Speaking Skills

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When you're assigned a class presentation, think twice before dismissing it as important thing of your education. Employers look for speaking skills in job applicants, who may have to give presentations to clients or represent their organization in the field. It's never too soon to practice good eye contact and other speaking techniques. 

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According to The Book of Lists, the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the mind of the majority of people. Far above the fear of death and disease, comes the fear of standing in front of a crowd. Joel Wiener noted author and public speaker wants to help overcome that fear.

"The biggest fear is public speaking, with 15 percent of Americans experiencing a dramatic fear of it," said Dr. Michael Telch of the Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders (LSAD) in the Department of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. "People have had to turn down jobs, and certainly students have dropped classes because of it."

Regardless of your occupation, your success depends a great deal upon your ability to communicate effectively! Whether you're running a meeting, selling a product, making a presentation, motivating co-workers or just communicating one-on-one with others, you'll get far better results if you can speak persuasively, smoothly and intelligently.

How to Take on College Studying

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Choose Where to Study

Where you should study depends on 2 factors: the environment in which you are able to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do.

·       The best places to study have good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space – usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

·       For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

·       When you are reading book chapters or working on a research paper, you are better off in a less social environment.

Improve Your Study Habit

Here are simple steps you could take to help you get a handle on studying:

·       Have a routine for where and when you study.

·       Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.

·       Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.

·       Take Breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking at material but not absorbing it.

·       Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.

·       Keep up with the work load and seek help when you need it.

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Study Tips

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10 Time Management Tip for Students

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Organizing Your Life

Managing your time well is an important element of success — especially if you’re a student. If you set priorities that fit your needs and lifestyle, you’ll have a better chance of achieving your goals. Here are some tips for taking control of your time and organizing your life.

Tip 1. Make a To-Do List Every Day.

Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. And don’t forget to reward yourself for your accomplishments.

Tip 2. Use Spare Minutes Wisely.

When you’re commuting on the bus or train, use time to get some reading done.

Tip 3. It’s okay to say no.

If your friend asks you to go to a movie on a Thursday night and you have an exam the next morning realizes that it’s okay to say no. keep your short- and long term priorities in mind.

Tip 4. Find the right time.

You’ll work more effectively if you figure out when you do your best work. For example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon don’t wait to do it late at night.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

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Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

3)   Heart: Always do what is right so your heart, your conscience, will feel peaceful. When you do wrong, your conscience will prick you and create regretful sensations with in your heart. When you do what you honestly feel, you won’t have any regrets. Your heart is your internal compass- it gives you direction and discernment. Just like a magnetic compass gives you directions, even true north, your personal compass, your heart, will point you in the true north, the exact directions and paths you need trod.

4)   Soul: Study scriptures and other sacred literature daily. In other words, feed your spirit because your spirit needs spiritual food just like your physical body needs temporal food to survive. Pondering, meditating, and reflecting are excellent Soul-sharpening activities. Try writing your thoughts, feelings, aspirations, concerns, and decisions in a diary or journal. Writing helps you focus and make good decisions.

Get into the habit of daily improving your body (physical fitness), your mind, your heart, and your soul.

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Helen Keller

It is true because when you work alone you get a little bit done but in groups it can lead to success. Working with others can help because your weakness in something can be a strength for another person you working with and the other way around. So its right 2 heads are better than one.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

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Habit 6: Synergize

Synergy is achieved when two or more people work together to create something better than either could alone.  Through this habit teens learn it doesn’t have to be “your way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergy allows teens to value differences and better appreciate others. Synergy is the reward, the delicious fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living the other habits, especially thinking Win-Win and seeking first to understand. Learning to synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying to fly solo in life. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther you will go. Synergy doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting there is this: Learn to celebrate differences.

A good band is a great example of synergy. It’s not just the drums or the guitar, or the sax, or the vocalist; it’s all of them together that make up the “sound”. Each band member brings his or her strengths to the table to create better than each could alone. No instrument is more important over another, Just different.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 5

5. Seek First to Understand, and then to be Understood

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood? This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active learning. Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are-a unique, expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Listen with your eyes, heart and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, of the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent). Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. Learn to listen and listen and learn. Listen, really listen, for understanding. Seek first to understand then to be understood—LISTEN.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Students

Habit 5

4. Think Win-Win

Teens can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of Win-Win in every relationship. This habit encourages the idea that any given discussions or ideas of both parties can arrive at mutually beneficial solution. Your teen will learn to celebrate the accomplishments of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone wins/ it’s both nice and tough all at once I won’t step on you, but I won’t be your doormat either. You care about people and want them to succeed. But you also care about yourself, and you want to succeed as well. Win-Win is abundant. The belief is that there is plenty of success to go around. It’s not either me or you it’s the both of us. It’s an all you can eat buffet. Win- Win creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefit of thinking Win-Win is the good feeling it brings on. The true test of whether or not you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternatives is how you feel. Thinking Win-Lose and Lose-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings. Win-Win will fill you heart with happy and serene thoughts. It will give you confidence. Even fill you up with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 3

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit three is about will and will not power. This habit helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. Things first deals with things that are: Important or not important, urgent or not urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of time management.

Quadrant 1: Things that are important and Urgent

Quadrant 2: Things that are important but not urgent

Quadrant 3: Things that are not important but are Urgent

Quadrant 4: Things that are not important and not urgent

1. Important & Urgent	2. Important but not Urgent
3. Not Important but are Urgent	4. Not Important and Not Urgent

Quadrant 2 is the ideal place to spend our time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play. Results for living Quadrant 2 are:

1.       Control of your life

2.       Balance

3.       High Performance

So in what quadrant are you spending most of you time? The key is to shift as much time possible into Quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating things first, things that matter most. Keep your eyes on the prize and reach for it.

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Ten Tips for Student Success

St. Johns University

1.       Attend your classes. Remember in words of Woody Allen ‘Seventy percent of life is showing up’.

2.       Know your faculty. Make sure you know who your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contact them.

3.       Make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in front of the classroom. Participate in class discussions. Consult with your teachers during office hours.

4.       Use a daily planner. Note the dates of exams, assignments, terms, papers, ect.

5.       Be organized. Prioritize your responsibilities. Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only some of us use them better than others.

6.       Know your campus resources. Visit your academic’s dean office regularly. Become familiar with the services and programs offered by the Counseling Center, the Freshman center, the Career Center, the Campus ministry office and students life office.

7.       Take care of your health. Get enough sleep. Eat well-balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make unformed and mature decsions about alcohol, sex and drugs.   

Profile of a Successful Student

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… Owns or has easy access to a computer with Internet access and e-mail.

You don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful in online learning-but you must have access to a personal computer with reliable internet access, as well as a basic level of competency in using them. Owning a computer with internet access from your home is ideal but many students use the computer labs on campus or at their offices to complete their work.

… Has basic computer skills and is willing and open to learning new ones.

We said you don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful in inline learning. However, there are some basic technical skills you should have mastered prior to enrolling in an online course.

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Profile of a Successful Student

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Work Together. There are number of ways that you can ensure you get the most out of your education experience. First, participate fully. Engage regularly in the discussions and be willing to share your personal, professional, and educational experiences. You can get to know your classmates through the dialogue that is created in a course environment­---sometimes even better than in face-to-face class. And the same goes for your instructor. Be sure to contact your professor—especially if you are having problems. He/she is still your instructor and will be there to guide and assist you as needed.

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Successful Students

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7. Understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which in turn can affect learning.

If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like you’re bored, and you’ll become bored. Act like you’re disinterested, and you’ll become disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating in the classroom, “act” like an interested person: lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, maintain eye contact with the professor, Nod occasionally, take notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit directly from your actions, your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic.

8. … talk about what they’re learning. Successful students get to know something well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about something, with friends or classmates, is not only good for checking whether or not you know something, it’s a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides the most direct path moving knowledge from short-term to long-term memory. You really don’t “know” material until you can put it into words. So, next time you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems, readings, etc. with friends recite to a chair, organize an oral study group. Pretend you’re teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning.

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Successful Students

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3. Ask questions. Successful students ask questions to provide the quickest questions between route between ignorance and knowledge. In addition securing knowledge. In addition to securing knowledge you seek, asking questions has at least two other extremely important benefits. The process helps you pay attention to your professor and helps your professor pay attention to you! Think about it. If you want something, go after it. Get the answer now, or fail a question later. There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence. It’s your choice.

4. … learn that a student and a professor make a team. Most instructors want exactly what you want: they would like for you to learn the material in their respective classes and earn a good grade.

Successful student reflect well on the efforts of any teacher; if you have learned your material, the instructor takes pride in teaching. Join forces with your instructor, they are not your enemy, you share the same interests, the same goals- in short, and your teammates. Get to know your professor.

You’re the most valuable players on the same team. Your jobs are to work together for mutual success. Neither wishes to chalk up a losing season. Be a team player.

Work Together

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English, math foreign language tips: For math, all I can say is do the problems assigned. It is the only way to practice and that’s really all it is for math. It’s the same with chemistry; if you do the practice problems you will understand the material so much better because those subjects are not just memorization like history, you need to be able to apply what you have learned in practical situations. As for English, I’m no longer taking it, but I would say leave yourself plenty of time to write essays and papers. They take time to get all the information out of your head onto the page, so don’t leave them until last second

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