Students and the Culture of Four Positives

To be able to answer a student's query "What's there for me in the culture of Four Positives, how do I benefit by following it?", I have to go back in time to my own student days and then examine the relevance of these four positive values, Honesty, Excellence, Law-abidingness, and Responsibility, to me as a student.

Honesty: Total honesty with myself would prompt me to admit if I have difficulty in mastering a particular concept or topic of study, and then seek help form my teachers, and classmates. Like that, my study would have solid foundations, rather it being just a pursuit of good marks.

Excellence: Even if I improve 1% per week, in 70 weeks, I would be twice as good as now. This is the power of continuous improvement, or kaizen as our Japanese friends would say. I will also hugely gain, in terms of time and energy saved, by DRIFT or doing it right the first time, even if I am able to do it half the time. I am also attracted by doing every thing, howsoever mundane, mindfully, as means to achieve high quality.

Law-abidingness: Always being on the right side of laws will help me in keeping my nose clean. That way, nothing would come in the way of my studies and extra-curricular activities. No longer for me waiting anxiously outside the principal's, proctor's or hostel warden's room!

Responsibility: I will take responsibility of my life, not blaming the circumstances or other people for my failures. By assuming responsibility of even one classmate weaker than me in studies, I will not only help them and make them my friends but also emerge a better student myself because the best way to learn something is to start teaching it.