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How to become super student

Success today depends a lot on your academic achievements.

And to excel in studies, you do not have to be just an intelligent student - but also one who knows how

to manage studies and time.

In fact,even a mediocre or a below-average student can perform exceedingly well by following a

scientific system.

The Portrait of a Super Student, now brings you an innovative system specifically designed for super

achievement.

From simple, practical and time-tested tips on:

*Managing time

*Controlling temptation

*Scheduling time and work

*Relaxing techniques

*Diet control

*Speed reading

*Building vocabulary

*Improving presentation


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*Discussing studies...

it goes on to guide how to make stress an ally or make a friend out of your TV.

And above all, to make it reader-friendly the book is divided into easy-to-read small chapters - with a

practice section after every chapter.

About the author:

Abhishek Thakore is one of the leading personalities in the field of effective study techniques.

He has developed workshops like How to Study...Effectively! and Brain Power for students.

He is the CEO of Thakore Centre of Well Being, Mumbai where he also trains people in relationship

management and spiritual success strategies.

He has done his second degree Reiki, Karuna Reiki, Pranic Healing, Transcendental Meditation, Silva

Method of Mind Control and Vipasina Meditation.

He writes for Life Positive and JAM Magazines, and a number of websites.

CONTENTS:

1. Become a Super Student

2. How to Use this Book

3. It's No Big Deal

4. Be Inquisitive

5. Time Management

6. Cardboard Technique

7. Ask Your Pillow to Wake-you-up


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8. Sing Along in Tune with Your Answers

9. Bit by Bit: Step by Step

10. Avoid Rounding Off

11. Allocate Quantity not Time

12. Relaxation : A Tool for Betterment

13. Water : A Life Blood

14. Healthy Food : A Healthy Diet for Body and Mind

15. Rich Breakfast

16. SQ3R - The Essence of Study Techniques

17. FRT - Fast Revision Technique

18. Speed Reading

19. Build-up Your Vocabulary20. Good Presentation Gives You an Edge Over Others

21. Spelling Mistakes Leave a Very Bad Impression

22. Write an Examiner Friendly Question Paper

23. Notes: A Guideline for Your Study

24. Studying - At What Time?

25. Avoiding Distractions

26. Belief in Yourself

27. Take Initiative

28. Ambition - The Guiding Force

29. Sing and Dance to Release Tension

30. Learn Memory Techniques

31. Exercise to Keep Your Body and Mind Fit and Fine

32. Become a Voracious Reader

33. Importance of Writing

34. Handwriting: A Mirror of Your Personality

35. Be Well Equipped

36. Practice for Perfection

37. Rapport with Teachers

38. Listening to Good Music

39. Goal Setting


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40. Chart Your Progress

41. Your Posture

42. Meditation : A Tool for Relaxation,Concentration and Improvement

43. Discuss Study

44. Make TV Your Friend

45. The Danger of Movies

46. Make Stress an Ally

47. Learn from the Best

48. Rhythms: Pacing Your Study at a Good Note

49. Getting Started

50. Why to Study?

51. Delayed Gratification52. Law of Nature

53. Group Study

54. Reserve Hour

55. Get-up Early

56. Answers : Compact and Comprehensive

57. Intelligent Bluffing : Subjective Questions

58. Intelligent Bluffing : Objective Questions

59. Study

60. Keep Learning all the Time

61. Stronger Mind Mental Calisthenics

62. Using the Net

63. Avoid Junk Foods

64. Newspapers - So Important!!

65. It's Just the Start!

PREFACE:

"Study? Sooooo boring!"

Each one of us has loved to hate studies, and still managed to get through. We have always envied the

so called "scholars" of our class, who could score twice the marks with half the study. And who will like

something that he is not successful at?


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But as is true with every game, there are certain rules to study. Certain methods, ways and techniques

to study better. When one plays the game of study with these rules, it becomes beautifully simplified

and extremely easy. And that's what this book is all about.

Most of us would be using some technique outlined in this book. But, it must be something that we

learnt by trial and error, by experience. Super Student is an attempt to compile this trial and error

experience archive into a comprehensive book. It's just all about using experiences of others to your

benefit. You needn't burn yourself to know fire is hot.

What is the source of the book? How are these 65 odd chapters written? You have a right to know, and

you must. This book is a compilation from a variety of sources - the main is experience of students. It is

one thing that none of us can afford to ignore, as it's the best teacher. Students have realised these

insights, some of which are learnings of entire student careers.

There is another aspect to this. All the information that is in this book is knowledge too. It has beencross checked and verified by many others, and has worked with most. With some tweaking it will

definitely work for you too. Only it needs to be applied in the right context.

Another important thing is to have a balance - even the best technique applied extremely will fail

miserably, and in balance, even poison is beneficial. Apply with a lot of caution, without depending

solely on any particular technique or method. It is an integrated approach that will give you the best

results.

This is the beginning of a unique relationship between you and me. We are to share some of the best

insights of the art of studying. The role of this book is also reminding you of what you already know.

Thus, to start, I'll begin with this prayer.

...May every word in this book find the perfect thought in your mind.

-Abhishek Thakore

EXCERPTS:

Chap. 5. Time Management

Imagine you had a bank that credited you with Rs.86, 400 every morning. You would have a freedom to

use as much of this money as you like. But there would be just one condition - at the end of the day,

whatever balance is left will simply be taken away. What would you do in such a case? Obviously make

full use of all the money.

Sadly, most of us don't realise that this is what we must do with time. Every day has 86,400 seconds that

you can use as you like. An ordinary student tends to waste most of the time he has for unimportant


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things. As a Super Student you must learn time management. In one word, time management is

prioritizing.

All the things that you do in the day can be divided into categories on basis of urgence and importance.

The four categories thus derived would be:

Urgent and Important : Jobs which are really close to deadlines - like submissions of projects, test

preparations - you have no choice but to do these important things.

Urgent but not Important : Any task that you HAVE to do, though not important, like answering a door

bell.

Not Urgent but Important : Tasks that are to be done by some distant deadline, like doing a project by

the end of vacations.

Neither Urgent nor Important : Watching TV, Computer games, chatting on phone and any other tasks

that you tend to do just for time pass.The essence of time management lies in devoting maximum time to the not urgent but important

category, of course after urgent and important tasks are handled ! . The Super Student should

remember to allocate time last to the Neither Urgent nor Important category. Sounds simple, doesnt

it?

So now immediately make a list of all the things that you do in the normal course of the day and classify

them in these different categories. Now you know where to give time to!

TIP

Not urgent but Important tasks are tiny, till they become urgent as well as important. So, kill the

monster while it is small.

Chap. 7 Ask Your Pillow to Wake-you-up

A wonderful dream gets interrupted by an eerie ring of the alarm - and you wake up, sullen and with a

heavy head. Who doesn't have a problem getting up on time? We all do! But there is a wonderful and

simple way to get up on time without even using the alarm clock - it is the pillow method.

Science today acknowledges the existence of a biological clock in the human body - which is in tune with

the world time. So when you can send a message to this biological clock, you will attain mastery over

getting up whenever you want.

The technique is very simple. Just before you go off to sleep, tell your pillow three times what time

would you like to wake up. Silly? No. Effective. Tell your pillow something like "Dear pillow wake me up

tomorrow morning at 6 am sharp" three times. Then go to sleep.


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This should be the last thing you say before you drift off to sleep. No thoughts between this and you

entering the sleepy state will make it successful. You will see that the next day EXACTLY at the time

when you told your pillow, you will get up.

The Pillow Method might take some time to master, but once you get it right, it will be a wonderful tool

for a lifetime. So chat with your pillow - and make it your friend.

TIP

In the morning your eyes will DEFINITELY open at the time you tell your pillow. But from that moment

you have to take control. If you decide to sleep for "just five more minutes", you'll end up getting up a

few hours afterwards!

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