What is most important trait when it comes to success? Well, I can't say that I'm 100% sure because I haven't succeeded fully yet. But maybe I have a formula. Not sure if it will work for everybody, but it definitely worked for me. Let me introduce you further into the case. My first and the second year of college weren't great. It was no surprise - neither high school or even elementary school worked out well. I used to get almost all D' and C', but guess what? I was perfectly satisfied with that. I was satisfied with bad grades because I set low standards for myself, therefore my academic progress suffered a lot. I remember when I passed chemistry with D on my first college year. Back then, it was such an amazing accomplishment that I immediately decided to celebrate that night and I got drunk. It felt good just because I got another burden off my chest. Everything went well, but there was only one problem - with bad grades like that I could just forget about getting a decent job in my profession. This made me realized that I need to became more successful for existential purposes. In order to make some serious changes, I read few books and it all lead me to one conclusion - I had to change my personal standards for better. So I was finally aware that all along my problem had been low personal standards. By being a little extreme by nature, I decided to set my standards SKY HIGH. I made it clear with myself that I WILL NOT accept anything below A' in my further academic education. I made a deal with myself where I parted with bad grades. How did I do that? With a little help from subliminal messages. It will be described in the next chapter. I will now conclude this intro chapter with a powerful and beautiful quote by Jordan Belfort. This is my favorite quote that gave me strength when I needed it the most. I find myself in it because I've been through a lot of difficulties and struggles in my life. For me, this is the most inspiring quote that can be because it made me realize that I can get strength from all mistakes in life. And these mistakes weren't few.

Easily, if you use the right method. I got some insights from the books on how to reprogramm subconscious mind through subliminal messages. How it works? At first, I wrote my new standard with big letters on many pappers and put them all around so I constantly get reminded of it. I set a reminder on my smartphone's homescreen and on a laptop's desktop. I put one on the fridge, one in the toilet and many of them around my bed. (Will tell you why). My new standars were stated everywhere. Anyway, that was only one part. In part two, I did a little bit advanced reprogramming mind process. I set alarm to wake me up in the middle of the night when I would read papers with notes sticked around my bed. It was very important to read papers just a moment after waking from deep sleep. To further increase efficiency, I also holded turning off and on flashlight in my hand while rading. According to some studies, this is best way to get sublimininal message deep into your subconciness mind. After three weeks of this described practice, that new sky high standard quickly became a part of my subconciness and my mindset started to change dramatacially. Also, my everyday habits changed. It worked indeed!

After doing that "reprogramming mindset routine" I stayed by my new standard and followed it with actions in my everyday life. I somehow did it and it felt like a magic. Suddenly, I found myself learning almost everyday for few hours and attending classes daily. It wasn't easy and it required concistency but I did it without hesitation. I got lower grades than A a few times but I kept trying, trying harder and accomplishing my golden A. I was giving the effort all the time and I would always found a way to comfort any challenges that came my way. I was actually surprised how well it all went. I was motivated more than ever and I keept that standard through the whole college year (just finished the third year with two more left). With that new-found discipline and motivation, things that I used to consider impossible started happening right in front my eyes. It was a really big change that even my mom doesn't fully believe me that I became "an A" student. I was showing her my grades on the internet but she thought it was a scam and that I was lying to her. I didn't blame her for that because that change was so drastic. It is even more drastic if you consider the fact that I barely got to college because of bad high school grades. However, she started to believe me only after I showed her a phyisical paper. Higher standards quickly started to pay off. My overall life improved greatly, my self-confidence increased, I got a work ethic. It all lead many connections with professors on college. As the time passed, I started being included in projects. I got an opportunity to research biochar for enviromental protection purposes. Also, I got Chancellor's Award for research in plant's reactions to drought stress. See the pattern here? I become an exemplary student over 1 year by raising my personal standards. It is really incredible if you consider how small things can lead to big changes. The point here is that everything is possible if you changed that personal standards of yours for better. After that, you will not even think about going below your standards and that's a thing that will change your life.

Self-confidence is the crucial thing that is needed for success - you simply must believe in yourself. How to gain confidence? Well, you must have your heart and your mind fully convinced that you can do something. Don't worry it's not that hard once you raise your bar of your living standards and apply them in your everyday life. When you reach success there will be a natural tendency for gaining confidence. You will feel rush of confindence when you see what you are able to do.