Success Guide to Understanding and Learning
As individuals we all learn differently, for example
some of us learn
better visually while others need both audiovisual
aids.
This guide will only give suggestions, in no particular
order, about how you
can better your learning and/or studying skills.
This is by no means
conclusive and if these suggestions do not work for you;
try something else, ask for other
suggestions, and/or research other ideas.
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Goal Settings: Long-term
and Short-term
Long-term
ie.
Year, Semester, 9wks, or Cycle
Steps:
1. State your goal. ie. I will get an
A on my next grade card.
2. Identify a time frame in which you
plan to accomplish your goal.
3. Periodically identify the next steps
to take to
accomplish your goal.
4. Occasionally review your
goals. Should you change
it?
5. When you have reached your goal,
identify what
worked and what did not work about your
efforts.
Short-term
ie.
9wks, 4wks, a week, a day, a chapter, and/or assignment
Steps:
1. State your goal. ie. I will get an
A on my next
test.
2. Identify the time frame in which
you will
accomplish your goal.
3. When the time frame has elapsed,
determine if you have reached your goal.
4. Identify what worked and what did
not work about
your efforts.
Time Management
Keep a
daily "To Do" list prioritized by: A's, B's,
or C's
“A”
Must be done today
“B”
Would like to get done today
“C”
Long-term projects that would like to do some
work on today (such as a book being read, a
paper
for class, a project at home, studying for
a test)
Establish
your best time of day to work on A's, B's,
or
C's. We all have our own time of day
where our brain
prefers
urgency or more casual pacing. Find that
out
for
yourself.
Establish
your best time of day for tasks that take
routine
energy where the brain doesn't have to do
much;
just get things done as you have always done
them.
Establish
your best time of day for tasks that take
creative
energy where the brain does much work and
your
imagination is utilized. As with
suggestion 2,
we are
different in this time of day, and we must
experiment
on our own.
Every
now and them, stop what your are doing and
think:
What is the best use of my time right now?
Do this
when you feel overly-busy and don't quite
know
which task to do. What about that
TV? Trust
your
answer.
Don't
let others waste your time. Take
something
you
want to accomplish along to medical appointments
or to
the school office or wherever you usually have
to
wait.
Establish
the practice of squeezing short, routine
tasks
into otherwise "wasted" moments (TV
commercials,
in class when you finish an assignment
or test
early).
Don't
create tension for yourself by trying to do
last item
mentioned when you are genuinely relaxing.
Relaxing
is not wasting time unless you do it too
often
too long. We all need time to relax.
Initiate
telephone conversations so that you can
control
when they are finished and it is time to
hang
up. This is not rude, just clever. If
the
other
person calls us, we tend to wait for that
person
to say good-bye and hang up. Also, try
setting
a clock by the phone.
If a
block of time is truly outside your control
don't
waste time fretting about it.
Don't
try to keep ideas, plans, and/or assignments
in your
head, write them down so you don't use time
thinking
of them again. This often happens in
class.
Use a section of your notebook.
Combine
your notes to yourself on one list or note
pad.
Don't keep looking for scraps of paper in
various
pockets or sections of your notebook.
Recognize
that it is far better to say "no" when
someone
asks you to do a favor or be on a committee
or team
than to let them down later. We often
get
over-extended
and regret promises we made. When
that
happens we sometimes get very careless in
keeping
the promise and resent the other person for
asking.
Frequently
ask yourself regarding long-term goals on
which
you procrastinate (maybe "C's" on your To Do
List),
"What will happen if I don't finish this?" If
your
answer is, "nothing", don't finish it. By the
way,
"nothing" means that you will not earn and/or
learn
from what you are doing.
If
allowed, see what you can do to add or improve your
your
grade by looking into extra credit, bonus, and/or
bonuses. Certain policies may have to apply such as
having
all work in or having a certain exam average.
Remember: There is usually time for what we value
most.
We have to decide what those things are.
Attitudes and
Self-Esteem
Reactive Language
“being negative never helps”
There's nothing I can do
I’m not smart
That's just the way I am
He/she makes me so mad
I have to do that
I can't
I don't
If only
* Proactive
Language *
“being positive is much better”
Let's look at our alternatives
I can choose a different approach
I control my own feelings
I am smart
I can create an effective anything
I will choose an appropriate time
and/or response
I can
Attitudes to Explore
1. Be responsible for creating value and interest in your life.
2. Turn problems into opportunities if you face them and work at
them.
3. Continued effort will pay off in some way.
4. What you experience in life is useful in some way.
5. Your self-worth is not dependent on your success.
Are You Driven or Being Driven?
1. Who
are you?
2. What
abilities do you need?
3.
Where are you going?
4. How
will you know success?
5. Why
are you going?
6. What
could go wrong?
7. How
will you get there?
8. Who
will go with you?
Building Your Self-Esteem
1.
Develop your potential.
2.
Never put yourself down.
3. Talk
about self positively.
4. Be
good to yourself.
5.
Respect yourself and your uniqueness.
6.
Surround yourself with beauty.
7. Take
credit for what you do.
8. See
yourself as equal to others.
9. Be
able to receive as well as give.
10.
Learn to trust your own judgment.
Have the Power to Think
\O/
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I did it!
.......... / \
I will.
.................
I think
I can. ...............
I
might. ..........................
I think
I might. .......................
What is
it? ................................
I wish
I could. .............................
I don't
know. ..............................
I
can't. ................................ \ /
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I
won't. ..............................
/O\
In Conclusion
Why bother trying to be better
than someone else? Just strive to be
better than your self and you will automatically become the best. There will always be people who achieve more
or less than you in a given area (science or any other area). No matter how you compare with others,
however, you can feel confident that you are a success of the first magnitude
so long as you are steadily moving toward the achievement of your own
worthwhile predetermined goals.
You Fail Only When You Stop Trying