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The burpee challenge
In May this year I started doing a daily exercise activity that every person screws up there face at the thought of. The dreaded burpee! Initially I set out to do 100 a day, then it was 150 a day and then 200 a day. The more burpees I did the prouder I became of this daily activity. My kids were noticing the the commitment I was operating with providing encouragement cheering me on and even started doing some burpees themselves. As Head Performance Coach at HSC CoWorks I am always asking our...
How To Develop A Growth Mindset
Why ‘YET’ Should Be Your New Favourite Word — How To Develop A Growth Mindset  In order to unleash your full potential, you must first free yourself of any limitations, and realise the power of positive thinking. Though the idea of a fixed mindset has traditionally...
The Final Count Down to The HSC Exam
Using the last 24 hours before an exam effectively THE NIGHT BEFORE Pack your bag Don’t leave it until the morning! Make sure that you have everything you need the day before your exam, so that you have time to pick anything up that you may have forgotten. Also...
A Space Nut Who Met Space Men during the 68th IAC in Adelaide
I went to the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) that was held in Adelaide two weeks ago. This was the first time that the event had been in Australia in 20 years. I decided to go and see what the future holds for the Space industry and I must say it is...
Where Are They Now? Michaela T
Hi Everyone! I’m writing this from the airport in Townsville, just waiting to board a flight up to Cairns for the weekend. Such is the consulting life…Over the past 9 months I’ve been all around the east coast and have probably spent an equal amount of nights sleeping...
The Jobs of The Future
HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW : THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE The world is changing faster than ever before, and with it, jobs are rapidly disappearing and workplaces being reinvented. We’re in the early phases of a second industrial revolution, as the rise of automation,...
Future Proof Your Career Path
ADAPTING TO THE WORKPLACES OF THE FUTURE Could a robot do your job, or the job you hope to hold in the future? For millions of people, the answer is a resounding, deafening yes. A tsunami of automation is on its way, bringing artificial intelligence, driverless...
Mark Zuckerberg & His Key Behaviors
PROFILE // MARK ZUCKERBERG CoFounder, Chairman and CEO of Facebook Net Worth — $70.5 Billion It’s been almost 15 years since the launch of Facebook, a company which has changed the world in ways Mark Zuckerberg surely couldn’t have imagined, when he created it...
Why knowing language techniques is half the battle
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a student taking the Paper 1 English Area of Study HSC exam is always least prepared for the comprehension section. When 5/6ths of our English exam is based on 1000 word responses, comprehension generally takes less of a...
Challenges faced by megacities – what are the responses?
Challenges faced by megacities – what are the responses? Remember the box office hit ‘Slumdog Millionaire’? Set in the Indian megacity of Mumbai, the movie provides a realistic depiction of the challenges faced by individuals, and more broadly, communities in these...
Quotes from 6 Great Historians for Leon Trotsky
One thing that will set apart a Band 5 from a Band 6 in the Personality Study of Modern History is use of historiography. While Part A of this response is typically a lower-order ‘describe’ style question, Part B will always be evaluative and require you to...
Dreaming of life after the HSC?
HSC Vision Would you say you have a strong, watertight, 10/10, unwavering Vision for what you want to achieve after the HSC? Do you see it clearly? Do you write it down daily? Do you focus on it when the going gets tough and you feel like you just want to give up?...
Let’s get Gritty
Ever wondered how Elon Musk started building rocket ships or how 16 year old Laura Dekker sailed her way around the world in 518 days solo? How Michael Jordan become one of the World’s best basketball players or how Sara Blakely become the youngest female billionaire...
Historian Quotes For 20th Century Germany
20 years ago I sat my HSC and was lucky enough to receive HSC coaching and as a result Modern History became my favourite subject. I wrote essay after essay as my marks gradually moved into the A Range and I became excited about exam questions! The topic of 20th...
Time Management Skills
Whether you’re feeling stressed, anxious or itching to get it over with, take a moment to acknowledge the journey you’ve taken to get to this point. Now, let’s get down to business. Time management can be your ultimate best friend throughout your study time and exam...
The missing ingredients for HSC Success
Let’s be honest. How well prepared is your child for the HSC exams? Do you know what it will take for them to achieve what they want? Do you believe it’s about how many times they write their notes out, how many hours they spend studying, how well they perform...
5 Essential Behaviours for getting a Band 6 in General Mathematics
Break it down The HSC General Maths syllabus covers both Preliminary material and year 12 material. All together that is 14 individual topics which include at least two sub-topics. That is a lot to cover, especially for larger assessments such as trials or the...
How Can Parents Support Students Through The HSC?
The HSC Year is one of highs and lows. The year will have its inevitable roadblocks and disappointments, personal insights, thoughts about the future and transition to adulthood with 18ths, drivers licenses and applications for University. Whilst this journey belongs...
Federal Budget
Key elements of the 2017/18 Federal Budget in relation to the Economics HSC Syllabus Having a mildly contractionary stance with a deficit outcome of $29.4 billion, the coalition’s 2017/18 Federal Budget delivered by Treasurer Scott Morrison on the 9th of May features...
True Grit
Ah, that classic story about a young girl, hiring a lawman to chase down a renegade who killed her father. No, wait, that’s True Grit, the 2010 Western film remade from a John Wayne classic. This true grit is a better story. It’s the story where you achieve great...
So Who Are The Bolsheviks And What Do They Have To Do With Stalin?
When it comes to studying Russia and the USSR as your national study, you may have already heard the name Stalin thrown around as a prime example of a totalitarian dictator or heard of the Bolsheviks as a revolutionary communist group – but who really were they? Let's...
