Why do I teach Mindset instead of accounting topics?
Does this sound like you? You’ve attended your lectures for the day (face-to-face or online!), and you have your notes from the session, your textbooks,…
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Is Accounting a ‘wicked’ learning environment?
What is a ‘wicked’ learning environment? Yes, I know a lot of my students will agree that accounting is a wicked environment, mainly based on…
Yvonne chats to: Michael Lee about Creativity and Uncertainty
Creativity, Innovation, and uncertainty I chatted to Michael Lee, founder of The Innotivity Institute, about creativity, innovation and uncertainty. I’ve chatted a bit about the…
Yvonne chats to: Gareth Olivier CA(SA) – “What IS Exam Technique?”
What is Exam Technique? I chatted to Gareth Olivier CA(SA) from Milpark – CA Connect about exam technique As lecturers, we talk a lot about…
What we want you to know about learning
Learning starts off with you knowing nothing! I chatted to Gareth Olivier CA(SA) from Milpark – CA Connect about learning and studying. One of our…
Know vs build – Answering Questions
How do we answer questions? When we start learning at school, we learn how learning and studying works. We develop our understanding of what it…
How does perfectionism and mindset affect students beliefs?
Accounting students have strong similarities The personality traits of all students pre-disposes them to certain thought processes, beliefs, strengths and weaknesses. We often find ourselves…
10 Steps to Overcoming Demotivation
You’re more emotional than you think We all need help with overcoming demotivation when we’re in a tough battle. Studying is quite an emotional rollercoaster.…
Your study process: STOP avoiding Step 1!
What’s in this article? Are you studying properly? MOST of my Study Coaching students struggle with this. I’ve lectured for over a decade, THOUSANDS of…
“Mistakes are income”
“make enough mistakes…” Most of my students are not ok with failure and making mistakes. I get that. I’m there too! Trying to really comprehend…
