Motivation & Mindset
Goals, habits and the mindset behind consistent study.
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Wake Up Now! 3 Steps to Getting Up Early
Learn how to get up early in three steps: understand why waking up matters, avoid the habits that ruin your sleep and use your alarm clock the smart way.
ReadReader Question: How to Concentrate and Focus on Your Exams
A reader can't focus on exam study because something always seems more important. Learn how prioritized task lists and a timer restore concentration.
ReadHow to Live More, Not Longer
How much of your life goes to sleep, TV and slow reading? Learn the idea of Gained Life Value and how small daily changes can free up years of your time.
ReadPersonal Life Coaching: How to Coach Yourself
Skip the personal life coach and coach yourself instead with three simple methods: self-discipline, sanctions and reversed sanctions.
ReadHow to Set Personal Goals in Three Steps
Why personal goals matter for success in college and in life, and a simple three-step method to reflect, check your reasons and plan the steps ahead.
Read3 Easy Tips to Never Forget an Assignment Again
Three simple habits that stop you forgetting assignments: pay attention when work is set, use reminders that suit you, and keep a dedicated study base.
ReadPersonal Goal Setting in Three Simple Steps
Beat procrastination with personal goal setting in three steps: understand your goals and make them specific, write them down, and take action.
Read4 Ways to Improve Your Study Motivation
Four simple ways to improve your study motivation: reward yourself, remember past successes, write your goals down and keep them where you can see them.
ReadBad Time Management: Why "Free" Is Never Really Free
A short story about the hidden cost of "free" things, and why your time is more precious than money: you can earn money back, but never a lost second.
ReadMuhammad Ali Quote on Removing the Obstacles That Hold You Back
Muhammad Ali's quote about the pebble in your shoe shows why students should focus on removing the small everyday obstacles that hold them back.
ReadEducation Quote: Santayana on Learning Beyond School
A famous education quote from George Santayana, and why learning about yourself and life takes more than what schools and universities can teach.
ReadA Trick Bart Simpson Taught Me About Getting Up Early
A lighthearted follow-up on getting up early: the simple, if slightly uncomfortable, trick from Bart Simpson that uses your own body as an alarm clock.
ReadA Kenyan Proverb on Knowledge and Ignorance
"He who does not know one thing knows another." What this Kenyan proverb teaches about ignorance, and why learning useful things matters most.
ReadEducational Quote: Drowning in Information, Starving for Knowledge
A reflection on Rutherford Rogers' quote about drowning in information while starving for knowledge, and why information is not the same as knowledge.
ReadDerek Bok Quote: "If You Think Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance"
Former Harvard president Derek Bok's famous quote on the cost of education, and what it teaches about weighing the price of learning against its value.
ReadEducation Quote: Education Begins at Home
An education quote from psychiatrist Milton Sapirstein, "Education, like neurosis, begins at home," and why learning at home matters as much as school.
ReadEducation Quote: G. M. Trevelyan on Knowing What Is Worth Reading
A short education quote from historian G. M. Trevelyan on why being able to read is not the same as knowing what is worth reading.
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