Mastering your Mindsets
Passion & Sustained persistence.
What is Grit.
The object of a person's ambition or effort to aim for a desired result.
What is a Goal.
Your preferred way of learning or retaining information.
What is Learning Style.
The objective analysis & evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement.
What is Critical Thinking.
This word comes from the Czech word "robotnik," as stated on page 46.
What is "robot."
Your mindset does not alter or change. Instead, you're more likely to blame others for your failures.
What is a Fixed Mindset.
It must be detailed, reasonable, measurable, and trackable.
What is a S.M.A.R.T Goal.
The set of skills designed to help you monitor and use time effectively to increase performance and achieve one's goals.
What is Time Management.
The recording of information you're exposed to in a way that makes sense.
What is Note-Taking.
This ratio is the estimated time against the actual time needed to complete a task. (Pages 56 - 60.)
What is the Fudge Ratio.
Difficulty in internalizing successes, feelings of self-doubt, and a cycle of anxiety are all manifestations of what?
What is Imposter Syndrome
The concept that refers to how strongly people believe they have control over the situations & experiences that affect their lives.
What is Locus of Control.
Visual, Auditory and...What?
What is Kinesthetic or "Hands On" Learning.
Name three of the four different note-taking methods that were discussed in class.
What is Outline, Mind-Mapping, Cornell & "Writing on Slides."
What is the title of Chapter 8 in the text?
What is "Study Smarter"
The general desire or willingness of someone to do something.
What is Motivation
The R in S.M.A.R.T Goal stands for...
What is Realistic.
Keeping your things in order, naming files on your computer, utilizing tools like google calendar and a task manager app are all components to this aspect of Time Management.
What is Organziation.
Take a breath, read over the full exam and instructions, pick where to start, keep an eye on time, and answer ALL questions.
What to do on the day of an exam?
On page 100, Thomas Frank refers to willpower as what?
What is a "...limited resource."
Name two of the three components of attitude.
Affective, Cognitive and or Behavioral.
Believing that you have little to no control over events and what other people that impact you. Fate and Luck are the only guiding forces around you.
What is External Locus of Control.
Decide the task you're going to work on, set a timer, work on that task until the timer goes off, take a short break, then repeat the cycle 4 times and conclude with a 15 - 30 minute break.
What is the Pomodoro Technique.
Starting early, using frequent study sessions over 5 days, divide your material into 4 chunks and consistently reviewing notes.
What is the Five Day Study Plan.
This is a learning technique that encourages you to study the things you're good at less often, while quizzing you on things you're bad at more often. (Page 112.)
What is "Spaced Repetition."