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Fail to plan…. Plan to fail

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:50:58 +0000

I opened this morning’s post and it included a fine for €80 and two penalty points for speeding. I checked the report and saw that the “incident” occurred shortly before 11:00 last Tuesday morning as I drove from Kilkenny to Carlow. And I know the exact stretch of road – where the limit is 80kph instead of 100kph. It’s a tempting stretch – and I’d say I am normally a little over 80kph. But this time I was doing 101kph. Why? Well conditions were dry, there was no traffic, and visibility was excellent. But that’s not the real reason. The real reason I got the fine was because I had left it too late to leave Kilkenny and I was under pressure to make that meeting. I FAILED to plan my morning properly. What I had been doing in my office before leaving hadn’t been earth-shatteringly urgent. I just didn’t plan right. If I had just left 5 minutes earlier I’d have been fine. How is your study planning? Have you a plan? Or is the plan to just cram? It is never too late to improve your organisation and effectiveness. Check out the study coach packages I offer and then get in touch if you feel you could benefit from help.

Motivation

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:53:20 +0000

When it comes to studying there can sometimes be a gap between what you intend to do and what you do do. The effect of this is that you get less done than you want. Now of course sometimes this can simply be down to some unexpected event getting in the way. However, if there is a pattern to this happening then you need to look at why. And one common reason why this can happen is if you are lacking motivation. If you’re having difficulty getting yourself motivated, try and get to the root cause. Otherwise I’m afraid you may be destined to keep repeating the same pattern!

Welcome Scholars!

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:10:44 +0000

Thank you for reading the first StudyCoach blog!

If you’re a student, there are some standard snippets of advice out there that will help you, such as the need for a plan, adequate sleep, exercise and relaxation.

However as a person and as a student you are a unique individual, and that uniqueness is evident in your strengths, goals, habits, schedule, needs and other various characteristics.

So more is needed. My name is Brendan Cullen and my purpose with StudyCoach is to help you work smarter in a more organised way to achieve better academic results through :

Providing individualised, tailor-made and flexible study plans
Holding regular review meetings to
Providing a supportive presence and guidance throughout the entire academic year

For more detail on the packages I offer click here. I’d also welcome your comments below or you may wish to get in contact through my contact page. You can also find StudyCoach on facebook : www.facebook.com/StudyCoachBren.