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Study Tips from a College Graduate: Time Management, Note Taking, Motivation

2019

As a recent UC Berkeley graduate, I think I'm somewhat qualified to give you some tips and points about how I studied and tried to stay motivated and productive during college, so I hope you enjoy this video and maybe learn something new!

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Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes

First published in 1980, Transitions was the first book to explore the underlying and universal pattern of transition. Named one of the fifty most important self-help books of all time, Transitions remains the essential guide for coping with the inevitable changes in life.

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William Bridges, Susan Bridges
2019
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What Now?

Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by bestselling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life stage to another.

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Ann Patchett
2008
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Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age

Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Secrets of Happy Families and Council of Dads, has long explored the stories that give our lives meaning.

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Bruce Feiler
2020
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Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You

“If you really loved me...” “After all I’ve done for you...” “How can you be so selfish...

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Susan Forward, Donna Frazier
1998
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material.

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Barbara Oakley
2014
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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

To most of us, learning something “the hard way” implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier.

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Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
2014
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StrengthsFinder 2.0

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.

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Tom Rath
2025
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Psychologists Have Finally Discovered 4 Research-Backed Personality Types

Forget Myers-Briggs and the latest Facebook quiz. These are the only personality types that are actually backed by science.

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Jessica Stillman
2018
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FindCenter Quotes ImageEvery genuinely new technology has a genuinely new way of breaking—and every now and then, those malfunctions open a new door to the adjacent possible. Sometimes the way a new technology breaks is almost as interesting as the way it works.

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Steven Johnson
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FindCenter Quotes ImageExcessive use of external motivation can slow and even stop your journey to mastery.

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George Leonard
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