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How I studied for the MPT | Frustrated Bar Examinee

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How I studied for the MPT. This actually will be a very short post because… I didn’t study very much for the MPT. I didn’t practice MPT questions. I read over BarBri’s MPT Workbook, and that’s about it. I had taken as many written paper classes as I could in law school, and also had a lot of practice writing memos and motions, so I figured I’d be ok. I also found this great MPT link before the July 2007 bar, and it’s worth reading: How to Format Legal Memos on the MPT. November 7, 2007. Many of the bar r...

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Corrupted Callings: The Subtle Difference Between Finding Your Life’s Work and Loving Your Life - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

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Cal Newport Website Navigation. Decoding Patterns of Success. Corrupted Callings: The Subtle Difference Between Finding Your Life’s Work and Loving Your Life. April 9th, 2010 · 66 comments. The Lonely Rise of Sonya Sotomayor. Home to “strivers of assorted ethnicities” attempting to better their situation. Sotomayor is great at what she does and loves doing it. Translated into the vernacular of modern career advice: she found her calling. But at what cost? David Brooks describes the ambitious jurist as an...

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Beyond the 10,000 Hour Rule: Richard Hamming and the Messy Art of Becoming Great - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

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Cal Newport Website Navigation. Decoding Patterns of Success. Beyond the 10,000 Hour Rule: Richard Hamming and the Messy Art of Becoming Great. August 9th, 2010 · 58 comments. What Makes Great Scientists Great? In March of 1986, an overflow audience of over 200 researchers and staff members from Bell Laboratories piled into the Morris Research and Engineering Center to hear a talk given by Dr. Richard Hamming. I know Hamming’s speech well as Study Hacks readers send me a copy, on average, about onc...

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5 Bar Exam Tips for Early Bar Prep with Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher Podcast (Episode 019) - Bar Exam

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Bar Exam Mental Edge. 5 Bar Exam Tips for Early Bar Prep with Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher Podcast (Episode 019). This week’s episode features Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher giving her tips on early bar exam prep. You can check out her Amazon best-selling books here. Check out Mary’s essay tips here. 5) Get rid of the kids. 4) Clear your Space. 3) Get your Money in Order. 2) Get your support team to support you. 1) Be ready for the emotional ride. Click here for tips on the MPT. 4) Explain your reasoning.

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Big Cities Big Boxes. Wal-Mart, Ikea, and the Other Big Box Stores, the Future of Our High Streets, and the Future of the New York City Economy. Opponents argue that Ikea-Red Hook is a bad idea not just for Red Hook, but for New York City. Here are some reasons for opposing other big projects as well as Ikea-Red Hook. 2 It will introduce a gigantic suburban transplant into the street grid of Red Hook, Brooklyn. It will tilt the balance in Brooklyn away from New York City’s tradition of transit-orient...

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How to Get Into Stanford with B’s on Your Transcript: Failed Simulations & the Surprising Psychology of Impressiveness - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

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Cal Newport Website Navigation. Decoding Patterns of Success. How to Get Into Stanford with B’s on Your Transcript: Failed Simulations & the Surprising Psychology of Impressiveness. March 26th, 2010 · 147 comments. Let’s try a simple experiment. Imagine that you’re an admissions officer at a competitive college, and you’re evaluating the following two applicants:. Who impresses you more? For most people, there’s little debate: Steve is the star. He currently attends Columbia University, which he describe...

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If You’re Busy, You’re Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

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Cal Newport Website Navigation. Decoding Patterns of Success. If You’re Busy, You’re Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers. November 11th, 2011 · 289 comments. In the early 1990s, a trio of psychologists descended on the Universität der Künste, a historic arts academy in the heart of West Berlin. They came to study the violinists. As described in their subsequent publication in. We’ll call this group the. We’ll call this group the. The obvious guess is that the elite pl...