CHAPTER 1: WHY OTHERS FAILED THE BOARD EXAM
- THE STORY OF MR. WELL PREPARED, MR. LESS PREPARED, AND MR.
UNPREPARED
- OUTSMART THE BOARD EXAM
- THE GOLDEN WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
- THE SIX DEADLY PITFALLS
- TOUGH BOARD EXAMS ARE GOOD
- REWARDS FOR PASSING YOUR BOARD EXAM
2: FUNDAMENTALS OF PASSING THE BOARD EXAM
- HOW TO PASS THE BOARD EXAM
- THE “EASY” WAY TO PASS
- THE “HARD” WAY TO PASS
- THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HIGH-ACHIEVEMENT
- THE SNOWBALL EFFECT
- DELAYED GRATIFICATION
- THE SCIENCE OF HABITS
- KEYSTONE HABITS
- SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
- THE FIXED AND GROWTH MINDSETS
- THE 80/20 RULE
3: SETTING PRIORITIES & TIME MANAGEMENT
- DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
- THE LICENSE IS EARNED, NOT BOUGHT
- MANAGING YOUR RESOURCES RIGHT
- #1: PRIORITIZE THE LONG-LASTING OVER THE SHORT-LIVED
- #2: STRUCTURE YOUR GOALS
- #3: PRIORITIZE THE HIGH-VALUE OVER THE LESSER-VALUE
- #4: PRIORITIZE THE IMPORTANT OVER THE
UNIMPORTANT
- #5: DELETE-DELEGATE-DOWNSIZE
- #6: LEVERAGE: USE OTHER PEOPLE’S RESOURCES
- #7: DEVELOP YOUR STUDY HABIT
- “WORK AND REVIEW AT THE SAME TIME” IS A TERRIBLE STRATEGY
4: WORK SMART
- LEARNING IS A SKILL
- HOW TO LEARN FAST
- HOW MEMORIES ARE CREATED
- HOW TO MAKE IDEAS EASIER TO REMEMBER
- RETENTION: HOW TO PREVENT FORGETTING
- THE NOTEBOOK SUMMARY TECHNIQUE
5: WORK HARD
- CONQUERING FEAR AND PANIC
- THE PHASES OF LEARNING
- LEARNING A TOPIC INSIDE AND OUT
- THE THREE-STAR GUIDE: HOW MUCH PRACTICE DO I NEED?
- REMOVING BARRIERS TO PRODUCTIVITY
- #1: SEPARATE STUDY AND PLAY
- #2: IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF DISTRACTIONS
- #3: DEAL WITH DISTRACTIONS IN THREE WAYS
- #4: HANDLING SIGHT-BASED DISTRACTIONS
- #5: HANDLING SOUND-BASED DISTRACTIONS
- #6: HANDLING HABIT-BASED DISTRACTIONS
- #7: HANDLING PEOPLE-BASED DISTRACTIONS
6: MOTIVATION
- 1: STRUCTURED DEADLINE STRATEGY
- 2: START WITH WHY: THE GREATER PURPOSE STRATEGY
- 3: FAN THE FLAMES OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
- 4: TURN WEAKNESS INTO STRENGTH: THE LOWEST POINT STRATEGY
- 5: MAKE IT AUTOMATIC: THE HABIT STRATEGY
- 6: LONG-LASTING MOTIVATION: THE GOLDILOCKS STRATEGY
- 7: PRAYERS AND MEDITATION
7: TIPS FOR ASPIRING TOPNOTCHERS
- AMBITION: THE ART OF SMART RISK-TAKING
- ACTION: OUTWORK YOUR COMPETITION
- DIVERSIFY: OUTSMART YOUR COMPETITION
- AVOIDANCE: EVADE THE RED OCEAN
