College Prep Confidential

Want to power up your brain? Then check out the learning habits of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Oprah with nuggets like:

• Dilbert Creator's guide to multiplying your talents
• The learning habit of great minds like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Davinci
• Rewire your brain to be smarter with this one trick
• The 3 traits of the top 5% of exam takers

Memory experts cite one special technique for their skill. In this episode, I'll reveal...

• What you can learn about memory from a carpet company phone number song
• Crush your college prep exams with this memory expert pyramid trick
• The one question to ask to determine if a student likes big picture learning or nitty gritty details
• Why you should start with a conclusion and work backwards for better memory
• Our 2 memories, and which one you need to optimize to memorize faster

College Recruiters research your social media. To reel them in and get attention, optimize this photo on LinkedIn with tips like:

• Discover the most important social media photo you will ever take for college prep
• 3 traits college recruiters judge your LinkedIn photo on
• Learn what the squinch is, and how it magnetically attracts more college attention
• Wear these clothes to get more social media connections
• Where to "field test" your social media photos to optimize your connections

We're dissecting Tabloid Magazines and the powerful writing lessons they give such as:

• What are the 4 U's, and why using them will make your college essay irresistible to read
• Why writing out tabloids will make your college essay magnetic
• Build this personal "library" of headlines to improve your college essay title skill
• What this 1928 book reveals about the most important part of your college essay
• How hacking the lizard brain glues college admissions officers to your college essay

2 people can see the exact same math problem, but interpret it completely different. This is because we all use brain filters. And in this episode, we'll reveal:

• 7 ways we see the world, and how it affects math
• The magic about thinking about thinking
• Top frustrations about math, and what to do about them
• What the 3 Rectangles Test reveals about your brain organization
• Who really determines when your successful in math
• Wants versus Have Tos - Which One Are You?

I bet you never thought you'd find deep lessons inside cat turds, did you? Well you will, in Episode 14, with nuggets like:

• What experts do instead of work hard
• What cat poop coffee can teach you about opportunity spotting
• Learn how farmers got around an obstacle to discover "beans of gold"
• How you can get $250 of college prep advice, free
• Use this Tony Robbins "cloning" process to shrink your exam learning curve
• Expert ACT and SAT consultants charge $150 per hour. Find out how you can get their knowledge for a fraction of the cost

Are you turning your brain into mush with this one behavior? Discover the diagnosis and cure with tips like:

• Why checking your social media feed makes you dumber
• Want to relieve stress? Stop jumping between tasks
• What multi-taskers have in common with drug addicts
• Eradicate brain-drain by eliminating this one habit
• Napoleon's 8 word quote on focus will remove uncertainty from your life
• What you have in common with the Prancing Pony
• Get laser focus using the "Tomato Technique"

This week, we're tapping the power of "the search", and how it gives you laser focus for your college prep journey and beyond with insights like:

• What Patrick Swayze can teach you about learning
• Why you'll find anything you want with the right search
• Why you have two identities, and which one you need to feed to improve your life
• Study these two wrestling celestial bodies to resolve your inner conflicts
• Why breaking out of your routine helps you find breakthroughs

College Essays can make or break your college prep. Discover how to make your writing pull in college advisors with tips like:

• What this U.S. Navy Test can show you about clear writing
• What type of writing makes people trust you more
• Why big words equal headaches 
• What pouring grease down a slide will teach you about better writing
• Why this multi-million dollar writer forces his employees to write for 7th graders
• How to Channel Ernest Hemingway for Free
• Writing Secrets From a $2,500 Flash Drive

College Prep can be grueling. You need help, and this episode will show you how with tips like:

• The 3 letter word which simplifies college prep
• Carry this piece of paper around and read it twice a day to visualize your college prep goals
• What monks can teach you about college prep
• The 2 reasons people give for doing anything. One is a lie, the other is truth
• Ask these 5 questions to avoid lying to yourself
• 2 success secrets a billionaire revealed to reduce college prep time