Some Great Advice
I received some great advice on time management and study skills. Thanks to all. In fact the conversation left here and went to Harvey's place, where it jumped again to Tammi of Road Warrior Survivor blog, one of Harvey's adopted kids (long story, just nod). Here's a few snippets:
From Harvey, once we get back his Animal House antics:
I've read this in several self-help books. It was supposed to have been something that one of the old robber barons (either Andrew Carnegie or Henry Ford, depending on who tells the story) paid a consultant $25,000 for:
1) Make a list of the 6 most important things you have to do today.
2) Prioritize the list
3) Start with #1 and work your way down the list. If you don't finish all 6, don't worry about it. If you can't finish them this way, you couldn't have finished them any other way.
Cool! Do I now owe Harvey 25 grand? See the rest here.
From Tammi:
When I take notes I take them in outline form. Not a lot of detail. It forces me to think back over the discussion. Plus it makes it more productive if you are studying during drive time. I have notebooks full of lecture outlines. I take one section at a time and, since I'm usually alone, talk out everything I can remember about that part of the topic. I did the same thing (only silently) when I was taking the train back and forth in Chicago. What this does is puts the subject matter into your language. Make it personal. If you own the topic you will become the expert. Plus, you will retain more when it makes sense to YOU.
Great advice. Read more here.
The comments at both are great also. Thanks all!
Posted by Nick Queen at December 8, 2004 03:23 AM
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