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Why Should I
Study?
Dr. K. S. Deepak
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Dedication Dedicated to the great Almighty and
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About The Author Dr. K S Deepak, is a Professor in Pharmacy
Institute in Hyderabad. He is Doctorate (PhD)
in Pharmacy, Masters (M.A.) in Psychology
and Bachelors degree (B.Ed) in Education. He
is basically from a rural area of Maharashtra.
Teaching is his passion so he left lucrative
corporate job and joined teaching profession.
He occasionally writes on his facebook page
regarding current social issues. He has deep interest and care for
the cause of Education and environmental issues. He believes,
everyone has potential we need to recognise and develop it. He
plans to write many educational books and this is his first book in
this cause.
He can be reached at ksdeepak31@yahoo.co.in.
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About The Book “Why Should I Study” is about understanding the importance of
study in our life. It‟s an interesting book, which tells us what is the
true meaning of study, why it‟s important to study regularly, what
we will gain by studying and may lose by not studying. It explains
relation between success, happiness and satisfaction and it tries to
show us the ways for selecting the study which is most suitable for
us. The book will surely enable you to learn the methods of
effective and successful study for successful and satisfying life. It
will make your personal and professional life more contented.
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Acknowledgement
I need to be thankful to various persons, authors, websites and
other sources for providing me inspiration and direction for
making this book a reality.
It would not be easy to write this book without referring so
many resourses, these ideas are backbone of this book.
Many stories used in this book are either folk stories or
taken from open sources. I am thankful to original authors of the
stories.
This is an attempt to explain things which may be already
told by others with my opinion, conviction and perception to
inspire people to realise their true strength and potential and act
accordingly.
Direct or indirect contribution of all known and unknown
contributors is acknowledged. Thank you!
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Introduction I was taking my evening walk in the neighborhood and suddenly I
heard a mother shouting and scolding a boy, probably her son, who
was barely about 10 years old. „I told you to study and I am finding
you drawing cartoon pictures on the book? What will you do? Ha!
Stop this and just study the books”, she was yelling at him. “Every
day I have to be like a watchman guarding over him all evening to
make him study.” she told me when I stopped and was watching
her. I asked the boy what is the problem. He told very innocently,”
Everybody tell me to study but I don‟t understand why should I
Study when I don‟t like it at all?”
I remembered my childhood, When I was a school going
child, I used to be very confused and angry as everybody use to tell
me and remind me that I should study and get good grades. But
everyone used to forget to tell me why should I study and what
will I achieve if I study. I also hated math and history and can‟t
justify why should I study and score well in all the subjects I am
studying. Though I was a very bright student I lost my interest in
studies and was at the verge of quitting studies as an
undergraduate. I was finding it very hard to study the subjects
which don‟t interest me to just write and pass the exams. It‟s when
I joined my job I understood what the need of studies is and I
subsequently finished my postgraduate and doctorate in pharmacy.
Due to renovated interest in study I was also able to finish my
masters in Psychology.
I thought the problem is same even after 25 years. There is
very less progress in educating small children to know the answer
of question why should I study? And I decided to give my version
of the reasons for the same question. This is why I started writing
the book Why Should I Study?
If we observe most of the great persons in different fields
were born in ordinary conditions and likely had very normal
ordinary parents. What made them great in their fields? What is the
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specialty of these great people which make them very special,
great, legends?
You ask any teenager or any young person in any part of
world you will notice that everybody wants to become rich and
famous. Everybody wants to be rich and great but very few
become in reality. There is simple example from a life of very
famous musician which I have read somewhere. One day at the age
of 60 he was performing before a royal meeting. After his
wonderful performance the king said,” Wow! What divine music!
Where you have learned this? I can give my life for this kind of
music.” The musician calmly said,” I have already given my life to
learn the music!” This story tells us that everybody wants to be
rich famous and great but only those who not only dream but also
work tirelessly towards the achievement and realization of the
dream become great, rich and famous.
Thus those who become somebody in their life or at least
improved their life and status remarkably were those who were
constantly trying to fulfill some or other requirement in achieving
what they were dreaming. This constant and persistent desire made
them master of many other things so that they were capable of
sustaining whatever pressure they got on their way to reach to the
desired destination. This struggle, drive, zeal to get the things of
interest is nothing but study.
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Content List
S.no Title Page
1. What is Study? 1
2. Why Should I Study 10
3. Select your Study 23
4. How to Study 39
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1 What is Study?
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The first and foremost thing to develop interest in study is to
understand what is the meaning of study?
What actually is study?
The word “study” cannot be confined to any one specific meaning
as any activity which results in learning and improving something
can be called study.
The Study is a process of doing something, observing
something keenly or imitating something so as to learn that
“something” in such a way that you can be a good doer for that
“something” whenever required, wherever required.
When we are in school or college for education, studying is
learning all the subjects either by reading the books, listening to
the teachings and solving the exercises of those particular subjects.
This can be thus mastering subjects related to academic
specialties like Languages, Math, Science or Geography if one
intends to get at least minimum education level and knowledge in
that subject and use that in life either getting a job or setting a
business or doing something for earning livelihood.
In case of a sport when you aspire to become a
sportsperson, the study is practicing that sport whole-heartedly and
regularly. It also includes analyzing and taking the accurate steps
needed to improve your particular weak or strong area in that sport.
Same is true for whether you want to be musician, painter,
business man, scientist or whatever you want to be, the basic
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principle never changes that “you have to study your chosen field
if you want to make it count, make an impact
Study also involves trying to learn and imitate some
technical aspects of the field as the greats in that particular field
do.
One of very important aspect of study is finding new,
improved, innovative techniques of doing or executing various
aspect of the field you are studying.
“The study is constantly observing, analyzing, learning, doing, practicing and thriving for improving some or other
activity so as to master it for further application and utilization
for much better professional, personal or social outcomes”.
But just day dreaming and reading and discussing about the
area of interest, without actually working on it is not study. It can
be just a minor part of it.
Study involves wholesome activity related to the “subject”
you have chosen.
Simply you can say studying is constant practicing,
analyzing and again practicing till you achieve your predetermined
targets.
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of
preaching” - Mahatma Gandhi
Let’s try to understand the concept of study illustrated with some
examples from the life stories of people who are great in their
respective fields.
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Sachin Tendulkar:
Everybody know Sachin, Little Master as he is called, is considered as best batsman in the word with a double century and
century of centuries in cricket, his many records are unbreakable as
it seems. Now think about Sachin Tendulkar, he has played cricket
for 22 years representing Indian team.
He played in all forms of cricket with same passion and efficiency
as he used to play 20 years ago. He actually started when he was in
school, at the age of 7 or 8. He is said to be most regular in practice
sessions in morning and evening even after becoming best.
Imagine how boring it would be to go to ground everyday in
morning and evening for 3-4 hours and playing cricket for around
35 years without losing interest and passion.
“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice
makes perfect”- Vince Lombardi
For the little master the practice of cricket more specifically means
practicing batting everyday in morning and evening. As he studied
and till study, so he is “GREAT”.
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The words of one of the greatest NBA player Michael Jordan tell
us everything.
“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost
almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the
game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over
and over again in my life. And that is
why I succeed”: -Michael Jordan
Roger Federer
The one who knows tennis must know Roger Federer is regarded
as the “greatest” tennis player of all time. He has a record book of
records in tennis. To name a few, he has won 17 grand slam titles,
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more than any other men's singles player. He is the first ever men's
singles tennis player to have reached 25 grand slam finals, 10 of
them are consecutive. He is the player to be on top of the ATP
Rankings for longest duration i.e. 302 weeks.
He started as player when he was child. He was junior
champion in Wimbledon 1998.After that he never looked back and
dominated tennis. He is 34 year old and till he is able to play and
beat younger players.
For Federer practicing and perfecting game of tennis is
study. He has focused all his energies on his selected study and
that’s why he became Roger federer, The FedEx.
His famous quote "Hang in there and hope for the best
whenever things are down".
How he achieved this? Everybody knows that he rarely
misses practice
There are legends like Sachin and Federer in all the sports
who have done same thing to become “The Legend”.
Lata Mangeshkar
Have you heard about Lata Mangeshkar, the lady with golden
voice. She started singing when she was barely 10 or 11 years old.
She used to practice every day in morning and evening for long
hours. She is above 86 years of age and till she sing songs for a 16
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year old actress of movie with same grace and sweetness. Imagine
many old people can’t talk clearly at this age and she can sing for
young girls.
How it’s possible? She is tirelessly studying and practicing
music for more than 70 years. From early childhood when she
started singing, she has constantly and consistently practiced
without getting tired or either bored. For her this practice is
STUDY. She studied without fail so she is able to stand for this
long and till standing without being affected by age.
“Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you
can't get it wrong...ever.” - Ziad K. Abdelnour
Thomas Edison
We are enjoying many comforts in life which are actually possible
because of the efforts of one of the greatest scientist ever existed.
He experimented, tirelessly throughout his life to achieve
those experimental results he dreamed of and made them possible.
Once he lost all the data in a fire accident, he did not get
disappointed but from next day onward he started working more on
his experiments. His famous quote is "Genius is one percent
inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
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” I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't
work.- Thomas A. Edison
Like Edison you can check the biography of any scientist, on an
average they have spent more than 80% of life in laboratories or
libraries to get the scientific invention, theory or formula they
wanted. Then only they have become what they are.
Sanjeev Kapoor
“Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice reduces the
imperfection.” - Toba Beta
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He is a chef, a host, an author of cookbooks and a restaurant
consultant. Many of you must have heard about him or have
watched him on television cooking/ teaching many of the delicious
dishes he has mastered or formulated. Now he is one of the top
rated chefs not only in India but in world. He started at very young
age and at an age of 50 years; he has same passion for cooking. His
famous quote is
“It (cooking) is my first love and I will always have time
for it!
For him perfecting the culinary art was STUDY. He studied
his chosen field with interest and motivation and today he is one of
the top persons in his profession.
“Genius will only take you to 'good.' Practice will take
you to Master.” - Mercedes Lackey
There are scores of examples from every field in our country as
well as in any other country who became what you call a legend, a
maestro or great by studying their selected field of study tirelessly
with great intent, interest, dedication and motivation. For instance
Newton, Einstein, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Madona, Steven
Spielberg, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln , Ang San Su Kee,
Paulo Kohlo, Tiger Woods are name of a few such persons.
If we try to find all the names of these persons who are
successful and are leaders in their field who devoted their lives for
study of their respective field, it will take more than 200 pages to
just write only their names.
Have you noticed many of above mentioned and not
mentioned GREATS, though are leaders in their field; were not
very good in school or college studies or doesn’t have a degree in
formal college education?
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Still, they are best students in their subjects/fields they have
chosen and studied and that made the difference. They studied and
studied and studied.
We can also call that study as “Continuous, in-depth
Practice”.
The most common thing in their life is that all these
GREAT people do STUDY what they LOVED or love what they
do STUDY!!!
“You are what you practice most.” - Richard Carlson
The life stories of all the great people have common suggestions
which indicate that you have to study to become what you want. It
doesn’t matter what is your area of interest or field of work the rule
is same you have to study that field.
The study of one aspect thus results in implementation of
those learned aspects in other related aspects of field and
personality. Our brain is like a series of bulbs of different colours.
If you switch on one bulb others connected to it will also be
switched on. The study of one specific field leads to enlightenment
of all the other aspects related to that field and your personality.
That’s why most of the LEGENDS have a well balanced
professional, personnel and socially developed lifestyle as they go
on studying.
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2 Why Should I Study
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In general, the word "study" has two broad meanings, first one, the
most common is to learn skills (generally get an education) by
going to place where it is taught (generally school/college). The
second meaning is practicing the things you have to do to
accomplish those goals related to your skill.
Considering aforementioned both the meanings, you can
say that “Studying" is learning skills and getting knowledge,
reviewing what you have learnt, improvising the skills and most
importantly preparing for a performance or test to show the level
of your skills.
From previous chapter we can say that all the great people
have studied some or other area extensively and tirelessly in their
lifetime to become “GREAT” or “LEGEND” in their field of
study.
The study in any particular field has great benefits, actually
how your personal, professional and social life will be is decided
by which study you select and how do you study.
Just to get the idea of various benefits of studying well, we
will go through a Story of Two Brothers. The story of two
brothers will explain most of the benefits of study.
Once upon a time there was a village. There was a very
prosperous and intelligent farmer who was respected by whole
village. He had two sons named Raja and Naraja. Raja was average
intelligent while Naraja was very brilliant. Raja needed lot of
efforts to learn anything while Naraja can understand and learn
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