| | *'''Avoid procrastination!''' Tasks are completely more easily -- and with far higher quality -- if you start sooner. '''Set goals for yourself''', such as completing a certain amount of work before noon, and then again before 6pm. | | *'''Avoid procrastination!''' Tasks are completely more easily -- and with far higher quality -- if you start sooner. '''Set goals for yourself''', such as completing a certain amount of work before noon, and then again before 6pm. |
| − | *'''Learn history in small pieces.''' The material is easier to digest. Do you try to live by eating only one meal each day? No, we eat three meals each day and the food is easier to digest that way. The same is true with learning history. 1 hour each day for 5 days is much easier than 5 hours in one day. Also, you'll retain the material much better if you spread it out. | + | *'''Learn history a little each day.''' The material is easier to digest. Do you try to survive by eating only one meal each day? No, we eat three meals each day and the food is easier to digest that way. The same is true with learning history. One hour each day for five days is much easier than five hours in one day. Also, you'll retain the information better if you spread it out over the week. |
| | Now ponder the following riddle. Consider this sequence: 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, ??, ??, ??, ??. What goes in the question marks? The answer is below.<ref>Answer: 1, 1, 1, 1 – this sequence represents the number of terms that each president (including his vice president if he died) served, starting with George Washington.</ref> | | Now ponder the following riddle. Consider this sequence: 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, ??, ??, ??, ??. What goes in the question marks? The answer is below.<ref>Answer: 1, 1, 1, 1 – this sequence represents the number of terms that each president (including his vice president if he died) served, starting with George Washington.</ref> |