5 STUDY

METHODS
THAT
ACTUALLY
WORK!
 5 STUDY METHODS THAT
ACTUALLY WORK!
1. GOOD STUDY ENVIRONMENT

If concentration is your problem, then the right

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environment will help you greatly. Your study area
should be free from as many distractions as
possible.

You will concentrate better when you study in the

same place and same time every day. This is
because you are conditioning your brain to
associate that place with studying.

When it is dinner time, you expect to eat. When you

sit down on the sofa, you expect to watch TV.

Developing the habit of studying in the same place

at the same time every day will improve your
concentration
 2. DONT RELY ON MOTIVATION

Can you imagine an athlete waiting for inspiration to

start practicing for their competition?

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Of course not.
They train daily to stay competitive whether they feel
like it or not. Like the athlete, you must prepare for
tests and examinations by studying regularly.

You can expect good study days and bad study days.
Just like there are good training days and bad ones.

The idea is to prepare well for your study sessions so

that there are more good days than bad days.

Make studying well a habit!

 3. HAVE A PLAN WHEN YOU STUDY

Put it down in black and white—including the

details—What are you planning to learn in
your study session?

Make it very clear what you are expected to

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know by the end of the study session and test
yourself.

4. SET FIXED END TIMES

Parkinson’s law states that “Work expands to fill the

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time available for its completion.”

Have you ever experienced this? You have an essay to

submit but you just couldn’t write anything until the
last hour!

Then you suddenly become extremely productive.

It is easy for all of us to procrastinate. That’s why you

should set an end time for every task! You will find
yourself becoming a lot more efficient!
 5. TAKE REGULAR BREAKS

Have you ever felt extremely tired but decided to

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carry on studying, only to find yourself forgetting
everything the next day? We can’t learn effectively
when we are tired.

That’s why it is important to take regular breaks to

ensure that we are in a good state to study. I usually
take a 5-minute break to exercise or drink water
every 25 minutes. Try it with me.

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