13 Scientific Study Tips

These are great study tips to help you get the best grades with the least amount of effort.

The Feynman Technique to master new subjects and concepts

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: […]

How to read a textbook properly

This checklist is for textbooks, non-fiction books and/or technical reference manuals. A checklist to read a textbook properly Read the whole table of contents from top to bottom. Go to the back and read the glossary terms and the bibliography if there is one. Flip through each page of the book from start to finish, […]

Are You An Adult Struggling With Basic Math, Reading or Writing?

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 […]

You can’t afford NOT to learn things on the first go

No one can go back, but we all can make the MOST of what’s ahead. You need to learn ‘whatever it is’ on the first go because (1) you won’t have time later to learn it ‘again’ when you could have learned it on the first go because you’ll have other things to learn by […]

The Matthew Effect Explained

There are two types of people, those who LOVE and EMBRACE reading and those who DON’T LIKE to read and avoid it at all costs. The reason is the Mathew Effect: This is why learning to read is paramount and speed reading helps by either getting you through MORE material in the SAME amount of […]

10 Mind Tricks To Learn Anything Fast

This short video is a great reminder of simple things you can do to improve your study skills to learn anything fast and remember it! Study Tip #1: Use the sleep sandwich to remember a lot more. Study Tip #2: Master modifications to reinforce your learnings and commit them to long-term (better) memory. Study Tip […]

COVID’s impact on education

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 […]

Teaching Art to Young Students? Take Note of These Suggestions

Teaching art to young students is rewarding because you see them have fun with their projects. Discover ways to teach this subject more effectively in class.

Why Burying Yourself in Textbooks Isn’t the Way to Better Grades

You’d think getting better grades means spending each hour of the day with your nose in your textbook. While adding hours to your daily study regimen might help, it’s not an ideal solution.

13 Ways to Stay Focused While Studying

Are you having trouble concentrating while studying? These strategies can help.

Thinking Outside the Box: Improving Your Skillset Beyond Your Job

Getting ahead in your career takes improving the skills you have to offer, and some of the most useful ways to do that are here for your perusal.

How to Improve Your Child’s Concentration While They Study at Home

There are numerous distractions around that cause a decline in concentration among children. If you want your child to pay attention to school and other tasks, follow these tricks.

What to Remember When You’re Learning Something New

The pursuit of learning something new is commendable and frustrating. Keep these things in mind as you continue your education to lessen the frustrations.

Soft Skills You Learn at School That Prepare You for the Workplace

School provides opportunities for you to develop the skills that you will need once you graduate and become a full-fledged adult. Here are the soft skills that you should have earned by now.

Math Doesn’t Suck

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!

Form the Right Study Habits to Become Effective in Life

Some problems in life require you to be successful before you can deal with them. Here’s how great study habits let you get to that point.

The Quiet Value of Patience for a 21st Century Student

Patience speaks volumes about the kind of person that you are. Moreover, it has a huge impact on your life. Learn how you can be a patient person here.

Training and learning – The challenge of remote teams

COVID and Working From Home (WFH) have brought on a lot of challenges for people who are not used to working remotely. We can all attest to how much the Internet has made significant changes and improvements to our daily lives. We now have the concept of telecommuting, which is basically working from the comfort […]

10,473 MBA Students Grade Their Schools

Today’s post is a very interesting report of 10,473 MBA student-satisfaction ratings of their business schools that reveals that the top tier looks quite different to what the schools report amongst themselves when it comes to questions about inspiration, ethical careers and competitive heat. For the scoring, the report surveyed 126 schools, listing the 30 schools […]