This is a special edition of the power point presentation prepared for the 9 day Programme on Personality Development, [ 6th to 15th July 2010], organized for the benefit of the final year students of the graduation programme of the Andhra Mahila Sabha College for Women, Hyderabad. The programme was conducted mainly in Telugu. The live audio recordings can be freely listened to at: www.archive.org – please search for Prof. V. Viswanadham and further search for the topic.

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2. Study Skills and Time Management PROF. V. VISWANADHAM

4. 07/14/10 06:29 SOME HINTS ON STUDY SKILLS

5. 07/14/10 06:29 PRESSURE Leads to STRESS & DISTRESS PLEASURE Leads to PLEASURE & SURE SUCCESS What is your A T T I T U D E towards STUDIES ?

6. 07/14/10 06:29 Why Anyone Fails ?

7. 07/14/10 06:29 IMPROVE YOUR CONCENTRATION SKILLS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ANIMAL & A HUMAN BEING ?

8. 07/14/10 06:29 What is your present concentration levels ? Will it be low – if you are interested ? if you have a goal in your life ? if you have self-discipline ? if you have an awareness of what you are foregoing ? if you have an idea of what you are going to gain ? if you have a spirit of healthy competition ?

9. 07/14/10 06:29 IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS

10. 07/14/10 06:29 BETTER YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS

11. 07/14/10 06:29 PROVIDE REASONABLE TIME FOR REST, RELAXATION, EXCERCISE, ENTERTAINMENT & SELF-IMPROVEMENT YOU MUST DEVELOP A 360 PERSONALITY 0 NOTHING ELSE ? ONLY STUDIES ?

12. 07/14/10 06:29 DURING THE STUDENT PHASE OF YOUR LIFE YOUR TOP PRIORITY SHOULD BE . . . ? STUDIES and nothing else

13. 07/14/10 06:29 RESERVE YOUR BEST TIME FOR STUDIES

14. 07/14/10 06:29 LET US JUST RECALL HOW WE LEARNT HOW WE EXPERIENCED HOW WE ADVANCED HOW WE DEVELOPED & HOW WE INTERNALISED L. E. A. D.

15. 07/14/10 06:29 CONTINUE TO L. E. A. D. YOURSELF INTERNALISE

16. 07/14/10 06:29 PLAN IMPLEMENT & REVIEW

17. 07/14/10 06:29 Learn to Compete with yourself

18. 07/14/10 06:29 REGULAR STUDY HABITS

19. 07/14/10 06:29 STUDY SCHEDULES

20. 07/14/10 06:29 ORGANIZE YOUR PLACE FOR STUDIES

21. 07/14/10 06:29 READ INTERNALISE WRITE & REVISE

22. 07/14/10 06:29 PRE-VIEW THE VIEW RE-VIEW REVIEW

23. 07/14/10 06:29 ENHANCE YOUR MEMORY SKILLS

24. 07/14/10 06:29 Enhance your Memory skills How good is your Memory ? Why do we forget ? How to overcome forgetting ?

26. Ebbinghaus Curve:

27. How do we forget? Forgetting curve would start here if we could remember everything after a lecture Forgetting curve would actually start here as we typically remember only about 75% at the end of a lecture However, you have the potential to forget less PLUS remember more if you review immediately after class

28. Overcoming the Forgetting Curve Immediately after class 24 hours later 1 week later (or sooner) 1 month later (or sooner) Notice how less is forgotten after each review!!

31. 07/14/10 06:29 GOAL - SETTING

32. 07/14/10 06:29 BE REGULAR DON'T MISS CLASSES DON'T MISS HOMEWORK

33. 07/14/10 06:29 LISTEN ATTENTIVELY

34. 07/14/10 06:29 PRACTICE TAKING RUNNING NOTES

35. 07/14/10 06:29 ENRICH YOUR NOTES

36. 07/14/10 06:29 KNOWLEDGE ORIENTATION WITH EXAM ORIENTATION

37. 07/14/10 06:29 BEING UPTODATE News ~ TV / Radio Some time with the News Paper Limited time with the TV & Internet Surfing Turn the pages of a Magazine Refer to some Journals VISIT LIBRARY

38. 07/14/10 06:29 HEALTH MANAGEMENT

39. 07/14/10 06:29 STRESS MANAGEMENT

40. 07/14/10 06:29 ACTIVISE YOURSELF ENERGIZE YOURSELF SENSITIZE YOURSELF

41. 07/14/10 06:29 MEMORY TECHNIQUES

42. 07/14/10 06:29 KEY IDEAS KEY PHRASES KEY WORDS & THE LINKS SPIDER GRAPH Mind Mapping

43. 07/14/10 06:29 PRACTICE WRITING FROM MEMORY

44. 07/14/10 06:29 DISCUSSIONS WITH TEACHERS, SENIORS & OTHER STUDENTS

45. 07/14/10 06:29 DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO E X P A N D & TO CONDENSE

46. 07/14/10 06:29 SILENT REVISION IN THE MIND HELPS IN INTERNALISATION AVOID ROTE LEARNING

47. 07/14/10 06:29 IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY ~ BOTH SUBJECT & GENERAL

48. 07/14/10 06:29 HAND WRITING IMPROVE LEGIBILITY IMPROVE SPEED IMPROVE PRESENTATION

49. 07/14/10 06:29 DICTIONARY

50. 07/14/10 06:29 GRAMMAR

51. 07/14/10 06:29 QUESTION PAPER PATTERN

52. 07/14/10 06:29 GROUP DISCUSSIONS

53. 07/14/10 06:29 VIVA - VOCE

54. 07/14/10 06:29 MOCK INTERVIEWS

55. 07/14/10 06:29 CAREER ORIENTATION SKILLS INVENTORY

56. 07/14/10 06:29 DEVELOP POSITIVE ATTITUDE

57. 07/14/10 06:29 DEVELOP YOUR PERSONALITY

58. 07/14/10 06:29 BE DIGNIFIED BE HONEST & HARDWORKING

59. 07/14/10 06:29 BE DISCIPLINED

60. 07/14/10 06:29 GET ORGANISED

61. 07/14/10 06:29 GET INSPIRED

62. 07/14/10 06:29 IMPROVE YOUR SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS

63. 07/14/10 06:29 SELF-MANAGEMENT BEGINS WITH SELF-CONTROL, GROWS WITH SELF-DISCIPLINE, & DEVELOPS SELF-CONFIDENCE

64. 07/14/10 06:29 SELF-MANAGEMENT IMPLIES WORKING ACCORDING TO A TIMETABLE

65. 07/14/10 06:29 SELF MANAGEMENT INCLUDES MANAGING YOUR TIME YOUR ENERGY YOUR HABITS YOUR STUDY DESK & EVERYTHING ELSE

66. 07/14/10 06:29 MOVE OUT OF : YOUR COMFORT ZONE MOVE INTO : THE CHALLENGE ZONE TRANSFORM YOURSELF

67. 07/14/10 06:29 CONSCIOUS AND CONTINUOUS EFFORTS ARE REQUIRED TO I N C R E A S E D E C R E A S E THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDE THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE

68. 07/14/10 06:29 STRENGTHEN YOUR STRENGTHS CONTINUOUSLY WEAKEN YOUR WEAKENESSES CONTINUOUSLY

69. 07/14/10 06:29 KNOW, STOP, CONTROL, REDUCE & ELIMINATE INFERIORITY COMPLEX PROCRASTINATION LAZINESS FEAR OF FAILURE IRRITABILITY INATTENTIVENESS INDISCIPLINED BEHAVIOUR INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

70. 07/14/10 06:29 MANAGE YOUR MOODS IDENTIFY THE MOOD DISTURBING FACTORS GOSSIP UNNECESSARY VISITS DRINKS & DRUGS RAGGING UNHEALTHY CONVERSATIONS & LONG PHONE TALKS DISTURBING FRIENDS, DISTRACTING FILMS, PHOTOS, SCENES & ACTIVITIES, etc. A V O I D

71. 07/14/10 06:29 PRACTICE PRANAYAMA DEEP BREATHING RECHARGES YOU YOGA & MEDITATION WILL GREATLY HELP

72. 07/14/10 06:29 EAT HEALTHY FOOD AVOID JUNK FOOD

73. 07/14/10 06:29 STUDY YOUR SLEEPING HABITS CAN YOU TRY & SAVE SOME TIME ?

74. 07/14/10 06:29 AFTER FOOD WALK FOR AT LEAST TEN MINUTES EAT YOUR DINNER AT LEAST 2 HOURS BEFORE YOUR REGULAR BED TIME

75. 07/14/10 06:29 DEVELOP SPEED READING WITH BETTER RETENTION & IMPROVED RECALL

76. 07/14/10 06:29 CONDENSE COMPRESS REDUCE RELATE REVISION WILL BECOME EASY WITH CONDENSED NOTES

77. 07/14/10 06:29 INCREASE INTEREST IN STUDIES DECREASE ANYTHING THAT DECREASES INTEREST IN STUDIES INCLUDING LOVE

78. 07/14/10 06:29 CONTROL DISTURBANCES EYES EARS NOSE MIND VISUALS SOUNDS SMELL DISTURBING THOUGHTS

79. 07/14/10 06:29 INDIVIDUAL STUDY Vs. COMBINED STUDIES

80. 07/14/10 06:29 TOUGH SUBJECTS & EASY SUBJECTS FAVOURITE SUBJECTS & NOT SO FAVOURITE SUBJECTS TIMING & TASTE

81. 07/14/10 06:29 ? ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ? ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE ?

82. 07/14/10 06:29 Shall We Now move on to Time management ?

83. Time is money

84. I M P R O V E S TIME MANAGEMENT YOUR EFFECTIVENESS + YOUR OVERALL LIFE

85. You have a right to get the best out of YOUR TIME. BETTER THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU BEGIN TO IMPROVE YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS

86. PLANNING TAKES TIME: NOT PLANNING TAKES M O R E TIME TIME MANAGEMENT & PLANNING ARE INTIMATELY CONNECTED

87. PLANNING IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME RESULTS IN EFFECTIVE UTILISATION OF TIME PLANNING

88. ESSENTIALLY . . . TIME MANAGEMENT IS 1 st THINGS 1 st DOES A BETTER ALTERNATIVE EXIST AT ALL ? FIRST THINGS FIRST PRIORITIZATION IS THE CORE ISSUE

89. TIME IS UNCONTROLLABLE WE CANNOT MANAGE TIME WE CAN ONLY MANAGE OURSELVES & OUR USE OF TIME HENCE, TIME MANAGEMENT IS ESSENTIALLY SELF – MANAGEMENT L = T

94. Time Management Can you STOP Time ? Can you fast forward Time ? Can you rewind Time ?

97. The System Time Mgt. Desire Willingness Planning Resources Capability

99. GYM College Rest/Leisure Activities Study

100. Path To SUCCESS !!! SUCCESS!!!! Assessment of Actions Prioritizing Requirements & Dreams ACHIEVEMENT !!! Updating & Review of Performance Creating a Goal Tracking Chart Time Mgmt Techniques Planning Defining Goals Creating A GOAL

101. 07/14/10 06:29 How are you spending your 168 hours per week ? Do you maintain a TIME-LOG ? How successful are you in resisting the powerful and distracting influences ? Are you able to balance between studying and social activities ? Are you able to schedule both Study Time and Leisure Time ? Are you able to conquer procrastination ?

102. THANK YOU ! Please put at least something into practice. Good Luck !

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106. Thank you once again

107. 07/14/10 06:29 WISH YOU ALL THE BEST PLEASE PUT AT LEAST SOMETHING INTO PRACTICE