You Be A Successful Student Too is for students at any point of the journey: a learner in the last years of school preparing for what comes next, a first-year finding their feet, a student well into a degree, or an adult returning to study and rebuilding academic confidence.
It rests on research into the choices and habits of successful students, which treats success in study as something you can learn rather than a gift you either have or lack. Here you practise taking responsibility for your own learning, finding a purpose that keeps you going, turning plans into action, and growing the relationships, self-awareness and self-belief that carry you through a demanding year.
Inside are two PDFs, both with your name on every page: a printable deck of A4 cards and a matching ebook. The cards are grouped in eight areas, among them Personal Responsibility, Motivating Purpose, Effective Action, Supportive Relationships and Lifelong Learning, with cards such as Taking Initiative, Setting Goals, Planning, and Overcoming Laziness & Procrastination. Each card has a theme, a short description and an image on the front, and on the back a set of quotes from many voices and wisdom traditions, with room for your own notes. The ebook holds the same wisdom as a flowing book to read on a tablet or phone.
The pace is yours. You can take one area a week or go straight to the cards that fit your term. I suggest you begin with Personal Responsibility: print its cards, read the quotes, choose one and write beside it one step you can take in your studies this week. LearnSmart4Life also takes group orders for classes.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, LearnSmart4Life