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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!