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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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What Does it Mean to be Smart?

"Being smart means much more than any of the things that we normally associate with intelligence. Being smart ultimately means knowing how to use your mind!"

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Make the Most of Your Mind

Steve talks about what it means to make the most of your mind: you can learn anything you want, use that knowledge to create the life you want for yourself.

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Still Much Smarter…Many Years Later

A former student reflects on how the lessons she learned from working with Steve on her SATs helped her master new challenges when she got to college.

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Grit and Much Smarter

Steve talks about "grit" one more time...and how MuchSmarter's coaching method is specifically designed to help you get more of it.

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How Can You Have More Grit?

Apparently, the answer is yes! Part Two of Steve's discussion of Angela Duckworth, PhD, and her book "Grit."

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Building Smarter Emotions: Do You Have Grit?

"We have observed a clear pattern: the students who achieve their goals are those who are able to persevere through challenges."

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Can Practicing The ACT Improve Your Bowling Scores? (Part Three)

Steve takes one last look at Yuval's bowling adventure through the lens of a book about the science of developing expertise.

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Can Practicing The ACT Improve Your Bowling Scores? (Part Two)

In Part Two, Steve talks about the master skill of learning, and how Yuval's ACT training has helped him improve several core skills that he'll be able to use to get good at whatever he wants!

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Can Practicing The ACT Improve Your Bowling Score? (Part One)

Steve's student Yuval tells a story about using the mindset strategies he learned for ACT practice to quickly get better at bowling over the course of an evening...