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Increase your value by investing in yourself.
We are just coming out of an economic recession, where many investments, including safe investments like people’s homes have shown negative growth.
This article is based on an article that I wrote about a year ago. The article was about increasing your net worth without needing lots of cash.
I am glad to say that my investment would’ve had a positive growth in any economy, even during this economic recession. While I did not offer immediate riches, I did promise that you would increase your net …

Preamble
I can’t believe that it was a decade ago that we were talking about the next millennium. It was November 1999, with just over a month to go before every computer system in the world could be a potential time bomb. Just a month before that, I was on board a flight to The Netherlands with my wife Jasmine, my six year old son and my four month old daughter to embark on what was to be the biggest adventure of my life.
Having grown up on the ‘wrong side of …

Once you have evaluated your learning style and reviewed your study methods based on our framework, you are ready to apply our unique study technique.
We provide a study method that uses both sides of the brain. By combining Mind Mapping and the Cornell Method, we give you the best of both worlds.
While Mind Maps naturally use both sides of the brain, we find that students battle to shift from their old linear ways. We therefore show you The Cornell Method as it can easily be followed if you come from …

What is the best Study Method?
You might be thinking that this person is very bold to even attempt to answer this question! The answer is quite simple though -  any method that utilises the whole brain!
Scientists have now almost universally agreed that the left and right halves of the brain largely have different functions. (For those of you that don’t know, the brain looks very much like a walnut, with two visibly distinct halves.)
The left side of the brain is the logical side and deals with lists, numbers and structured …

We are all unique, so it stands to reason that we each have our own learning style.
While this may be true, studies have shown that most of us have a dominant learning style, which fits into only a few categories.
If you prefer to learn by someone telling you, you probably have an auditory learning style.
If you prefer to learn by images and being able to picture the material, you probably have a visual learning style.
Lastly, if you prefer to feel, touch and do, you probably have a tactile or kinaesthetic …

Many scientists believe that our memories are not only excellent, they are perfect! While I am not trying to convince you whether this is true or not, I believe that there is overwhelming evidence that we remember more than we realise.
It is not the remembering that is a problem, it is the recal that is poor.
There are numerous cases of people remembering things from their distant past in their dreams, under hypnosis, or when they have a near death experience. ‘My whole life flashed before my eyes’, is a statement …

This lesson covers the art of Note Taking. It builds on the reading module, which teaches you how to get important information out of the text you are learning.
Once you know how to extract the important information, you need a good method to record it.
By having a good note taking system, you will be able to structure your notes so that you can recall it easily.
We go over a case study based on Janet’s notes. Janet always took detailed meticulous notes. She was often praised for her neat and detailed …

Mind Map of Time Management Outcomes

Everyone is equal when it comes to time
Time is the one resource that every human has received in exactly the same quantity. It does not matter whether you are rich or poor, you will still have 24 hours in a day.
How you use these hours are up to you!
Learn the Principles
We cover time management principles in our Learning Management Programme in great detail.
We provide a framework for managing yourself more than managing your time. We use the principles of Importance and Urgency as popularised by …

Now that you know the importance of motivation, you are able to go on to the next step, goal setting.
Goal setting is based more on the near future than the distant future.
Our module on Goal Setting in the Learning Management Programme uses the SMART method of Goal Setting. There are numerous books and websites on the subject. We’ve adapted the method for learning.
Setting AND achieving your Goals

The SMART method not only gets you to set goals, it also gives you the methods to achieve them. ‘Setting goals’ is not the …