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10 Growth Mindset Posters To Encourage You Every Day

10 Growth Mindset Posters To Encourage You Every Day

Having the right mindset – a “growth mindset” – to propel you through life is important. And if you’re looking to develop a growth mindset, or nurture one in your children or students, you need the right resources: and an inspirational growth mindset poster could be...

63 Growth Mindset Quotes to Inspire You to Always Learn and Grow

63 Growth Mindset Quotes to Inspire You to Always Learn and Grow

A good quote is often the perfect inspiration, and if you’re looking to develop a growth mindset, then the right quote could be just the motivation you need to get started or remind you where you’re headed! We’ve compiled a fabulous collection of growth mindset quotes...

Growth Mindset: Why Everyone Should Develop One

Growth Mindset: Why Everyone Should Develop One

The mindset you have going through life is important. You want a mindset that propels you forward to ever greater heights: a growth mindset. So to help you achieve just that, we’re going to explore what a growth mindset is, how to develop one and how to nurture one in...

70 Empowering Quotes to Help You Overcome Procrastination

70 Empowering Quotes to Help You Overcome Procrastination

Procrastination: it’s that guilty bad habit many of us hide, the one that keeps us from ticking off our to-do’s, from achieving our goals and dreams. Happily, getting back to work can be as simple as finding the right inspiration, and we’ve collected 70 powerful...

55 Uplifting Quotes to Encourage Making Progress

55 Uplifting Quotes to Encourage Making Progress

If you’re stuck in the deep trenches of your studies, and it feels like you’re not making ANY progress, take a deep breath. You’ve come to the perfect place for a motivational boost – these inspirational quotes about progress will soon help you recognise and celebrate...

The 12 BEST Pomodoro Apps To Boost Your Productivity

The 12 BEST Pomodoro Apps To Boost Your Productivity

Whether you’ve mastered the Pomodoro Method or are new to this popular productivity technique, having the right tool can be essential to staying on track. And, happily, there are a plethora of multi-featured Pomodoro apps out there to help you do just that! We’ve...

How To Focus – With James Lang [PODCAST]

How To Focus – With James Lang [PODCAST]

James Lang is an author and expert on focus, concentration and distraction. He shares the science of concentration: why focus is hard and how to overcome distraction. Wish you could concentrate harder or for longer?James Lang’s book Distracted took the world of...

Got Too Much To Do? Here’s What To Do [PODCAST]

Got Too Much To Do? Here’s What To Do [PODCAST]

Feeling overwhelmed with everthing there is to do in student life, from schoolwork to extra-curriculars? Get back in control with this practical strategy. How to cope when it feels like there's just too much to get done, and too few hours in the day! This is my...

Motivation To Study: What REALLY Works with Dr Erika Patall [PODCAST]

Motivation To Study: What REALLY Works with Dr Erika Patall [PODCAST]

Dr Erika Patall is a world-class motivation psychologist. She reveals how to find your motivation to study (for your exams): what works, and what doesn't! One question I hear possibly more than any other single question is “how can I increase my motivation to study”?...

Mindfulness for Students, with Claire Kelly [PODCAST]

Mindfulness for Students, with Claire Kelly [PODCAST]

Mindfulness training can have a profoundly positive impact on a mind-bogglingly wide range of aspects of our performance as students.There's a growing pile of scientific evidence to support a wide range of benefits of mindfulness training for students: Soothing stress...

What’s On My Bookshelf: Top 5 Juiciest Gems [PODCAST]

What’s On My Bookshelf: Top 5 Juiciest Gems [PODCAST]

There's some incredible wisdom to be found on my bookshelf. Listen to some of the BEST tips and tricks to be found in five of my most-loved books about studying and learning.There's some incredible wisdom to be found on my bookshelf, from some top-notch authors....

The Calm Episode [PODCAST]

The Calm Episode [PODCAST]

Episode 12 of the Exam Study Expert podcast: "The Calm Episode with Rachael Williams". Listen now The Exam Study Expert podcast is available on all good podcast platforms, including: If you have an Apple iPhone or iPad, we're available through the Apple Podcasts app...

The Calm Episode [PODCAST]

You CAN Do This: Mindset For Exam Success [PODCAST]

Join Lucy Ratcliffe, expert mindset coach, in discussion on ... Finding the mindset for exam success, motivation, anxiety and confidence!We're delighted to welcome Lucy Ratcliffe, mindset and performance coach to elite performers, to share her incredible wisdom with...

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Recommended books

  • Redirectlearn how to change the stories you live by. Powerful stuff, and extremely highly recommended.
  • Grit: discover the power of perseverance with leading mindset psychologist Angela Duckworth.
  • Mindset: discover the power of Carol Dweck’s famous growth mindset strategy, and how to use it.

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