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The Bigger Opportunity
Transform SAT/ACT Struggles into Lifelong Success
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Articles focused on helping you learn how to master any game of skill.
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Learn a better approach to your more challenging classes.
Mastering the SAT and ACT
Learn a better approach to practicing for the SAT and ACT.
Overcoming Test Anxiety
Learn a better approach to pressure situations so you can always play your best game.
Parents, These Are For You
Steve and Tom offer advice on how to support your teenagers as they strive to improve themselves.
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Lessons we've learned from working with certain students over the years.
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A collection of thank-you notes from our students and parents that we've held onto over the years.
Featured Posts
Aim For Perfection Without Ruining Your Life
"If you're using perfection as a club, remember this one thing: you're the one holding the club, and you can stop hitting yourself any time you want."
Have High Expectations Without Crippling Stress
"The idea of embracing a high goal and letting go of it may seem to be a contradiction—and it is! Great performers learn to do both."
Is Your Child Struggling with Key Stage 2 Maths?
If your child is struggling with Key Stage 2 maths material, here's how to address the problem before the SATs.

The Bigger Opportunity Posts

Transform SAT/ACT Struggles into Lifelong Success

Heal Math Wounds (Part 5)
The opportunity for your teenager to transform their struggle with the SAT / ACT into a training experience that can help them build habits for lifelong success.
Heal Math Wounds (Part 4)
Jonah's new approach that lead him to success
Heal Math Wounds (Part 3)
What doesn't work, what does work and why!
Heal Math Wounds (Part 2)
A big part of the problem: a misunderstanding of how the brain works! The Other Part of the Problem - a wrong idea about what the SAT and ACT really are!
Heal Math Wounds (Part 1)
Is your teenager having a hard time on tests like the SAT or ACT because of weakness in math?
Close the Gap (Part 5)
This is the Bigger Opportunity for your teenager to transform their struggle with the SAT or ACT into a training experience that will help them build habits for life-long success.
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Heal Math Wounds (Part 5)
The opportunity for your teenager to transform their struggle with the SAT / ACT into a training experience that can help them build habits for lifelong success.
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Heal Math Wounds (Part 4)
Jonah's new approach that lead him to success
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Heal Math Wounds (Part 3)
What doesn't work, what does work and why!
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Heal Math Wounds (Part 2)
A big part of the problem: a misunderstanding of how the brain works! The Other Part of the Problem - a wrong idea about what the SAT and ACT really are!
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Heal Math Wounds (Part 1)
Is your teenager having a hard time on tests like the SAT or ACT because of weakness in math?
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Close the Gap (Part 5)
This is the Bigger Opportunity for your teenager to transform their struggle with the SAT or ACT into a training experience that will help them build habits for life-long success.
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Close the Gap (Part 4)
Heather transforms struggles into success
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Close the Gap (Part 3)
The big reason for the mismatch between students' grades and test scores is that getting great grades and scoring high on standardized tests are two different games.
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Close the Gap (Part 2)
Recognize that the classroom and the big test are two different games, and to set about mastering their new game!
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Close the Gap (Part 1)
Is your teenager a great student who happens to be bad on big tests?
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