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Building Better Habits of Thinking

Articles about how champions in every field use their beliefs to make themselves better at what they do.

The Bigger Opportunity

Transform SAT/ACT Struggles into Lifelong Success

Building Better Habits of Feeling

Articles about how champions in every field use their emotions to make themselves better at what they do.

Building Better Habits of Learning

Articles focused on helping you learn how to master any game of skill.

Mastering School Subjects

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.

Student Case Studies

Lessons we've learned from working with certain students over the years.

Testimonials

A collection of thank-you notes from our students and parents that we've held onto over the years.

The Bigger Opportunity Posts

Transform SAT/ACT Struggles into Lifelong Success

Late Bloomer (Part 4)

Brandy learns how to succeed.

Late Bloomer (Part 3)

Your teenager can turn this challenge into an opportunity for success -- not just on the SAT or ACT, but for life.

Late Bloomer (Part 2)

If your teenager has not yet succeeded in school, it suggests above all that they have not yet learned how to use their potential.

Late Bloomer (Part 1)

Is your teenager a late bloomer: a capable young person who has not yet succeeded in school?

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

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Learning Habit 6: Learn the Moves

Start with the small skills that make a big game possible.

Learning Habit 7: Master the Moves

Well...what ELSE would we be supposed to do after we learned the moves?

Learning Habit 8: Refine the Moves

Once we've mastered the moves, we keep practicing to come up with new ways of doing them slightly more efficiently!

Learning Habit 9: Love Your Game

Instead of trying to escape work and do what you love, you can learn to love what you do.

Learning Habit 10: Play Your Biggest Game!

When you know how to learn, you can learn whatever you want!

"Dudes Who Love to Work": Julius Randle and how Peak Performers Approach Practice

Dreading studying for the SAT, ACT, or final exams? Take a lesson about practice from the NBA's Most Improved Player Julius Randle and his coach, Tom Thibodeau.

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When Should Your Teenager Begin to Prepare for the SAT or ACT?

When does it make sense to start preparing for the SAT or ACT? Depends on your teenager’s goals, and how long they need to build up to their “A” game.

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What Type of SAT or ACT Preparation is Best for Your Teenager?

What type of test preparation will work best for your teenager? The answer actually depends upon how you answer this next question.

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The SAT, ACT And Test Optional Admissions: How to Help Your Teenager Prepare

Will your teenager really need to do well on the SAT or ACT? Steve discusses the trend toward "test optional" admissions and questions about the fairness of standardized testing.