Time Management
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill. From the age of 9 until the age of 12, I walked and “trained” dogs (well, to the extent that a 9-year old…
Category Study Techniques
“Active Recall” – Introduction
Imagine for a moment that you are a brain. It is your job to decide what to remember and what to forget. However, you have no way of talking to your human to ask what they think is important. How…
Anki – Your Best Friend
There are many study techniques which have proven to be effective in the scientific literature. 2 of the most important are active recall and spaced repetition. We’ve already spoken about active recall, so I’ll quickly go over spaced repetition and…
Efficient Note Taking
As some of you might know, I’m not much of a note taker. The research has shown that the act of note taking is better than not reviewing the material at all but it’s definitely not an effective study technique.…
Getting High Scores
Some people have this idea that you just need to work hard and you will get high scores. That they are a representation of how hard you studied and if you didn’t get the score that you wanted that you…
“Aim To The Moon, Even if You Miss, You’ll Land Among The Stars.”
My thought process behind my goals and ambitions has always been to aim high. I find that this cultivates a frame of find which is conducive to reaching higher levels compared to realistic expectations. For example, if you’re aiming to…
Habits
Habits are the actions you do subconsciously every day. Once you do something enough times your brain turns it into a habit so that you don’t need to waste brainpower every day to think about it. Imagine having to think…