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PSEUDOSTUDYING VERSUS ACTUAL STUDYING
You read hours on end for this test. You even used several study materials and spent the whole night watching videos trying to understand the concept. However, you just can’t answer any of the...
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GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE
I’ve seen this topic around a few times and I kept wondering what’s so special about grit. There’s been some research around this topic that simply proves success is not a function of talent...
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REFLECTING ON 2021 AND GOING FORWARD
Yeah yeah, you’ve seen it everywhere… New year, new goals, new me. Maybe things will change, maybe things won’t. But whether or not you’re big on the new year and all the pressure that...
HOW TO BE A MASTER SELF-LEARNER
You learn your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in- Howard Sardner. Self-learning is “a process by which individuals take the initiative, with or without...
SELLING YOURSELF: SHOULD I PROMOTE MY ABILITIES?
If you’re anything like me, you’ve wondered why you have to sell yourself, why you have to state how good you are at something in order to write a CV, get a job or...
GET INTO THE FLOW STATE, OFTEN
You know that feeling you get when you’re in the middle of a task and you feel so fully immersed that you don’t want to stop anytime soon? When it feels like you’re in...
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME EFFECTIVELY
Managing your time effectively simply refers to using this limited resource wisely in order to get things done optimally. I like to see it as manipulating…
5 THINGS SCHOOL DOESN’T TEACH YOU
For the most part of it, school teaches you many of the basic things you need to know, and especially for your career path. You are taught the related subject courses, their applications and...
REFLECTION: ONE YEAR OF SLOW GROWTH
Slow Growth.* This is the one thing you are assured of when you constantly put in quality work to achieve mastery at something. It begins with a proper mindset and continues with an unfailing...
HOW TO ENJOY YOUR LEARNING PROCESS
Sometimes learning can be really boring. Let’s admit it- you don’t always feel motivated to study. No one does. And that’s okay. This is because our motivation often comes from different sources and we...
HOW TO PREPARE FOR A NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
A new semester is starting for me this week and I felt this was the perfect time to share how I’m planning for the new year. Many people go into a new school year...
New Realities: Reflecting on COVID-19 and Medical School.
The past two weeks found me in Kazan for the RANEPA International Summer Campus 2021 themed: ‘New Realities of Human and Personal Interaction’. Coming back to my home city, Rostov-on-Don, I can’t help but...
HOW TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE HOLIDAY
Throughout the school year, you are so constantly bombarded with a lot of work you can’t wait for the holidays to arrive. By the time holidays come, however, it’s another story because now you’re...
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