you start progressing, when u repeat task its stared to get boring, eventually no excitement left, hence no dopamine release  and u stop repeating.

3. Predictability( less mental simulation): our brain love small challenges and problem solving, Repetition make the task predictable and hence our brain precisive it as boring.

4. Energy Conservation Mechanism: From an evolutionary perspective, the brain avoid spending energy on repetitive task as it feels safe.

⏺ HOW TO START DOING HARD WORK:

Before starting something get full knowledge about the thing every little detail about it, just like the phrase that "before entering into a battlefield, you should find out every little details about your enemy. so, point no. one is:

1. Get to know your task: knowing what your task is, what are the things u required to perform it, to master it, what are your speciality or discomfort with the task.

2. Figuring out the plan: Having a plan can lead u one step higher than others, write about what u need to do at every stage at every situation. Divide the task into small tasks to perform.

3. Set small daily goals: success don't come in one day, instead on focusing on success, focus on what u can finish today.

4. Consistency: consistency is the master key that can help you to grant your success, consistency make u better day by bay if u stay consistence for about 60 days you are already doing better than 75% of the people.

5. Reward progress, not perfection: celebrate efforts, even if the result isn't perfect yet. progress fuels motivation.

6. Build a mindset with routine: Hard work become easier when it became a part of your daily routine like brushing your teeth every morning. BUT with building a mindset building a routine can be lot more easier.

⏺ LESSON LEARNED FROM HARDWORK:

1. Patience: Success doesn't come overnight. Hard work teaches us to wait and trust the process.

2. Resilience: We learned to stand up for ourselves even after failure.

3. Self-discipline: We train our mind to lead, not to fallow the impulses.

4.Humility: hard work shows that effort matters more than luck.

5. Value of success: What we earn through sweat and effort always fells more meaning full.

Hard work is not about just reaching goals, it's about becoming the kind of person who refuses to give up. Hard work is a long journey you all need to travel for once to learn the patience, importance of effort and time, to acquire the power, to be a leader. We often avoid hard work cause its fells tough and time taking, but once we start practicing it, it transform our character it will make us one of a kind that u always wanted to be, confident, clarity with thoughts, disciplined, independent, patient, focused, problem-solver and much more.

It's a another trait that gonna transform you into the better version. So, what are your thoughts know let me know in the comment.

LOOKISM: THE NATURE OF JUDJING PEOPLE.

LOOKISM: Lookism is the nature of people to judge another people in the basic of outer character. It is a trait that u are not born with but if it is acquired by you, then considered yourself in a loop( loop of  being judgemental, setting standards, coiling, not living into reality etc. This is the nature of the people that make them to skip the reality and set their different world with fakeness. We all have the nature of lookism by which we all are unable to see the true nature of this world.

Lets talk about the nature of this world; In todays generation when I see the people living there life I feel the emptiness inside them. It's feels like they are not satisfied with what they have got. They always run for getting more and more and forget their purpose.

some people even don't have there purpose. These people can never be satisfied and always struggle, they compare there self to others and ends up in depression.

The nature of world didn't work the way u think; To live in this world you need to know your purpose, to take action towards your goals and to have your own morals, you can't be define by others.

you need to take your nature from the nature. Nature support you only if you support your self.

⏺ WHAT IS LOOKISM? 

Lookism is the judging nature of people on many basis. people judge another people on the basis of  their personality, character, ego, their choice for wearing clothes, the way they talk,  for their knowledge, for their appearance etc. Lookism is the idea that people are treated differently based on their physical appearance, often favouring those who fit societal standards of the beauty. It is the form of discrimination, similar to racism or sexism, but based on looks. The concept of lookism is deeply rooted to the society from the ancient era and now have successfully  change the mentality of people to observe and judge people and affected the human interaction.

                                                                              

⏺ HISTORICAL CONTEX OF LOOKISM

History has stablished the variuos beauty standard which define the social status, worth and desirability.

For example: In ancient greek time  the standards of beauty was determined by having curvy but modest body for women, large eyes, golden or radish hair. sets the different version of beauty.

for man it was; having status, achievements, power, good assets etc.

 In India:   The standards of beauty was influence by  the  of empire ruling the  society. basically at that time being powerful was considered the beauty [ who have the more power, money, fame was considered powerful]. 

At certain period the lookism has changed the concept of beauty, not just beauty but also it has change the human interaction at the different level and on different basis.

⏺ MODERN BEAUTY STANDARDS

Now a days we judge people on various level. In this era media define lookism or promoting narrow and often unrealistic standards of beauty. Tv show, advertisement,  and  social media platform like insta and tik tok sets the standards which are not just unrealistic but affected the mentality of people to judge on the outer appearance . people usually forget who they are and started to wear a fake mass to fit in the society. This all is leading the people forget their true identity and make them to create a fake identity.

The problem just not end here, the concept of lookism has lead people to  the fake world where they sets different priorities. priorities for looking good irrespective for working on their selves, priorities to buy beauty products irrespective of their needs and so much more.

⏺ HOW WE HAVE TRAPPED INTO LOOKISM

Psychologically , human makes quick judgement on the basis of appearance called "Hallo effect". this leads people to relate physical attractiveness with positive traits such as intelligence, kindness, and competence. As a result, attractive individual often get powerful treatment in social media, academic and professionals settings. This can harm the people who feel insecure about thereself, these people  can be unfairly judge.

 In professional environment, lookism manifest in hiring people, promoting them, and giving them more opportunities. studies have shown that attractive people  are more likely to be hired, earn high salaries and receive better performance, evaluation etc. 

Lookism direct, exist in isolation. It give rise to  discrimination such as racism, sexism, ageism and classism. For example beauty standards usually reflects eurocentric feature which has limited people thoughts to judge.

⏺ HOW CAN WE SKIP THE LOOP FOR LOOKISM:

People are forgetting their morals and their own value. They don't know who they truly are and started to live on the others opinion. 

Let's understand this with an example: Let's say someone told you that you are hard working . you gonna take this as a compliment and start working more hard. This ends in a good way. Now, what act be the worst, someone say's that u are not good looking, your sense of dressing is authentic you need to improve; What did you do later  you really think that you are unattractive and because of smeone else opinion, and at the end you are unattractive get fitted into your subconscious mind.

What we all are doing here, We are defining our self on the basis of others opinion, It's like we have given them the power to control us. we have loose our own nature. 

How we can change this? 

Firstly we need to find out about ourselves, What is your nature what are your thoughts, what are your belief, 

Secondly we need to understand the concept for taking action ; we usually take action action without thinking and this can make the worst of all the outcome of our action. we take action judgemently , illogically. 

Give a thought while taking action. Don't just take action just because you are in anger or emotionally controlled.

Thirdly we need to sets standards for ourself, standards means boundaries. 

Let me tell you how I do this and to be honest I like this thing about my selves.

I just simply say to myself no one can harm me emotionally until  I allow it. I give no one permission to play with my morals value, I allow to one to judge me because I  have my own believe and my own faith, even if someone do so, I didn't take take them seriously, cause its fucking my choice to take their words or action to my innerself, and I don't allow anyone to go through my innerslef. By doing all this I protect my self, my belief and my nature. 

It's very simple and you can do that to, believe me it gonna change you for who you really bare and give you own nature.

Fourthly you all need to understand the difference between ADVICE and TAUNTS. well these thing come to you with experience.

 

CONSISTENCY AND COMPOUND

MS DHONI: Consistency is what transforms average into excellence.

Hey guys, I welcome you all to this fourth vlog about improving yourself. Today, our topic will be consistency. You see, the time you wake up, the route you take when you go to work, the way you speak or act, eating at the same time, and using the same study method are nothing but your responses to consistent action taken unintentionally.

Your unintentional action at a time resulted in a stable response that is your HABIT. 

In the last vlog we have talked about we talked about the habit, how can you formed a habit? The answer to that is consistency.

                                                         

SO WHAT IS CONSISTENCY?

Consistency simply refers to the quality of maintaining a stable, uniform and reliable pattern over time in your thoughts, actions behaviour or results. Consistency is not just about following the same thing again and again it is also about building a stable form in your life. Your habit is the result of consistency. 

For example: How does a person acquire a habit of smoke? 

He had somewhere started smoking from zero, its consistent action led him to form smoking it as a habit. From here we can conclude that you are showing consistency in types of things, determine your habit, and the result of habit can be positive or negative.

The point to note here is even bad habit can formed due to consistency. Now we can see the power of consistency.

Consistency can be a powerful tool if you use it wisely, it can help you to achieve what you want. It can make you a master of a certain skill. It can make you disciplined. If you want to master a certain skill make sure to do it consistently. 

Now you all have understood the result of consistency which is habit formation. Now let's see the reason why you are not consistent.

1. Lack of clear goals; If you don't have well defined goals. It's hard to stay consistent. for example if someone wants to gets fit but dosen't have a specific plan( like exercising 4 times a week or loosing 5 kg in 3 months) they are more likely to loose motivation. Clear goals gives direction and purpose.

2. Lack of motivation or discipline; Motivation is temporary and can fluctuate  based on mood, energy or external factors . Discipline is however the ability to stay committed even when motivation is low. For instance a student might feel excited to study at first but loose interest overtime if they relay on motivation instead of making it a habit.

3. External distraction; Life is full of distractions, weather it's a social media, unexpected responsiblities or interruption from others. If someone is trying to develop a habit, but they keep getting side tracked by notification or social companies, their consistency suffers.

4. Burnout or overload; Taking on too much at once can lead to exhaustion, If someone tries to do too many task without break they feel mentally or physically drained, making it hard to maintain consistency. For example an employee who works 12 hours days might struggle to stay consistent with personal goals like reading or exercising.

5. Inefficient system or planning; Without a structured approach, consistency becomes difficult. If a person wants to wake up early but doesn't set an alarm, sleeps late or doesn't have a morning routine they are less likely to succeed. Proper planning helps build reliable habits.

So if you know the problem you can easily find the solution to the problem. 

COMPOUNDING WITH CONSISTENCY;

Now let me give you the weapon for consistency. How you can command consistency?

Consistency is a logical technique i.e. repeating your action; Let's say you are learning the skill of playing guitar. How can you master the skill the answer is consistency. 

For example; A boy named Rahul wants to learn a guitar so that he can join some famous band and can get famous but his parents doesn't support him , also he get involved in school, classes, tuition and assignments, After that he had only left with one hour for practice, but he is very consistent with his practice as he practice everyday. 

Also, a boy named Arjun is also interested in playing guitar and holds a same dream. But he didn't much care about the  school and other thing and he practice 5 hour every day. 

Now who do you think will,  master the skill better? Isn't it obvious?

It's Arjun who gonna master the skill. The point here is when you invest more time in your habit( Repeated action) you have a high rate of getting better in that habit than others. This is called COMPOUNDING. 

HOW CAN COMPOUNDING CAN HELP YOU?

It is very simple, compounding in another words means investing, the more you invest the more you get. 

The principle of compounding in consistency is a game-changer when it comes to learning new skills. Here’s how it works:

Daily Practice Builds Mastery: Whether you're learning to play the guitar, write code, or speak a new language, consistent practice—even just 20 minutes a day—ensures steady progress. Each session builds on the last, reinforcing what you've learned. But when you invest more, the more you get better.

Tiny Improvements Add Up: Imagine improving by just 1% each day with compounding. While that might not seem like much, over time, these small improvements multiply, leading to exponential growth in your ability and confidence.

Retention Through Repetition: Regular practice helps move new information or skills from short-term to long-term memory. This reinforces your understanding and ensures that what you learn sticks.

Overcoming Plateaus: At times, learning can feel stagnant. Consistency helps you push through plateaus, as every small effort contributes to eventual breakthroughs.

Compound Knowledge: As you consistently learn, you start connecting new ideas to what you already know. This creates a deeper and more integrated understanding of the skill.

Certainly! Consistency can be understood through various perspectives and terms:

Reliability: It means showing up and performing actions regularly without fail.

Habitual: It’s about turning actions into habits that become second nature over time.

Persistence: It reflects a continuous and steady effort toward a goal, even in the face of challenges.

Repetition: It involves doing the same thing repeatedly to reinforce learning or progress.

Routine: It's the establishment of regular practices that help maintain discipline and focus.

Stability: Consistency provides a sense of steadiness and reliability in actions or outcomes.

Now you all have got the powerful tool of consistency with compounding., hope you will use it carefully and consciously .Till then see in the next blog.

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