1. Systems

2. How hard are you trying?

3. This doesn’t mean anything – because the numbers will mean different things to different people.
…and you probably chose 6

4. If we were to put hours of revision on the scale?
If you are doing ‘Phase 1’ – this is how hard you are working
How much independent study are you doing? 1 – 10?

5. It takes 30 days to establish a habit
Get here first. Phase 1. For thirty days
How many hours of independent study are you doing?

6. Students tend to surround themselves with people who do they think do less work than they do
How much revision are you doing?
None!
Phew! I can do nothing and it will be ok.
I’m not telling them how much I’m doing!

7. Students ‘normalise’ they amount of work they are doing
Students ‘normalise’ they amount of work they are doing. Even if that is nothing.
You can’t know how hard other students across the country are working. But you can work on your own system.

8. When do you work best?
Are you a morning person or do you work best later on?

9. Three types of attention
1. Proactive attention
Fully focussed, fired up, feeling fresh and ready to work
2. Active attention
Plugged in, ticking along nicely, all fine
3. Inactive attention
Flagging, foggy, passive, reluctant.

10. What does it look like in class?

11. What does it look like in class?

12. So what do you do about it?

13. How to learn to put in more effort
Phase 1: Habitualise six hours a week (3 weeks)
Reminder – 3:30pm
Routine – One hour and fifteen minutes of activity in a quiet place, finishing at 4:45pm broken into three sections:
25 mins high intensity work, no distractions, no phone
25 mins off, relaxing, checking social media, music, stretch legs
25 mins super intense work, no distractions
Reward – cuppa, biscuit, TV, exercise, whatever!

14. How to learn to put in more effort
Phase 2 – Habitualise nine hours a week (3 weeks)
Reminder- 3:30pm
Routine – One hour and thirty minutes of activity in a quiet place, finishing at 5pm, broken into the following five sections:
25 mins high intensity work, no distractions, no phone
5 mins off, relaxing, checking social media, music, stretch legs
25 mins super intense work, no distractions
Reward

15. Prioritising your time
The Bottom Left
The Action Priority Matrix

16. What next? Review your 25 minute sprints from last week
Continue your phase 1 week 2
Challenge yourself to move onto phase 2 quicker if you can
Try the prioritizing tasks in form