Study tricks

Flash cards

The idea of using flash cards is having small chunks of information like a word, a phrase or a sentence that prompts or triggers something in your mind that will...

Create a story

Memory champions used memory castles or stories connecting different objects to remember things. The more ridiculous or crazy the story is, the easy it is to remember. This exercise may...

Explain the concepts you learned to someone

Explaining the concepts that you just learned to someone forces you to structure your thoughts in a coherent and systematic way with the hope that you will be understood. This...

Sticky notes and markers

Many of my examinations in law were open book. This meant that we were allowed to bring any written materials at the examination venue. However, we were only given two...

Time management

One approach to time management is to increase speed of learning, whether it is listening to audio lectures or reading textbooks. Another approach is to find unutilised time like reading...

Start early

There are two parts of starting early in your learning. First is when you watch YouTube videos that explain concepts of a particular discipline. This will give you some foundational...