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Bootcamp Day 6: The Relaxed, High-Achiever Blueprint

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Today I’m going to share the stories of six past Learning on Steroids members, who used the tactics to dominate, while studying less than before. I’ve given tactics for learning faster, now I’m going to show you the blueprint for how that translates into success.

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The blueprint for success, case studies from six successful graduates of Learning on Steroids can be downloaded as a package here.

This package includes cases of learners from different backgrounds and challenges, all using the tactics to achieve extraordinary results. Inside, you’ll see how:

• Elle earned high-distinctions on every exam, while studying less than before in university-level science classes.
• Jefferson scored in the top 0.3% of his state for math, also trimming his studying schedule.
• John cut 75% of his studying time, while getting high enough grades to get accepted into Cornell.
• Santiago went from failing, to acing his classes and having enough free time to win thousands of dollars in prizes for science competitions.
• R.J., a self-professed “C-student” dominated his professional designation exam in a month less than is typically required.
• Nayamot, using just one of the tactics I teach, turned himself from failing chemistry to being top of his class.

If you want to read each of their specific stories, and learn exactly how they did it, you can directly download the case study package here.

Now I’ll show the common blueprint each of these learners used to succeed.

Step One: Learn New Methods and Tactics

This step may seem a little self-serving, but it’s absolutely the case. Whenever I try to improve an area of my life, my first focus is always to get a lot of different ideas. The effect is two-fold: first, the new methods are helpful in cutting down trial-and-error. Second, new ideas give motivation and can be the catalyst for self-improvement.

New methods can drastically increase the efficiency of you’re studying. R.J. told me he used to be a C-student in college, so he was nervous about taking on his professional designation exam, that has a high failure rate. Learning the 5-Year Old method and other forms of active learning, he attributes to helping him pass the exam.

Similarly, Nayamot, turned his studying around just by mastering the metaphor tactic I teach in the first month. The new approach helped him get a grasp on his chemistry course which he had been struggling to learn by rote.

Step Two: Build an Initial Habit

Just reading definitely isn’t enough. Not everyone who joins Learning on Steroids is a success, mostly for the reason that not everyone takes action and follows the instructions.

A common problem when reading a lot of ideas is feeling overwhelmed. That’s why I recommend building an initial habit, through a 30-day trial period. The initial habit is to practice one technique which gives you a foothold into the material.

This was a common theme amongst successful cases as well. In most cases, the students used multiple tactics to achieve their success, having the initial habit made exploring the different tactics easier. Santiago made use of weekly/daily goals, Nayamot used metaphors and R.J. used the 5-Year Old method to build an initial habit, which made further changes easier.

Step Three: Work Hard

People confuse working hard with working long hours. Most of the students who succeeded with the program significantly reduced their studying time. Yet they all said that hard work was required to succeed with the program.

The distinction is that learning with new tactics requires going outside your comfort zone. You need to stop acting on autopilot and experiment with new methods. The new methods might be more efficient, but they also require work to build as habits.

A relaxing, high-achieving lifestyle is possible. The success cases above prove that. But don’t expect quick fixes that require no effort.

Step Four: Use the Right Tool for the Job

When I started writing about learning, I had holes in my method, that I wasn’t even aware of. I even wrote that my strategy wouldn’t work on courses like law or anatomy, because you just had to memorize certain things.

It turns out I was wrong. Almost every learning challenge you can face, there’s a trick to learn it faster. Once you progress through the program, you’ll build up a toolset, so you’ll have lots of options for learning anything. Remembering vocabulary? There’s a method for that. Hard ideas that need creative thinking? That too. Mastering skills in less time? Ditto.

Often success means just finding the right tool for the job. Elle found a visual technique that helped her ace organic chemistry. John found a notetaking strategy which helped him cut down revision time.

Because teachers don’t teach how to learn, very few people stumble upon all the best methods for learning by accident. If I hadn’t been researching for this program, I wouldn’t have either.