59 Secrets to Studying

The Secret to Success in All Exams

A series of video presentations was given by me to a group of students. The students ranged from high school to Engineering & Medicine. Try to make use of whatever applies to you. All the best.

• Memory, Concentration, Judging Time, Reading Ability, Writing Ability, Study Habits, and Getting the most information in the classroom

INTRODUCTION TO 59 SECRETS

No.         Video Title

Secret 1 Do not practice volleyball throughout the year and play football in the examination.

Secret 2 A student should work like a professional.

Secret 3 Imitate examinations every time you study.

Secret 4 Become a detective when you study.

Secret 5 Always start with a question.

Secret 6 Do not start from the beginning.

Secret 7 Do not read a textbook like a novel.

Secret 8 Start with one major construct.

Secret 9 Count how many concepts are there.

Secret 10 List the concepts one below the other.

Secret 11 Next to each concept, write your idea of what it is.

Secret 12 Never look into the textbook while you are explaining.

Secret 13 After you complete all the concepts………

Secret 14 Ignore small words except those that have significant meaning while reading.

Secret 15 Do not read each and every word.

Secret 16 Search and scan for information.

Secret 17 Confirm known information.

Secret 18 Do not relearn what you already know.

Secret 19 Know what you know and know what you do not know.

Secret 20 If you do not know what you do not know, then you will not know what you will do with what you already know.

RECAP 1 TO 20

Secret 21 Information should move in only one direction - Brain to notebook; notebook to textbook; and textbook to the brain. 

Secret 22 Do not continue when you are stuck; go back to the relevant information

Secret 23 What is not part of us can't be remembered, what is part of us need not be remembered.

Secret 24 Recall as many times as you can.

Secret 25 Become a judge when you evaluate.

Secret 26 List important and specific information

Secret 27 Establish a link between the question and answer.

Secret 28 Quantify difficult and lengthy information.

Secret 29 Write point by point briefly while practicing.

Secret 30 Do not follow the timetable since you will waste a lot of time. 

Secret 31 Always stop your study somewhere in the middle.

Secret 32 Break your studies into periods and have short breaks.

Secret 33 Convert information by making ridiculous associations.

Secret 34 Chunk the information.

Secret 35 Extract common factor

Secret 36 Study at night before going to sleep.

Secret 37 Switch over from subject to subject as many times as possible.

Secret 38 Use part and whole method while studying drawings and diagrams.

Secret 39 Allow your imagination to run wild

Secret 40 Attack confusion.

RECAP 21 TO 40

Secret 41 Memory and concentration are automatic processes.

Secret 42 Your short-term memory is highly unreliable.

Secret 43 No skill can be taught; it can be learned.

Secret 44 Identify errors and list them.

Secret 45 Plan to eliminate the errors.

Secret 46 Minimise errors in every trial.

Secret 47 Learning happens only after two consecutive errorless trials.

Secret 48 Reduce time in every trial.

Secret 49 Practice is not the same as repetition.

Secret 50 You are not distracted from your studies; you are attracted to some things.

Secret 51 Whatever you are doing while studying, do it faster.

Secret 52 Make postural adjustments.

Secret 53 Prioritise what is important for you.

Secret 54 Become a teacher when you have difficulty understanding something and teach it to someone 

else.

Secret 55 Adopt parallel processing.

Secret 56 List the number of concepts you have learned in class and verify.

Secret 57 Leave retrieval cues and tags.

Secret 58 Manipulate your information by twisting, turning, pulling, pushing relating, associating, and 

thinking.

Secret 59 Re-organise as many times as you can.

RECAP 41 TO 59

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