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Time Management & Focus Masterclass pt. 3 Sep 03, 2022

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In parts 1 & 2 you learned the science that explains why it can be so hard to manage our time better. In part 3, I'll share the tactics I used to get into and through Harvard university. If you haven't listened to the earlier two podcasts, stop and listen to those first-- they set up part 3.
This masterclass was originally taught in my Facebook group-- Parents of Ambitious Teens: Personal Growth & Healthy College Prep.
Join the group and enjoy upcoming masterclasses live so you can get the entire class and also ask questions or comment during the class.
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To follow on Instagram: @TheIvyLeagueChallenge
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Or schedule a meeting with Steve here

Time Management & Focus Masterclass pt. 2 Sep 01, 2022

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We all know how important effective time management is-- begin able to focus the way you want to earns you better grades, greater confidence, and more time to do the things you want to be doing in life.
In part two of the highlights from our masterclass, you'll learn about the study John Nash did at Stanford, and how understanding your neuroscience better can empower you to make better choices.
This material comes from the masterclass I taught in my Facebook group-- Parents of Ambitious Teens: Personal Growth & Healthy College Prep.
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To register for the Ivy League Challenge, visit our website.
To follow on Instagram: @TheIvyLeagueChallenge
To join us on our Facebook group for parents:
Or schedule a meeting with Steve here

Time Management & Focus Masterclass pt. 1 Aug 29, 2022

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Effective time management leads to better grades, greater confidence, and more time to do the things you want to do in life.

So why don't more teens better manage their time? How can we help them improve?
We recently did a free masterclass in my Facebook group (Parents of Ambitious Teens: Personal Growth & Healthy College Prep) to help teens and parents of teens find new ways to get those difficult tasks done with appropriate focus so that we can enjoy our lives more.
This is part one (the introduction) of that masterclass. More coming soon!
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To register for the Ivy League Challenge, visit our website.
To follow on Instagram: @TheIvyLeagueChallenge
To join us on our Facebook group for parents:
Or schedule a meeting with Steve here

Back to School Keys to Success Aug 22, 2022

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Are you excited to go back to school? Horrified? Somewhere in between?
Regardless of how you feel, you know that this school year will be important for you to reach your goals and to grow as a person.
Listen in to learn the 5 keys to an amazing start to your school year!

How to Focus & Manage Your Time Aug 15, 2022

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One of the great ironies of life is that making hard choices leads to an easy life, but making easy choices leads to a hard life.
Procrastination, junk food, late nights, etc.-- all easy choices-- lead to a hard life. But self-discipline, eating right, early mornings, and focused effort are all hard choices which lead to an easy life.
But we somehow keep on making choices which obviously make life harder. We do this even though we remind ourselves how important it is to be self-disciplined over and over again.
What if the managing our time and energy could be our natural inclination? If we could change our decision-making strategy so that we were more likely to make the choices which will lead to an easier life?
Join us in my Facebook group for a free masterclass to learn the surprising solution to empowering us to make better choices.
The masterclass will be at 8:00 pm eastern time on August 24th, 2022. Join our Facebook group so that you can participate in the free masterclass.
To join the Facebook group: TILC.to/FB
See you there!

Putting the Admissions Odds in Your Favor Aug 08, 2022

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What if the secret to maximizing your odds of success is to choose the right field of competition?
We all know that boiling water will harden an egg, but soften a potato.
And if the reality is that people are born with differences, can we use those differences to move the admissions odds to our favor?
Assuming a strong academic foundation, the best way to put admissions odds in our favor is to align with your core values, and make a meaningful impact in your community.
It may sound too good to be true, but an effective impact project creates a game where the rules put the odds in our favor.

Motivation is Overrated Aug 01, 2022

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Motivation is overrated. It really is.
Think about it:
1. motivation is NOT the key to winning-- we know this because the winning and losing teams are both motivated to win.
2. Motivation wants fast results-- but real excellence wants consistency over the long haul.
3. Boredom (or any number of other common challenges) can kill motivation.
Here are six things that will help you create the success you want:
1. Your environment
2. Your peer group
3. Habits and systems
4. Your self talk & self-identity
5. Changing your focus to consistency over grandeur
6. A long-term vs. a short-term perspective
Listen in to learn more.

The Student's Perspective: Asfi Tias Jul 25, 2022

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Asfi Tias is a rising senior who is also aspiring to go to a competitive college in preparation for medical school in a few years.
Listen in to hear about her experience before, during, and after the Ivy League Challenge. Hear about her impact projects, her advice for younger ambitious teens, and what she believes are some of the biggest mistakes she made that others can avoid.

How to Earn the Grades You Want with Expert Camille Roney Jul 18, 2022

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You're teen works hard, but just can't seem to get the grades or test scores they need to reach achieve their ambitions.
You know grades aren't everything, but you also know they matter-- a lot.

What do you do?

Camille Roney only graduated high school because it was easier on the administrators to pass her than to get her to score above a D in any of her classes.
She was failing college too, until she experimented with study strategies.

Now she is in medical school.

And she is joining me this week to help give your teen the tools they need to re-examine their mindset and strategies in school.

We are so excited to teach how to get the grades you want-- even in the hardest classes.

Wednesday, July 20th, from 8:00-9:15 pm eastern time.

This will be a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE masterclass and we STRONGLY recommend joining with Zoom rather than Facebook Live.
To request access to the Zoom room, join the Parents of Ambitious Teens: Personal Growth & Healthy College Prep Facebook group (go to TILC.to/FB) or email me at theivyleaguechallenge@gmail.com
See you there!

How to Handle Fierce Admissions Competition Jul 11, 2022

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Do you ever feel like preparing for college is like fighting for limited seats on a train?
This can make you feel anxious, overwhelmed, and frustrated.
After all, there are only so many 'seats' available, right?
There are only so many valedictorians, so many science olympiad winners, and only so many captains of the team. The seats on the "we're better than everyone else at everything" train are indeed very limited. And there are countless people fighting over them.
But there is a better way.
In fact, what if the selective colleges you feel like you are fighting others to get into aren't that interested in passengers of that train?
Because the train tracks were laid by someone else before you, selective colleges are more likely to only want a few of the passengers of the "better than everyone at everything" train, and are more interested in finding students who paved their own path.
How do you pave your own path?
1. do the self-reflective, introspective work to figure out your core values.
2. identify a problem in your community that violates one of those core values.
3. work to begin solving it.
4. discover you don't know how to solve it-- yet.
5. do effective outreach to professors or other experts who are solving this problem, and either join their team or recruit them to join your team.
6. solve the problem (or make meaningful progress)
7. effectively communicate your core values and impact project in your college application.
This is not only orders of magnitude more effective than fighting for spots on the train, it is also easier, more enjoyable, and actually prepares you for a successful and fulfilling life.
The ability to align your choices with your core values not only makes your application stand out for admissions officers, but it is also the key to a more fulfilling life.
Being able to identify and solve problems in your community not only provides evidence to the admissions officers that you truly do have those core values but it also shows them that you have the emotional intelligence, communication skills, leadership, grit, and resourcefulness to solve real problems in the real world.
Oh, and if you are able to solve real problems in the real world as a high school student, you will also be empowered to solve real problems in the real world as a professional-- nothing prepares you better to start your own successful business or earn meaningful promotions in a larger company.
I teach all of this in the Ivy League Challenge.
The ideal age for the challenge is grades 8-10, but some students are ready earlier, and any student who is serious about becoming competitive for a selective school will want to learn this before applying-- even if they are rising seniors now.
Registration for the July 14th cohort is now open. We will meet weekly on Thursdays for 12 weeks, beginning July 14th.
Please reach out to me and schedule a discovery call if you need clarification on anything before you register, but don't delay. Registration for this cohort ends at midnight on July 13th.
Links to my Calendar: tilc.to/meet
registration: tilc.to/register
see you in the Ivy League Challenge!

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