The document provides information on various time management techniques for students. It discusses categorizing tasks based on urgency and importance into four categories: urgent and important, urgent but not important, not urgent but important, and neither urgent nor important. It also describes the pillow technique for waking up, the SQ3R method for effective studying, fast revision technique (FRT), speed reading, building vocabulary, becoming a voracious reader, importance of writing, goal setting, and techniques for mind control including the cardboard technique and avoiding distractions.

1. SUPER STUDENT
TIME MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 5
PAGE 18

2. TIME MANAGEMENT
MOST OF THE TIME WASTED
PRACTICE TIME MANAGEMENT
CATEGORIZE ALL WORKS AS PER
URGENCE
IMPORTANCE
THUS WE GET FOUR CATEGORIES

3. THE FOUR CATEGORIES
URGENT AND IMPORTANT
URGENT BUT NOT IMPORTANT
NOT URGENT BUT IMPORTANT
NEITHER URGENT NOR IMPORTANT

4. URGENT AND IMPORTANT
JOBS CLOSE TO DEADLINES
Eg: PROJECTS; EXAMS
ONE HAS LITTLE OR NO CHOICE BUT
TO DO THESE IMPORTANT THINGS

5. URGENT BUT NOT IMPORTANT
A TASK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
BUT NOT IMPORTANT
EG DOOR BELL ;PHONE CALLS

6. NOT URGENT BUT IMPORTANT
TASKS THAT ARE TO BE DONE BY
SOME DISTANT DEADLINE
EG A PROJECT BY END OF VACATION

7. NEITHER URGENT NOR IMPORTANT
WATCHING TV
COMPUTER GAMES
LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST ARGUING
WITH ELDERS

8. PILLOW TECHNIQUE
CHAPTER 7
PAGE 22

9. ASK YOUR PILLOW TO WAKE
IT IS DIFFICULT TO WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING EVEN WITH AN ALARM
CLOCK.
THERE EXISTS A BIOLOGICAL CLOCK
IN EVERY INDIVIDUAL .
IF ONE CAN MAKE USE OF HIS
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK THIS PROBLEM
OF WAKING UP WILL VANISH

10. PILLOW TECHNIQUE
ONE CAN IMPLEMENT A VERY SIMPLE
PILLOW TECHNIQUE
JUST BEFORE SLEEP TELL YOUR
PILLOW THREE TIMES TO WAKE YOU
UP.
SAY “DEAR PILLOW PLEASE WAKE ME
UP AT FIVE”

11. PILLOW TECHNIQUE
REQUESTING THE PILLOW SHOULD
BE THE LAST THING BEFORE YOU
SLEEP .
THE PILLOW TECHNIQUE TAKES
SOME TIME TO MASTER
ONCE ONE HAS MASTERED THIS
PILLOW TECHNIQUE, IT WILL BE FOR
LIFETIME

12. SQ3R
CHAPTER 16
PAGE 40

13. SQ3R
HOW TO STUDY EFFECTIVELY-SQ3R
A TIME TESTED TECHNIQUE
MASTERING THIS WILL INCREASE
YOUR GRASPING POWER
IT CONSISTS OF THREE STEPS

14. THREE STEPS OF SQ3R
SURVEY
READ FAST
LET THE MIND ABSORB INFORMATION
CREATE A GOOD BACKGROUND
QUESTION
NOW ASK THE RELEVANT QUESTIONS
THE ONES THAT YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT

15. THREE STEPS OF SQ3R
READ
KEEPING IN MIND THE QUESTIONS,READ
READ VERY ATTENTIVELY
READ WITH FULL FOCUS
MAKE A POINT TO TAKE NOTES
RECITE AND RECALL
THIS HAMMERS THE MATERIAL IN
READ ALOUD THE EFFECT IS DOUBLE

16. THREE STEPS OF SQ3R
REVISE
THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP
FRT
THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL TECHNIQUE
OF EFFECTIVE STUDY.
TRY THIS TECHNIQUE WITH A NEW
TOPIC - THE RESULTS WILL SURPRISE
YOU

17. FRT
CHAPTER 17
PAGE 44

18. FRT
FAST REVISION TECHNIQUE
MIND IS VERY POWERFUL
BUT LOOSES INFORMATION EASILY
WHY?
RECOLLECTION OF MEMEORY WORKS
ON A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE
USE IT OR LOOSE IT

19. FRT
IF YOU HAVE GRASPED AN
INFORMATION
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE
USE FOR IT
THIS INFORMATION WILL BE LOST
FROM THE CURRENT MEMORY
YOU WON’T FORGET IT COMPLETELY
BUT YES MOST OF IT

20. FRT - PUSHING THE CAR UP HILL
 THE FACT IS MIND LOOSES AS MUCH AS 75% OF
THE LEARNT MATTER WITHIN 24 HRS.
 RECOLLECT THE STORY OF PUSHING THE CAR UP
HILL
 AND IF YOU GIVE UP AT 2/3 OF THE DISTANCE
 THE CAR IS BACK TO ITS PLACE BELOW THE HILL
 THE NEXT TIME TO REACH THE SAME SPOT WILL
REQUIRE GREATER EFFORT
 THIS WAY TO REACH THE TOP WILL BECOME A
HERCULEAN TASK

21. FRT – THE SOLUTION
DO NOT TAKE LONG BREAKS
YOU STUDY SOMETHING BY HEART
IF YOU BURY IT AWAY, A MONTH
LATER YOU WILL LOOSE IT ALL
USE FRT TO KEEP YOUR MEMORY AT
CONSTANT LEVEL

22. FRT – THE TECHNIQUE
 IT IS A SIMPLE METHOD OF FREQUENT REVISION
 THE DAY YOU HAVE LEARNT REVISE ONCE
 MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IT AS WELL
 AFTER ONE WEEK REVISE
 REVISE AFTER A FORTNIGHT KEEP REVISING AT
SUCH INTERVALS
 SOME REVISIONS CAN BE A QUICK GLANCE
THROUGH THE CHAPTER AND OTHERS CAN BE IN
WRITTEN FORM
 A VERY GOOD EFFECT OF THIS WILL BE YOU WILL
DEVELOP AN AMAZING MEMORY

23. FRT IN YOUR CLASS
IT IS A GREAT PRACTICE TO REVISE
WHATEVER IS TAUGHT IN THE CLASS
WHEN THE TEACHER IS LEAVING
REVISE THE SAME WHEN THE
TEACHER IS COMING INTO THE CLASS
THIS SMART WORK WILL TAKE YOU A
LONG WAY

24. SPEED READING
CHAPTER 18
PAGE 46

25. SPEED READING
SPEED READING IS GOOD FOR
SAVING TIME
YOU GET A ROUGH IDEA OF THE
MATERIAL BEING PRESENTED
SPEED READING IS NOT AN
ALTERNTIVE TO NORMAL READING
BUT MAKES NORMAL READING VERY
EFFECTIVE

26. SPEED READING
HOW TO PRACTICE SPEED READING
FIRSTLY USE YOUR FINGER
INITIALLY TRAIN YOUR EYES TO
FOLLOW YOUR FINGER
AFTER THIS AS YOU INCREASE THE
SPEED OF YOUR FINGER YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO READ FASTER

27. SPEED READING
 TAKE A BOOK WITH ONLY TEXTUAL MATTER AND TURN IT
UPSIDE DOWN
 NOW KEEP YOUR FINGER JUST BELOW THE STARTING LINE
 MOVE YOUR FINGER AS YOU READ
 DO THIS FOR AT LEAST 10 MIN THEN START INCREASING THE
SPEED OF YOUR FINGER
 AS YOU INCREASE THE SPEED FURTHER YOU WILL
OBSERVE THAT THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO TAKE THE
FINGER FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER
 NOW PUT THE BOOK STRAIGHT
 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ REAL FAST
 BEING ABLE TO COPE WITH HIGH SPEED READING, ONE IS
ABLE TO GRASP MORE DURING NORMAL READING

28. BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY
CHAPTER 19
PAGE 48

29. BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY
AN IMPORTANT ASSET
MAKES EXPRESING YOURSELF
EFFORTLESS
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MOST OF
THE COMPETITIVE EXAMS
A LARGE VOCABULARY IS VERY
GOOD FOR YOUR ACADEMIC FUTURE

30. BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY
 PEOPLE BELIEVE READING IMPROVES
VOCABULARY
 HOWEVER THERE IS A PRECONDITION TO
THIS
 THE MOMENT YOU COME ACROSS A NEW
WORD YOU LOOK UP ITS MEANING IN THE
DICTIONARY
 DON’T ASSUME
 MOST OF US DON’T DO THIS FIRST STEP

31. BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY
ONCE YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF A
WORD THEN IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
YOU USE THAT WORD IN YOUR
CONVERSATIONS
MAKE USE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO USE THE WORD
YOU CAN ALSO FRAME MEANINGFUL
BUT UNCONNECTED STATEMENTS
USING THE NEW WORDS

32. BEOME A VORACIOUS READER
CHAPTER 32
PAGE 74

33. BEOME A VORACIOUS READER
READERS ARE LEADERS
BOOKS ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS
LOOK AROUND YOURSELF
BETTER IDEAS COME FROM A FEW
THEY ARE ACCEPTED AS LEADERS
IF YOU TRY TO FIND OUT –THEY READ
A LOT

34. BEOME A VORACIOUS READER
 WHEN YOU READ YOU ARE FEEDING YOUR
BRAIN
 BOOK CONCIOUSNESS IS A MUST
 DO NOT READ JUNK BOOKS
 CLASSICS MOULDS YOUR THOUGHT
PROCESS LIKE THE GREAT AUTHORS OF
THOSE BOOKS
 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES ALSO HELPS YOU TO
UNDERSTAND THE MINDS OF THE
AUTHORS

35. BEOME A VORACIOUS READER
READING CREATES A HUGE
KNOWLEDGE BASE
THE MORE YOU KNOW IT IS EASIER
TO LEARN THE NEW

36. BEOME A VORACIOUS READER
READ ONE GOOD BOOK EVERY
MONTH
EXCHANGE GOOD BOOKS WITH
OTHERS
CREATE A GROUP THAT HAS
INTEREST IN READING GOOD BOOKS
DISCUSS GOOD BOOKS WITH OTHERS
TAKE NOTES IF POSSIBLE

37. IMPORTANCE OF WRITING
CHAPTER 33
PAGE 76

38. IMPORTANCE OF WRITING
TO REVISE IS VITAL
BEST WAY TO REVISE IS BY WRITING
JUST THINK,WHATEVER YOU
LEARN, YOU HAVE TO WRITE ON THE
ANSWER PAPER
WRITTEN EXAMS ARE MORE
IMPORTANT

39. IMPORTANCE OF WRITING
 AFTER DOING SQ3R WRITE DOWN THE
ANSWERS
 MATHEMATICS HAS TO BE WRITTEN AND
PRACTISED
 WRITING MODEL PAPERS IS MORE EFFECTIVE
THAN ISOLATED ANSWERS
 YOU WILL FIND IT VERY TIRING WHEN YOU
START CRACKING A MODEL PAPER
 3 HOURS OF WRITING IS VERY
CHALLENGING,PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU
HAVE NOT PRACTISED

40. IMPORTANCE OF WRITING
NOTES ARE VITAL FOR ALL STUDENTS
PREPARING NOTES IS A GREAT HABIT
NOTES CAN BE THE BEST FORM OF
REFERENCE


41. IMPORTANCE OF WRITING
MAKE A HABIT OF WRITING DAILY
WRITE FOR MINIMUM ONE HOUR
 TAKE DICTATION DAILY
IMPROVE YOUR SPELLINGS IN THIS
PROCESS
TAKE EFFORT TO WRITE
BEAUTIFULLY
PRESENTATION IS VITAL

42. GOAL SETTING
Chapter 39
Page 88

43. GOAL SETTING
A GOAL IS A DREAM WITH A DEADLINE
OBSERVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
DEFINITE DESTINATION, MOVE
FASTER
THINK WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE
AFTER TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW
LIST THE VARIOUS GOALS

44. GOAL SETTING
THE CATEGORIES OF GOALS
RELATED TO LEARNING
RELATED TO DOING
RELATED TO EARNING
RELATED TO OWNING
RELATED TO CONTRIBUTING/HELPING
SPIRITUAL

45. GOAL SETTING
NOW BREAKDOWN THE TWENTY
YEAR GOAL INTO FIVE YEARS
THEN TO ONE YEAR GOALS
THERE HAS TO BE A DEFINTE LINK
BETWEEN ONE, FIVE AND TWENTY
YEAR GOALS
FOR THE ONE YEAR GOALS PICK UP
THE FOUR MOST IMPORTANT GOALS
OF EACH CATEGORY

46. GOAL SETTING
List the goal as a statement with a date.
Read and glance at these goals at least
twice a day.
Every time you are confused ask yourself
which takes you to your cherished goal.

47. GOAL SETTING
Goal is achievable when split into parts.
If one sets a goal to be an IAS your yearly
goal should be to improve your language.
Pick up several new words, understand
and use them.
Read the News Paper and keep yourself
updated with the current affairs.
Read relevant books like competitor
success.

48. GOAL SETTING
The most important part of goal setting is
periodic evaluation.
Many of the components of a goal is
measurable and needs auditing by
yourself.
Note down the measures and plan and re-
plan to achieve the target of each
component.

49. Goal Setting Example
An immensely accomplished archer is
blindfolded and aims at a target.
Obviously he misses in a big way.
The logic here is you cannot aim for
something that you do not see.
If you do not posses supernatural
capabilities you cannot perform
supernatural feats.

50. Goal Setting Example and Implication
Maintain a beautiful notebook to note
down your goals.
Once in a day rewrite the goal
This way you see and aim
Thus you will be able to aim and not miss.

51. Mind Control
It is vital that one learns to control the
mind
Mind is the only thing that we can really
control
We get >80000 thoughts per day
On an average except for one or two all
the others are useless.
We must use available tools to achieve
mind control

52. CARDBOARD TECHNIQUE
Temptations are all around us.
Temptations are increasing by the day
Young boys are affected more than girls.
TV, PC, Mobile, Land Line and virtual
games will surely make you miss your goal
Your determination will mean a lot.
Mind has a limited space, eyes have a
limited capability, do not misuse.

53. Cardboard Technique
Apart from determination use all methods
and tricks available to avoid entertainment
KILL YOUR URGE by delaying the activity
USE CARDBOARD TECHNIQUE
You have to implement YOURSELF
Only YOU can save yourself
Be in control NOW and you will be in
control for life.

54. Cardboard Technique
This is a simple technique.
On the PC, TV and Mobile keep a
cardboard cover or tag reminding YOU.
So, the moment you reach to indulge in
one of these you are reminded.
If the PC is dismantled you will save as
much as 100 hrs in a month

55. Cardboard technique
List of activities taking your time
OBJECT ACTIVITY HRS/ HRS/ MONTH
DETAILS DAY
TV Hindi & 1 hrs 30
Entertainment
PC Games; Face 2hrs 60
Book
MOBILE Games, Music 1hrs 30
TELEPHONE Friends 2 hrs 60
Over Sleep 2hrs 60
TOTAL HRS 240

56. AVOID DISTRACTIONS
CHAPTER 25
PAGE 60
TO BE COMPLETED

57. AVOID DISTRACTIONS
If someone tells you, “Do not think
Dinosaur for next 30 seconds”.
What comes to your mind instantly!
Dinosaur!
This is the basic tendency
This is how our mind is wired
We get swayed by anything that is out of
ordinary

58. AVOID DISTRACTIONS
To study select a place that has least
distractions.
There can be many kinds of distractions
The worst one can be your mind itself
Distracted mind and day-dreaming are
negatives and do not contribute.

59. AVOID DISTRACTIONS
Think of your mind busy with several
different thoughts.
On an average a normal day dreaming
mind can have more than 80000 thoughts
Doesn’t this compare with a turbulent
ocean!
Can you study with this type of a mind?
NEVER

60. AVOID DISTRACTIONS
What factors contribute to this “turbulent
ocean” type mind?
We know it is TV, PC, Phone
Friends who are not involved
Neighbours, Relatives

61. AVOID DISTRACTIONS
Opposite of “turbulent ocean”.
You may throw a big stone in the
“turbulent ocean” there won’t be any
impact.
A small pebble thrown in “Still water” will
create ripples.
So, we need calm and serene surrounding
A library is one such place

62. AVOID DISTRACTIONS
If there is noise at times use ear plugs
Dance when there is a good show on TV
Choose a place where there is no chance
of a TV viewing
ACCEPT a situation do not allow anything
to spoil your resolve

63. A Prayer
 'To get something you never had, you have to
do something you never did.'
 When God takes something from your grasp,
He's not punishing you, but merely opening your
hands to receive something better.
 Concentrate on this sentence...
 'The will of God will never take you where
the Grace of God will not protect you.‘


65. Two Superb Sentences
 Dr Abdul Kalaam........
"It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone,
But It Is Very Hard To Win Some
 Shakespeare.....
"Never Play With The Feelings Of Others
Because You May Win The Game
But The Risk Is That You Will Surely Lose
The Person For A Life Time".


66. Two Superb Sentences
Napoleon........
"The world suffers a lot.
Not because of the violence of bad people,
But because of the silence of good
people!"
 Einstein.........
"I am thankful to all those who said NO to
me
Its because of them I did it myself.."

67. Two Superb Sentences
Abraham Lincoln.........
"If friendship is your weakest point then
you are the strongest person in the world“
Shakespeare..........
"Laughing Faces Do Not Mean That There
Is Absence Of Sorrow!
But It Means That They Have The Ability
To Deal With It".

68. Two Superb Sentences
William Arthur.........
"Opportunities Are Like Sunrises, If You
Wait Too Long You Can Miss Them".
Hitler.....
"When You Are In The Light, Everything
Follows You,
But When You Enter Into The Dark, Even
Your Own Shadow Doesn't Follow You."

69. Last one of the Superb Sentences
Shakespeare.............
"Coin Always Makes Sound
But The Currency Notes Are Always
Silent.
So When Your Value Increases
Keep Yourself Calm and Silent"