What is the best way to cement information into your brain?
Research shows active recall (aka retrieval practice) is a highly effective strategy for remembering information. This strategy will take your studies and your grades to the next level.
Active recall involves bringing information to mind without looking at […]
How can you improve the way you study?
You need to start by doing something different.
As Paul Taylor says in his book Death by Comfort:
“Nothing changes if nothing changes”.
Over the years, I’ve read a lot of books and articles on the psychology of behaviour change. One thing is clear […]
I don’t enjoy competing against others.
When my competitive instincts kick in, I feel like a desperado. It’s an old feeling from childhood where I feel like I’m constantly falling short (not good enough or smart enough).
Over the past few years, I’ve trained myself to focus on running my own race. I’ve had […]
Has someone ever said to you “Go to your room and study!”?
Study is such a vague term.
Many students know they should study, but they’re not exactly sure what study is and what they should be doing.
This is a problem.
If you don’t know what study is and what effective […]
