Study Break: Newgrounds

November 13, 2009
Study Break Time!

Study Break Time!

Hello fellow students, another Friday, another study break! This site has been a guilty pleasure for years! To the point where I’ve cut this site off through leechblock, save for the weekends. Newgrounds is a website where you can find thousands of great little flash games absolutely free!

Here are a few of my personal favorites:

Dad game: A hilarious game about a lovable little character that turns mentally insane and goes on a killing rampage, enjoy!

Portal Defenders: GREAT game from the guys who came up with the Newgrounds site. Old school button masher that will make you laugh and isn’t too long so you don’t become addicted.

Air Defense 3: Probably the greatest ‘defense’ game of all time, you blow a ton of stuff up and get great upgrades. After about 10 minutes it really starts to become epic.

Check out the other games they have as well and DON’T become addicted. But if you do become addicted, you should probably check out a free chapter of 30 Minutes A Day To A 4.0 GPA so you can manage your addictions and school at the same time. You can get a free chapter by checking out my study tips page.

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Study Break: Introduction

November 6, 2009
Study Break Time!

Study Break Time!

So I was sitting down with a student last week and he’d been having some difficulty with achieving his version of academic success. This guy was stressed, and I mean really stressed. He said he’d been having stomach pains and had been grinding his teeth due to the stress he’d been having trying to get his last course up to an A average. So, as I always do I started doing a study audit, going through all the stuff he’d been doing and this guy was doing everything I’d been teaching him. He had an excellent study schedule, had accountability backups, kept his social space and study space separate etc. I came to the realization that this guy’s problem wasn’t studying enough it was studying too much. So I started asking him, “when was the last time you put everything away and just did nothing all day.” He had a unimpressed blank look on his face and I realized at that point that this guy was taking school way to seriously. So with that in mind I decided to help him out with his problem by ordering him to go out Friday night and not come back until he was either properly inebriated or stress free, whichever comes first.

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How I Relearned French: Or How To Learn a Second Language In 5 Steps

November 2, 2009
The National Flag of Quebec

The National Flag of Quebec

In Canada “where I’m from” we have two official languages, French and English which was formally instituted into our national charter in 1982. This came into being to give the Quebecois people official language status and quell the rebellion of the Quebecois people which climaxed during the ‘October Crisis’ where Quebec was placed under martial law due to increased terrorist/freedom fighter activity. As a result almost all governmental positions within the country require that the employee learn both French and English and almost all citizens have a basic understanding of French and many are considered fully bilingual.
I’m talking about this to show you the context in which I’m coming from. Since I’m currently living in Montreal, most people speak French instead of English and I’ve grown up with both languages all my life. Everyone that I talk to can speak at least two languages and it isn’t rare to meet people who can speak three, four or even five languages which I find isn’t the case when I travel to the U.S. I recently had to take a government French exam to do some contract work and thought I would go through my sure fire, 5 step plan for learning a second language.

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Learn More Study Less, Second Edition

October 30, 2009
First look at Learn More Study Less 2nd Ed

First look at Learn More Study Less 2nd Ed

Hello fellow students, I’m excited to finally talk to everybody about a new project Scott H Young and I have been working on for the past few months and are now ready to debut to the world. Off the massive popularity of Learn More Study Less first edition, we are both happy to announce a second edition of the book which is packed with even more great content than the first edition. Here are some of the big changes we’ve made to the second edition.

A two and a half hour Video Course

We’ve added a full video course with me ‘Liam McIvor Martin’ and Scott H Young where I ask Scott the questions everyone has wanted to ask him since LMSL 1st edition came out. He explains all his concepts from LMSL 1st edition and expands on some new concepts that will really revolutionize your learning style.

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How to stop scarring when you get a facial burn

October 4, 2009

So as some of you may know I got horribly burned by hot oil about a week and a half ago. This gave me the opportunity to experiment with various salves and anti-scaring techniques.  So the following video diary is the steps that I took to solve my burn and the resulting successes and failures from my various techniques. Instead of taking the regular route of apply a cold compress and polysporin I instead decided to integrate vitamin E and pineapple which I was told worked wonders on repairing burns and suppressing scarring.

Step 1: Immediately applied a cold compress to the effected area for approximately 15-20 minutes

Step 2: Applied pineapple to the effected area’s 2-3 hours after burn.  I also applied polysporin to seal the skin.

Step 3: At night I applied a thin layer of vitamin E cream to the effected areas to help with skin regeneration.

Results:

As the video will show, my face has completely healed whereas my arm is still seriously burned. Now facial skin is different from the skin on your arms, however from my experimentation I highly suggest the pineapple as a treatment.

Liam McIvor Martin

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I Got Horribly Burned!

October 4, 2009
I got burned!

I got burned!

Sorry I haven’t been posting lately as I had some big problems that popped up recently, chief of which is my bad ass oil burn.  Take note, a hot skillet + olive oil + little sleep + throwing steaks onto said skillet = one burnt face.  This did however give me an opportunity to study skin burns and how to suppress scarring.  I’ll be posting a video diary of what I’ve been doing and how my burns have been coming along very soon.

Problem number two is that I’ve been very VERY busy with a new collection of products that have been coming out and a significant influx of students that have registered towards the end of September.  I haven’t forgotten about all of you so I will try to get back into a steady posting schedule within the next few days.

If you’d like to help me pay my bills go check out my online tutoring program as we’ve done a retrofit of the site and are offering even more tutoring options.

Liam McIvor Martin

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How To Get Unlimited Fresh Air And Be 20% More Productive Overnight

September 15, 2009

Areca PalmHello students.  I have a great post for you on how you can make yourself 20% more efficient, improve your health and make yourself in general happier without doing any work.

I live in Canada which for 6 months out of the year becomes a barren wasteland of snow, little sunlight and general depression.  We usually spend those months locked inside our homes, as a consequence we are exposed to stale air which reduces our study efficiency and reinforces seasonal affective disorder.

I found a solution to this problem the same way I solve many of my other problems, I looked at India.  India’s urban areas have some of the highest ratios of air pollution throughout the developed world.  Some have found the solution through the proper management of common houseplants to offset indoor pollution and solve many common breathing problems.

The three plants that you need are:

Areca Palm (removes co2 and converts it into oxygen) 4 plants are required per person and should be placed throughout the house.

Mother-in-law’s Tongue (converts co2 at night and should be placed in the bedroom) 6-8 plants are required per person.

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Health tips for college students

September 13, 2009

Study helpIn my continuing series on basic college study tips I’m going to talk to you today about my favorite health tips for college students.  Many students have horrible health, ‘freshman 15 anybody?’  I’ve been relatively healthy throughout college due to the ability to keep myself accountable to basic health tips.  I’ve used the following tips throughout college to stay trim and healthy and they don’t require much work at all.

Sleep:

Follow a regulated circadian rhythm and get 8 hours of sleep per night.  This is a very simple college health tip, however crucially important in order to develop a healthy and academically successful college student.  So this means getting up and going to be at the same time EVERYDAY.  Therefore, if you’re going to bed on Saturdays at 3 in the morning and it can’t be avoided I’d suggest that you actually go to bed at 3 in the morning every night rather than go to bed early during the week and late on the weekends as this would damage your circadian rhythm.

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Creating a Great College Study Schedule

September 6, 2009

Study helpFor my continuing series on basic college study skills, I’m going to discuss the basics of how to create a foolproof college study schedule.  I’ve already touched on this a little bit in a previous article but on further reflection I’ve decided this subject needs more input.

Most of you have probably heard the old adage a stitch in time saves nine.  It’s great advice, however very few college students remember these words of wisdom when it comes time to build a college study schedule.  I’ve battled with a lack of organizational skills as well; it wasn’t until I stopped trying to be solely accountable and brought in other people and tools to keep me accountable that my college study schedule really started to stick. So with that in mind I’m going to concentrate on a few tools that you can use TODAY and in the next 30 MINUTES to get yourself back on track.

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How to write an A paper

August 30, 2009

Study helpIn my continuing series on basic college study skills, today I’ve decided to discuss what I’m personally very good at, writing an A paper!

I’ve been a teaching assistant for almost 5 years and have literally marked thousands of papers.  In my experience I’ve seen the worst and best in paper writing and from the interviews I’ve done with successful students for my book, I’ve come to the conclusion that effective paper writing boils down to sticking to the fundamentals and proper planning. So here are the basic skills you are going to need to write an A paper quickly and effectively.

There are four major stages when writing an A paper; research, brainstorming, writing and editing.  Each stage should be disconnected from each other and should be given a specific start and end date.  Starting and finishing papers are crucial as you will either not get a paper started or get hung up on a particular step and have to hurry the entire process along.

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