Ep. 118 -

• Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.

If your teen has ever questioned ‘what’s even the point of this task?’, or exclaimed ‘why am I having to do this?’... I want to let you know: those are actually some very strategic and smart questions!

In fact, if they’re not already questioning that, then they should be.

Because the reason - the point of the assignment, essay, research project, design task, or whatever it is - is a significant clue to what the marker wants and how to tackle the task in a strategic and successful way.



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Ep. 117 -

Listen in on a conversation I had on the Happy Families podcast with Justin Coulson and his wife, Kylie a while ago where we talked about:

• Study stress
• What causes all of the stress
• How stress isn't about having too much to do, it's about how to get it all done
• Motivation & wellbeing
• Life balance
• Tips to help teens get through their exams
• The obession with 'the number' at the end of year 12
• Time management vs scheduled outcomes
• Command words
• Unmotivated teens

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- Ep. 116 -

Here's why I think exams should become your teen's GREATEST STRENGTH
(and what I'm doing to help make that a reality!):

1) Exams are the biggest source of stress and cause of anxiety in most teen's school life.
- If they can nail exams, their stress levels will be lower (and your household will be happier!) ;)

2) Exams usually count for the biggest % of an overall mark or grade.
- If they can nail exams, their results will go up. Significantly.

3) If they can 'do it' in exams, they can 'do it' in everything.
- Every other assessment, homework task, class project will be clearer, quicker and higher quality.

Listen in to discover the 3 reasons why focusing on making exams your teen's strength will not only:

• improve their marks
  and
• reduce their stress during exams,
  but will also
• elevate their confidence and performance across EVERY aspect of their study.

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- Ep. 115
Listen in on a conversation I had on the Mama Mia podcast a while ago where we talked about:

• how to tackle big tasks
• the key to studying smarter
• and the three hurdles facing procrastinators.

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Ep. 114
A better way for your teen to approach and think about completing tasks or answering questions, so they achieve more of those high level criteria and do it in a focused, clear and succinct way.


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Ep. 113
Real life student case study:
There was something subtly holding one student back from certainty and success in her Maths assignment.
Listen to discover how we figured out what she’ll do differently next time (in not just Maths, but in ANY and EVERY assignment)
- AND -
how you can apply this with your teen in ANY of their tasks and assessments.

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Ep. 112
I love a good plan.
But, when you think about it, it's actually pretty likely that a practical plan of action won't totally go to plan, every step of the way.
Unexpected things will come up.
So, what happens if we EXPECT things to come up?
If we plan for those things, and know what we'll do if or when they do?
We stay on track and complete the plan. That's what :)

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Ep. 111
It's when we're under time pressure that we're most likely to fall back into old habits.

But not this student!

In this episode I share a real life skilled and strategic student case study where they INTENTIONALLY left out the introduction of their extended response in an exam, didn’t get time to go back and write it, and what that meant for their result.
Listen in to this episode, because it may NOT be what you think!

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• Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.