1) Balance: They place a huge importance on school, but they don’t make school their entire life. They participate in activities, hobbies, athletics, and other extra-curriculars. They spend quality time with family and friends. They focus a great deal of their energy on staying healthy and active.
2) Motivation: They don’t just hope for motivation. They actively seek out ways to stay motivated and increase their motivation.
3) Humility: They pursue their best but don’t act like the best. They are willing to learn from anyone and help anyone.
4) Confidence: They always believe that they can succeed. No challenge is off-limits.
5) Joy: Great students are happy students! They fall in love with the learning process and find genuine enjoyment out of learning new things, trying new skills, and mastering subjects that once gave them trouble.
6) Patience: They understand that learning is a process. They don’t pressure themselves to learn complicated concepts in one night. They set a pace and stick to it.
7) Mental Toughness: If you sit in class with a great student, you won’t know when they broke up with their significant other, when they couldn’t sleep the night before, or when they received more homework than they could deal with. Outstanding students don’t complain and don’t show signs of weakness, they push through quietly.
8) Calm: No assignment or test phases them. Great students take every test, assignment, and homework in stride, knowing that they will do their best and be satisfied with the results.
9) Discomfort: They sign up for more difficult classes, challenge themselves to learn more complicated subjects, and push to learn outside of the classroom. They never get comfortable just coasting, getting A’s in easy classes. They are always striving to reach the next level.
10) Visualization: They think positive thoughts about themselves constantly. They picture an A on the test, a perfect speech, a study session where they get every practice question right. They force negative thoughts out of their head and intentionally picture themselves in positive situations.