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14 learning techniques everyone should know!

14 learning techniques everyone should know!

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The best Self-Help Books of all time
The best Self-Help Books of all time

Self-help book reviews serve as a crucial bridge between an author's promises and a reader's needs. In a genre overflowing with titles each claiming to offer life-changing advice, reviews cut through the marketing noise. They provide real-world testimonials on a book's appli...

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How to Motivate Yourself?
How to Motivate Yourself?

Introduction We've all been there: those moments when even the simplest tasks seem daunting, and the couch feels more inviting than tackling our to-do list. Finding motivation can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack – frustrating and seemingly impossible at t...

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How to Set SMART Goals and Actually Achieve Them: A Practical Guide
How to Set SMART Goals and Actually Achieve Them: A Practical Guide

Setting goals is essential for personal growth, but not all goals lead to success. To turn our ambitions into achievable outcomes, we can utilise the SMART goal framework, which helps us create goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. This a...

Self-help
Tips to Handle Exam Stress: Effective Strategies for a Calm Mind
Tips to Handle Exam Stress: Effective Strategies for a Calm Mind

Most of us have felt some level of stress when preparing for an important exam. The pressure can make it hard to focus, remember what we've learned, and even get a good night's sleep. Learning simple ways to manage exam stress can help us feel calmer and perform better when ...

Mental health
Coping with Grief and Loss: Strategies for Healing and Resilience
Coping with Grief and Loss: Strategies for Healing and Resilience

Coping with grief and loss is a deeply personal journey that everyone experiences differently. Understanding the feelings that arise from such experiences can help us navigate through the pain and find ways to heal. While the process may seem overwhelming at times, it is ess...

Learning techniques
How playing chess can help to improve learning skills
How playing chess can help to improve learning skills

Chess has always been a popular strategy game. With current iterations of the board game dating as far back as the 15th century, though its origins are believed to date back nearly another 10 centuries! It has risen in popularity across the world, with many countries regula...

What is the IQ, and how can you improve it?
What is the IQ, and how can you improve it?

Many people have heard the term 'IQ' in their lifetime. It is common knowledge that the higher your IQ the better you will do in life, with many millionaires in the media being portrayed as incredibly smart. But this narrative isn't always correct. There are many questions ...

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The vagus nerve: Essential Functions and Impact on Health
The vagus nerve: Essential Functions and Impact on Health

The vagus nerve is one of the most important nerves in our body, connecting the brain to many of our major organs like the heart, lungs, and gut. It helps control vital functions such as breathing, heart rate, and digestion without us having to think about them. Because the ...

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Struggling with Stress or Creativity? Discover the Magic of Art Therapy
Struggling with Stress or Creativity? Discover the Magic of Art Therapy

Absolutely! Who hasn't felt the weight of worry weighing down, or stared blankly at a canvas, paper, or screen, unsure where to begin? Isn't it like striking a mental roadblock? But what if I told you there's a method to break past that barrier, to release the stress pressur...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Proven Approach to Mental Wellbeing
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Proven Approach to Mental Wellbeing

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a powerful tool we can use to tackle mental health challenges. This therapy helps individuals understand and reshape their thoughts and behaviours, making it particularly effective for issues like anxiety and depression. By focusing on ...

Memory Hacks
Mind Palace
Mind Palace

My mind's house has infinite rooms Centuries ago, a poet named Simonides of Ceos (556-468 B.C.E.) lived in Greece. He was the one responsible for inventing the system of mnemonics that we still use to this day to remember things. Sometimes mnemonics are a sentence to help ...