Emotional intelligence, Learning
Choose… And kill off all other options As with all the other ‘cide’s’, it’s from the Latin root, caedere “to cut, to kill”, Suicide… Fratricide… Fungicide….! Ever felt stuck? Overwhelmed with decisions, and feel like your brain’s ‘full’? Well – two great articles for you this week… Firstly, the second(!) article, by Paul Matthews [...]
Learning
There’s a fair amount of controversy in education around whether or not we each have our own, distinct learning style. Those who challenge the belief include much-respected folk such as Mark K Smith (researcher and educator based in London at Developing Learning); Frank Coffield (Emeritus Professor of Education at the [...]
General, Learning
Genius Material: “Really important missing link to help students change exam failure into success.” Brian Hipkin, Dean of Students, Regents University The Missing Link? Couldn’t agree more!! And how wonderful to hear such a thing here, of all places – where, since 2004, I’ve undertaken many Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy and Learning Skills NLP [...]
Learning
Put your mind to it by concentrating on the first 20 hours. You might be surprised by your expertise in this relatively short time. What does it really take to become an expert? Does it really take 10 000 hours to become an expert, as some people suggest? Yes you know [...]
Emotional intelligence, General, Learning
“Forget it? Why’s that?” I hear you ask. Because, usually we decide what we want to achieve and then set that as our goal. “Well, yes… So far, so good…” Maybe! “Maybe?” There you go again, asking questions! What if you don’t have a system in place? What if you [...]
Emotional intelligence, Learning
How annoying is it when people tell you to keep calm and carry on revising? Possibly not at all, if you know how to use your revision time wisely. But your revision strategy is less than perfect, “Keep calm and carry on revising,” is the last thing you want to [...]
Emotional intelligence, Health, Learning
Is your child struggling at school? Before I talk about ‘the kids of today’ I want to mention that we caught ourselves on Grand Designs again last Monday, while looking for University Challenge. Sorry, I didn’t realise it was going to be on, or I’d have told you. The programme [...]
General, Learning
Photomath Smart Camera Cheating or Genius idea? Judge for yourself Mathematical ‘aha’ moments Genius use of modern technology [...]
Emotional intelligence, Learning
You need all of the following traits to be a good learner. Consistency and determination have you repeat experiences, over and over, each time reinforcing the memory and learning process. Sufficiency and creativity allow detailed and thorough encoding in the brain. Focus and curiosity direct your attention. Without attention, you [...]
Learning
As you know, I’m a great fan of efficiency and expediency, especially when it comes to fitting your Financial Services revision around your business commitments. And so I’d always say, where you can, organise keywords into patterns that your brain can easily relate to. However, we all know that there [...]
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