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Oct 2024
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171. Five New Exam Tips – Inspired By Pi...

WILLIAM WADSWORTH
About this episode

Today's episode is all about taking core principles from other domains, and using them to help us study smarter and ace our exams.

We'll be asking paramedics and emergency responders to help us respond to answers better.

Musicians will teach us valuable lessons about preparing for the performance (or exam) not just being able to succeed well in the rehearsal (or pre-exam study).

We'll learn when less can be more from athletes.

High-end chefs will show us a thing or two about maintaining an efficient workstation.

We'll even use some ancient Chinese wisdom to sort our kit out.

Should be a fun and interesting listen - enjoy!

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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/coaching

Get a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams*

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Thank you to the Dear Modern channel for inspiring today's tip #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hai-cunQUs (minors beware: this clip contains a mild curse word)

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