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Mar 2024
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143. The 3 Types Of Lists Every Student ...

WILLIAM WADSWORTH
About this episode

Maximise your productivity with these 7 brilliant list formats, each with a special job to help you get things done and stay on the straight-and-narrow!

  1. The Everything List
  2. Today's Priorities
  3. The Someday Maybe List
  4. The Tangents List
  5. Checklists
  6. Mental Resistance List
  7. Red & Green List

Enjoy!

Mentioned in today's episode:

  • My book Outsmart Your Exams: https://geni.us/exams*
  • Exam Success Secrets (course): https://examstudyexpert.com/exam-secrets/
  • The Study Smarter Network: https://examstudyexpert.com/study-smarter-network
  • The Checklist Manifesto (book): https://geni.us/checklists*

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/

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