You can prepare yourself to
succeed in your studies.
Try to develop and appreciate the following habits:
Take responsibility for
yourself
Responsibility is recognition that in order to succeed
you can make decisions about your priorities, your time, and your resources
Center yourself around your
values and principles
Don't let friends and acquaintances dictate what you consider important
Put first things first
Follow up on the priorities you have set for yourself, and don't let others, or
other interests, distract you from your goals
Discover
your key productivity periods and places
and
p Morning, afternoon, evening; study spaces where you can be the most focused
productive. Prioritize these for your most difficult study challenges
Consider yourself in a
win-win situation
You win by doing your best and contributing your best to a class, whether for
yourself, your fellow students, and even for your teachers and instructors. If
you are content with your performance, a grade becomes an external check on
your performance, which may not coincide with your internally arrived at
benefits
First understand others, then
attempt to be understood
When you have an issue with an instructor, for example a questionable grade, an
assignment deadline extension, put yourself in the instructor's place. Now ask
yourself how you can best make your argument given his/her situation
Look for better solutions to
problems
For example, if you don't understand the course material, don't just re-read
the material. Try something else! Consult with the professor, a tutor, an
academic advisor, a classmate, a study group, or your school's study skills
center
Look to continually challenge
yourself
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