Buzan’s Study Skills: Mind Maps, Memory Techniques, Speed Reading and More!
Think faster, sharper and remember and recall more than you thought possible with this accessible collection of techniques from the “Mind Map” man, Tony Buzan, which will help students through exams but also give them valuable skills for other areas of life. This full colour guide has been updated with new jacket and internal design.
Eat That Frog
Fully revised and updated with additional content – this is a brand new edition of the bestselling Eat That Frog! There just isn’t enough time for everything on our ‘To Do’ list – and there never will be. Successful people don’t try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done. There’s an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that it’s probably the worst thing you’ll do all day. Using ‘eat that frog’ as a metaphor for tackling the most challenging task of your day – the one you are most likely to procrastinate on, but also probably the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life – Eat That Frog! shows you how to zero in on these critical tasks and organize your day. You’ll not only get more done faster, but get the right things done. Bestselling author Brian Tracy cuts to the core of what is vital to effective time management: decision, discipline, and determination. In this fully revised and updated second edition, he provides brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating your time. He details twenty-one practical and doable steps that will help you stop procrastinating and get more of the important tasks done – today!
Maths: A Student’s Survival Guide: A Self-Help Workbook for Science and Engineering Students
This friendly self-help workbook covers mathematics essential to first-year undergraduate scientists and engineers. In the second edition of this highly successful textbook the author has completely revised the existing text and added a totally new chapter on vectors. Mathematics underpins all science and engineering degrees, and this may cause problems for students whose understanding of the subject is weak. In this book Jenny Olive uses her extensive experience of teaching and helping students by giving a clear and confident presentation of the core mathematics needed by students starting science or engineering courses. The book contains almost 800 exercises, with detailed solutions given in the back to allow students who get stuck to see exactly where they have gone wrong. Topics covered include trigonometry and hyperbolic functions, sequences and series (with detailed coverage of binomial series), differentiation and integration, complex numbers, and vectors.
The New Psychology of Achievement by Brian Tracy (CD format)
Released over 25 years ago, The Psychology of Achievement by Brian Tracy has become an all-time classic. It has sold over 1 million copies and transformed countless people’s lives for the better. Brian Tracy has become established as one of the world’s leading experts in personal development, and a mentor to countless other speakers and thought leaders in the personal development industry. Given the widespread economic, societal and cultural changes over the past 25 years, Brian felt it was time to update this incredible program. The result exceeds the highest expectations of those who love the original program. This newest version is not only more relevant—-it is destined to become an instant classic! Now, with an all-new studio recording, Brian presents The New Psychology of Achievement as it has never heard it before—preserving the great ideas from the original program and adding newer research and innovative concepts relevant to the new “wired” and global world in which listeners live and work. Fans of the original Psychology of Achievement and those new to Brian Tracy’s ideas will love The New Psychology of Achievement.
What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter’s Workbook
Career expert Richard N. Bolles walks job-hunters step by step through his famed self-inventory tool, the Flower Exercise, to discover their favorite skills and goals and create a picture of their ideal job or next career. Whether you’re a recent grad, a midlife career-changer, or simply out of work, “What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter’s Workbook” is your key to creating a picture of your ideal job or next career. Career guru Richard N. Bolles has been helping job-hunters for decades with his classic job-search guide, ” What Color Is Your Parachute? “This revised and updated full-color workbook makes doing his highly effective Flower Exercise easy. With user-friendly exercises, all-new material, and plenty of space to write, the Job-Hunter’s Workbook will help you translate personal interests into marketable job skills. Simple step-by-step worksheets will illuminate your favorite transferable skills, fields of knowledge, job environments, values and goals, working conditions, and levels of responsibility and salary. Once you’ve completed the workbook, you’ll have a comprehensive picture of your dream job, and be able to target your ideal work situation.