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usman R
Jul 23, 20223 min read
Focusing is about saying no❌
Modern day productivity gurus preach about chasing opportunities wherever they show up. There’s an opening for a job. Go grab it. It’s...
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usman R
Jul 10, 20224 min read
This 1 reason is why so many intelligent students fail their exams
“I'm just not smart enough” Heard it a million times. It is possible for 99% of students to achieve grade A*s/9s with the correct...
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usman R
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Why Summer is harming your child's education
The Summer Gap The long-awaited Summer holidays are coming up. A period for rest and relaxation of course, but don't get too comfortable...
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usman R
Jun 30, 20224 min read
How the richest man in the world learns💰
Elon Musk. Currently worth 218.1 billion dollars Owner of several companies including Tesla, Space X, the boring company and is also on...
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usman R
Mar 30, 20225 min read
A Student's Guide to Ramadan 2023 📝
Your Most Productive Ramadan Yet?!? Ramadan this year will run from approximately 22nd of March until the 21st of April. This means that...
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usman R
Mar 29, 20223 min read
Why networking is important
Bro wage premium!?! In recent years, I have received a growing number of students wishing to apply to American universities as opposed to...
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usman R
Mar 29, 20223 min read
Are you in a death spiral?🐜
Army ants. Named as such due to their distinct aggressiveness and ferocity paired with their tendency to form hunting groups. Hunting...
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usman R
Mar 29, 20224 min read
Why You Shouldn't Just Pick A Career You "Enjoy"
It’s 1835. Your mom’s shouting at you. Wake up! Shoot, you have overslept. You jump out of bed, grab a half eaten potato and race your...
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usman R
Mar 29, 20223 min read
How to set SMART goals✅
Why do we always fail to meet our goals? Well, because we are bad goal setters. Not bad in the sense that it’s not a good thing to want...
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usman R
Dec 25, 20213 min read
The biggest unsolved problem in education
🔍 An interesting discovery In the early 1980s, a man by the name of Benjamin Bloom conducted a study which would expose a problem in the...
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usman R
Dec 21, 20215 min read
Which A Levels will maximise your chances of getting into a top university?
Throughout my many years of tutoring, many aspiring Oxbridge students have presented an important question to me. Which A Levels will...
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usman R
Dec 15, 20213 min read
🧠Why learn?
Why learn? Why seek knowledge? What’s the point? These are questions many people ponder about at some point in their lives. Many students...
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usman R
Dec 15, 20216 min read
How study myths are stopping you from being a high achiever
As with most things in life, our perception of studying is shaped by the media. More specifically hollywood. All of us, at some point,...
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usman R
Dec 15, 20213 min read
Lets Annoy A Few People Today & Make The Rest Smarter
Let's talk about obesity. Now you may be wondering why Usman is talking about obesity. I usually discuss education-related matters but...
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usman R
Dec 15, 20214 min read
Fail Fast And Fail Hard
“Fail fast and fail hard” Is one of Mark Zuckerberg’s most famous mantras. And one of the principles central to his company’s (Facebook)...
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usman R
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Procrastination
Procrastination. Unfortunately a behaviour which plagues us all. But we do need to learn how do deal with it because as Charles Dickens...
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usman R
Jul 4, 20214 min read
Which subjects to pick for GCSE
Choosing your GCSE options is a choice that is not as consequential as schools might sometimes present it to be, but it isn’t innocuous...
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usman R
Jul 4, 20213 min read
More Nobel prizes than Oxford
Many of our students are currently going through the UCAS admissions process and, undoubtedly, becoming intimately familiar with the...
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usman R
Jul 4, 20211 min read
You live in a pixel
Since I came across this brilliant article a while back, I have been advocating this approach to how we view lives of others and our own....
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