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- The main point of this study guide is to cut down your study time while improving your Desired
Preparedness.

The Study Time Equation:

- Envision the final goal not as the tangible reward - the grade - but as the state of being you want to
achieve. I define this as Desired Preparedness. It applies to any class you're in - or any specific
exam/assignment/project.

- 4 factors add to achieving 'Desired Preparedness';

1. Class Time

2. Learning Quality

3. Study Time

4. Study Efficiency

- Given those factors, here's the initial form of the equation: ( Class Time × Learning Quality ) + (
Study Time × Study Efficiency ) = Desired Preparedness

- To decrease Study Time, increase Learning Quality and Study Efficiency: Study Time = [ Desired
Preparedness - ( Class Time × Learning Quality ) ] ÷ Study Efficiency

- Class Time is a constant, assuming you're committed to attending all of it.

Learning Quality in Class

- The more you can learn while you're part of your professor's captive audience, the less work your
Study Efficiency will have to do later.

Sit Up Front and Be Present:

- Don't sleep in class (prevent this by mastering your sleep schedule and counterattacking Revenge-
nighttime-procrastination).

- Only keep the necessities on your desk. E.g., notebook, calculator & pen/pencil.

- Sitting up front and making a deliberate effort to be present does help your focus, attention, and
energy levels. And it all starts with choosing that row the moment you walk into the classroom.

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Increase Your Interest:

- In an educational context, the degree to which students pay attention to what they are trying to
learn can be determined to some extent by how noticeable and important that material is. For
example, it's easy to look around your environment and pick out all the red objects.

- There are two types of interests which affect our attention in a school subject:

1) Individual interest - Student's motives (e.g., to become a doctor, so you enjoy chemistry).

2) Situational interest - How engaging the class is. For example, the professor might be funny to
capture attention.

- Teachers can control situational interests, whereas students can control their individual interests.

- Therefore, max out your interest by getting clear on WHY you are studying in the first place. To
get a certificate or a degree? Why do you need to study so hard? Do you need to get into a job or
university that has extremely high standards? How high are those standards? And what grades do
you need to meet those standards?

- This will get you to pay more attention in class and help you to identify which subjects you need to
spend more effort and time studying for.

Get Help from Your Professor (The Right Way):

- If you don't understand something in class, you should ask the professor after office hours.

- Only ask the professor for help if you worked through the topic one sentence at a time, exhausting
all your options, but haven't gotten the gist of it yet. Generally, you should work on the topic
problem yourself for about 15 minutes.

- Before going to the professor, ask yourself exactly what it is you don't understand and then take
note of it.

- You should never go to the professor and say, "I don't understand this," in a laid-back sort of way.

- When you go for help, you should be able to show the professor all that you do understand up to
an exact point – and even show what you understand afterward.

Keep Those Hands Moving:

- Turn note-taking in class into a habit. To do that, you could:

• Form a study group and compare notes regularly.

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