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How to pass exams – Part 17 – Join in the opportunity to serve and see your job prospects rise!
How to pass exams – Part 17 – Join in the opportunity to serve and see your job prospects rise! Over the summer and in the holidays what are you going to do which isn’t all about you, but is about serving others too? Simon Glass is a former pupil of Allerton High School in Leeds […]
Read More >How to pass exams – Part 16 – Serve
How to pass exams – Part 16 – Serving your fellow adventurers “If there is one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view, and see things from that person’s angle, as well as from your own.” Henry Ford (the first person to make mass produced cars) […]
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PowerPoint Surgery – Tips to create presentation slides that make your message stick, not suck!
PowerPoint Surgery – Tips to create presentation slides that make your message stick, not suck! Lee Jackson “If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in colour won’t make them relevant…Power corrupts, PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.” Edward Tufte, Yale Emeritus professor There are three very big things that we are expected to do, […]
Read More >How to pass exams – Part 15 – Get good!
How to pass exams – Part 15 – Get good! “A genius! For 37 years I’ve practised 14 hours a day and now they call me a genius!” Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908) Violinist and composer I was speaking at a school assembly once, as I walked into the hall there were flyers all over the place and a real buzz […]
Read More >How to pass exams – Part 14 – Generating ideas and writers block
How to pass exams – Part 14 – Generating ideas “Ideas light the way to success.” Even though I can remember a whole talk lasting an hour or more, I can’t remember a fleeting thought and I bet you can’t either. And now, a quick word about generating ideas. My technique is simple: Use some blank […]
Read More >Free Collins #GCSE Revision Planner!
My publisher Collins are giving away this simple GCSE Revision planner a great way to get going in your revision and study skills Collins-Revision-Timetable-download <— just click there or save as to get it free
Read More >How to pass exams – Part 13 – Capture your ideas!
How to pass exams – Part 13 – Capture your ideas, like Bill did! An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.” Stephen Fry Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft probably asked himself many years ago, ‘Why doesn’t every home have a PC?’ At the time there were only a handful […]
Read More >How to pass exams – Part 12 – How to feel more confident everyday
How to pass exams – Part 12 – How to feel more confident everyday There are lots of crazy theories out there, but the following exercise has been scientifically proven to help the way we feel about our lives (and that obviously includes our education too). The fascinating book ‘59 seconds’ by Professor Richard Wiseman looks […]
Read More >How to pass exams – Part 11 – Push thru your obstacles along the way
How to pass exams – Part 11 – Push thru your obstacles along the way This is my mate Andy – I’ve known him for 20 years he tells me and the young people he works with, ‘I don’t use the word “can’t”.’ Imagine the obstacles Andy has to push thru every day of his life. […]
Read More >How to pass exams – Part 10 – It’s like landing on the moon!
How to pass exams – Part 10 – It’s like landing on the moon! “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” Michael Jordan (probably the greatest basketball player of all time) […]
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