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You're putting in the work. You're doing the readings. You're showing up. So why does it still feel like you're missing the mark?

In this month's Q&A episode, I'm answering two listener questions that are completely different on the surface, but have the same root issue.

Question One is from a grad student who's annotating and highlighting every reading but still feels lost in class discussions

Question Two is from someone two years into their first corporate job who keeps getting decent reviews but can't shake the feeling they're underperforming.

Different situations. Same root problem. And today I'm giving you the strategies to solve it.

What You Learn:

• The 3 levels of reading comprehension and why most students are stuck at level one
• Why annotation only works when it has a specific purpose (and how to set one)
• The two self-check questions to ask after every chunk of reading that will tell you exactly where your comprehension stands
• Why "priming your mental schema" before you read dramatically improves how much you understand
• Why the transition from school to work is harder than people give it credit for — and the cognitive distortion that makes it worse
• The 4-question audit for collecting real data about your actual performance
• How to reverse-engineer the rubric your workplace will never hand you
• What a personal performance dashboard is and how to build one that  helps you self-evaluate over time

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

• Episode website with transcript
• ⭐SchoolHabits University 
• ⭐Note-Taking Power System
• ⭐Assignment Management Power System 
• ⭐Free Training for Parents of Teens and Young Adult Students
• Episode 71 - Grad School Overload
• Episode 37 - How to Accept Feedback (and What to Do With It)

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