Okay, my summer semester is over, and now that I have some free time (and have observed using QL stage 3, Qv2), I will share what I have observed. (Usage with mostly QL stage 3, usual booster of executive limitless, and occasionally switching booster to Renaissance Man, or Sanguine.
Also followed old listening instruction, as I just found out the new listening instruction.)
First, let’s start with good things.
1. Proactiveness:
Within the first day or two, I knew that there would be group projects in the class. I also knew that one of the group project partners from the previous semester was also in the same class. Since I didn’t want to risk having someone terrible, I contacted the person pretty much the day after or so. Also, given the class size, I thought it would likely require a group of 3 or larger, so I decided to secure another potentially good partner. I quickly glanced through people’s introductions, looked at what they wrote in the discussion board, and made a judgement about their skills. I gave a list of whom I thought would be good candidates, discussed with the partner from previous semester, chose who should be in the group, and I sent an email inviting the potential new partner pretty much the day after we finalized our decision. This is what I would call proactiveness, and perhaps decisiveness.
Also, I was almost always the first one to start on the group project, and I’d have to say I contributed the most to the project (and probably did the most amount of work.)
2. Leadership:
Somewhat related to the proactiveness; I was the one who was initiating things around. I would contact the partners, set up a plan on what to do, give a summary of basic status report and etc. Also, there were times in which I found one of the partners or both of them had been mentally challenged. (e.g. I am not contributing to the project enough, I feel bad, and etc.) Also, things were very tight in the summer semester, so many were feeling pressured and stressed. I was constantly giving a pep-talk, trying to boost morale, giving everyone a last push.
At the same time, I wasn’t just dictating things around. If it were just me, I’d do some modification to make a perfection, but the team members were not really into doing that. It wasn’t something too big, so I decided to let go. In the end the result turned out to be a perfect score, so everything was good.
What was also interesting about this semester’s experience was that it helped me see and feel what a good leadership is about. → Boost morale of the team, giving a little bit of the push they need, make decisive and swift action and decision, and also at the same time, know when to let go of things and move on.
I don’t know if I had the leadership before, or knew of it, but I was more naturally taking the role of a leader, and assumed the leadership role more easily, and more naturally.
3. Humor:
I don’t know if I became funnier, but I noticed that in this semester, I made many more humorous statements and remarks. Some of them might have been pushing the boundaries a bit, but the people took it well. Also, I think I was quicker in making the remarks.
4. Good Judgment and Quick decision making:
Again going back to the invitation/selecting group project partners, I was able to quickly identify the area of weakness in my group, and was able to identify a few candidates who can cover the weakness very quickly. (The partner from the previous semester thanked me for the good decision of choosing and securing the new partner, as she covered our weakness very well.) Also, at times when there were too many things (too many assignments, and learning material coming altogether), I was able to prioritize things and managed to get all the things done.
Now moving on to the bad things.
1. Procrastination:
Unlike projects, I had difficulty dealing with procrastination. At the beginning of starting QL stage 3, procrastination wasn’t a thing. In fact, when I concentrated I had a moment of when getting things done a lot and quickly with super focus. In this mode, it was like I’ve done a lot, and felt a lot of time passed because of the work I had done, but not to much time passed. (Also there were other times when I felt quite focused that I felt small amount of time passed but a lot of time passed in reality.)
However, I only experienced these only at the very beginning of moving on to QL stage 3. Procrastination became more difficult to fight and it was more challenging to deal with than the last semester. (Except group project time. For group projects, I was able to focus quite easily, and was pretty proactive). Nevertheless, I still managed to get everything done before the deadline.
2. Less cognitive functions, difficulty in learning, and not being able to recall and use the learned material.
This became very apparent after the first exam. I did pretty poorly on that exam. What was funny is that I didn’t think the exam was hard. However, when I tried the questions, I couldn’t recall how to tackle the problems, even though the things weren’t that difficult.
Also, this pattern sorta persisted; I had trouble mastering the material and making them on my own. I understood things, but trying to recall it and use it and make the skill as my own, that didn’t work out too well.
I felt like having a brain fog.
About a week later or so, (or perhaps on the same week as the exam) I thought that perhaps this is some sort of reconciliation. Took a week break, and barely used QL 3 after that. Things began to improve, quickly, and the result became apparent in my second and third exams. (I did much better)
Perhaps it may have been too much for my brain to learn new math material while also doing QL stage 3.
Possibly all these negative effects I noticed came from the wrong usage pattern; I followed the old usage instruction, and just found the new instruction. Listen one loop, take rest next day, then listen another loop the next day and so on. I wish this new instruction came out two months ago (or at least a month ago).
Either way, I am going to be starting QL 3 again soon, and will follow the instruction. (I plan on listening to QL stage 3 until the end of this month, August 2021.) I’m thinking of trying it just itself without any boosters. (Since my semester is done, and I will probably do some light getting ahead with next semester courses, I don’t really have a huge need for boosters.)
Let’s see how things are with new listening schedule.
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