Make studying for exams easier, more interesting and more effective just through asking questions. This article is 920 words long and will take 3 to 4 minutes to read.

I recently had a message from a reader asking about the path that led me to the discoveries that I made and the methods that I have developed. Part of that journey was directed by some books that had a great influence on me. This post lists and describes the important parts of those books.

Much has been written about the magic and the mystery of The Beatles and their success. One overlooked factor is that in their early days they were able to leverage their use of time with incredible effectiveness. This speculative article puts forward the case that this gave them a spectacular advantage over the average rock and roll band. It also shows how you can use the same effect in your life.

Some people say that your habits create your destiny. The habitual actions that we take create our results in reality. Whilst new knowledge can give answers and hence relief to our problems, if we don’t implement those answers, then we make no progress. Creating new habits occurs much more easily when we understand the process that we have to go through, why it is often difficult to adopt new habits and how to prepare ourselves to make adopting new habits much easier.

Learning new skills is a challenging activity and it can prove slow and difficult to learn the fine adjustments needed for higher levels of ability. Through deliberately using exaggeration as a learning technique it becomes easier and quicker to develop ability. When it’s done right, it can also be a lot of fun too.