I love tricks or hacks like this one from Howie Hua… This type of thinking is what I teach in my study book AND how people now achieve more of their goals, by being exposed to fantastic shortcuts like this one, but across all 4 dimensions of their lives/careers/businesses.
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When I wrote the first edition of my book, How To Get The Best Grades With The Least Amount Of Effort, Personal computers were just coming to market and the Internet didn’t really exist. All we had were dial-up modems at 300 to 1200 baud to connect to mainframe computers… That was then and this […]
These are great study tips to help you get the best grades with the least amount of effort.
We all need to learn new things, for students they’re subjects in school and after graduation they’re concepts and constructs necessary for career development and progression. The previous post is a collection of strategies you need to review to complement the Feynman Technique explained below. The medical profession has a great motto for this technique: […]
There are countless websites and apps available to help you. Your success to learn what you missed in elementary, middle and high school now, as it did then, depends on you DOING the exercises and determining if their navigation systems get you through to the next stages effectively and of course if ANYTHING STICKS. In […]
In the video below, The Economist Magazine covers how technology could transform education post the COVID pandemic. It will be interesting to see what sticks versus what falls by the wayside. One of the challenges every student has is to optimise how to best study whether at home or back in school. There are proven […]
This video explains why Danica McKellar wrote her book “Math doesn’t suck”. I am now going to investigate her other books to determine if they can help people who struggle with math. Thank you Andrew Powell for sharing!
That is an interesting question this BBC article addresses quite well – does reading fiction make you a better person? One thing we do know for sure is that reading MORE non-fiction books ensures you’ll have a better, higher-paying career.
Each is best suited to different purposes, and neither is superior. By Daniel T. Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia. A few years ago, when people heard I was a reading researcher, they might ask about their child’s dyslexia or how to get their teenager to read more. But today the question I […]
Students watching other students study is this the new viral trend? Post comments below!
Ever heard of TED Talks ? TED Talks is devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (maximum of 18 minutes) on various topics. There are near 1500 videos on their website. Whenever you need inspiration, motivation or just to look at something interesting or different, select one amongst the various subjects and spend some […]
