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You can
prepare yourself to succeed in your
studies.
Try to develop and appreciate the
following habits:
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Take
responsibility for yourself
Responsibility is recognition
that in order to succeed
you can make decisions about your
priorities, your time, and your
resources
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Center
yourself around your values and
principles
Don't let friends and
acquaintances dictate what you
consider important
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Put first
things first
Follow up on the priorities you
have set for yourself, and don't
let others, or other interests,
distract you from your goals
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Discover
your key productivity periods and
places
Morning, afternoon, evening;
study spaces where you can be the
most focused and
productive. Prioritize
these for your most difficult
study challenges
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Consider
yourself in a win-win situation
You win by doing your best and
contributing your best to a
class, whether for yourself, your
fellow students, and even for
your teachers and instructors. If
you are content with your
performance, a grade becomes an
external check on your
performance, which may not
coincide with your internally
arrived at benefits
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First
understand others, then attempt
to be understood
When you have an issue with an
instructor, for example a
questionable grade, an assignment
deadline extension, put yourself
in the instructor's place. Now
ask yourself how you can best
make your argument given his/her
situation
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Look for
better solutions to problems
For example, if you don't
understand the course material,
don't just re-read the material.
Try something else! Consult with
the professor, a tutor, an
academic advisor, a classmate, a
study group, or your school's
study skills center
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Look to
continually challenge yourself
Partially
adapted from the audio cassette by
Steven Covey, Seven Habits
of Highly Effective People
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