It’s quite simple really.
Just relate the outcome of something you don’t like doing to something that you truly desire.
During
the JEE preparation, I sacrificed all parties and outings with friends
and gave my everything to JEE studies. This was not because I had a
burning desire to study. It was because I really desired the outcome of
the JEE preparation - a good IIT, which would improve my career.
I
did not find myself interested in computer science during my B.Tech,
but I still ensured my grades never suffered. This was not because I had
a burning desire to code, but because I could relate good grades in my
mind as a pathway to good foreign internship opportunities to explore
the world, and a good MBA college.
I
don’t work hard as a consultant now because I have a burning desire to
consult, but because I desire a successful career. I want to be good at
what I do.
Whenever
you pick up an activity which you don’t like doing, just think about
why you picked up that activity in the first place. If there is
absolutely no desirable outcome of that activity, then you are probably
wasting your time doing that activity anyway.
But
if there is an outcome that you desire, then you are not spending time
doing an activity you don’t like, but you are spending time working
towards an outcome you want. That thought should be enough to generate a
burning desire in your mind.
Desire is, after all, just a trick of the mind and the heart.
-Rohan Jain,IIM,IIT
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