Study Skills

I’ve noticed it takes me a lot more time to get a blog post written these days, why? I’m not as efficient as I should be so I thought I might share my experiences on this issue today.

Do you want to be more efficient? If yes, then please take the time to read the following tips on how to be more efficient. If no, then close this website and never ever come back! (please don’t, I would so miss you)
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It’s about time we start a new series here, don’t you think? I receive a certain amount of questions in my inbox every now and then and I might as well answer the questions here. You can find my e-mail at the bottom of this post if you would like to send me a message or simply comment
Filip wrote me the following message:

” How to concentrate on my exams. There is always something more important than my studying. pls help”

Filip, like many of us you are suffering from lack of concentration. The good news is that it’s very easy to change direction. I would advice you to do the following:
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Howdy! Feels great to be back on the old computer again. Today, I wanted to speak about an important subject.

I’ve ranted about education a lot these days but today I want to move away from being the nasty guy who complaints about everything and become the dude with the solutions.

Let’s be frank here…

If you are truly serious, and I believe you to be, about improving your study results there are currently 3 different options you can take:
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Dear fellow student, studying history is often perceived as boring… I have to disagree, it’s not just boring it is really boring if you don’t know how to tackle it! Here’s my take on the two elements you should always look at when studying history: Click Here To Read the rest of this entry »

Setting up personal goals are of huge importance for success in college as well as in general. Why? Because as humans we need explicit guidelines or else we might find ourselves lost in the wilderness of our own thoughts.

You have to ask your self why are you doing what you’re doing right now, are you proud of it and think it has a noble pursuit into it or is it strictly related to material gains? (such as money?) We have to learn why, how and when to do things. Click Here To Read the rest of this entry »

It’s pretty common today to hear instructors talk about the acts that will lead to success in ones studies but rarely do they discuss the factors that lead to ones failure. Failure is -like success- important to analyze in order to know what what we should be cautious about, ie simply the learn thy enemy principle.

Here is what I believe to be 2 of the most common (I believe) reasons people fail a class (in no particular order): Click Here To Read the rest of this entry »