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Insider Secrets you know at

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Average Vs Peak Performing Students






The Foundation

1. Beliefs

2. Goals

3. Planning

4. Hard work

  1. Beliefs : what you perceive is true or will be true
  1. Goals :what success looks like to you
  1. Planning: breaking your goal down into smaller pieces
  1. Hard Work :

To be successful I must have all ___4___ of these characteristics.
BELIEFS OF THE PEAK PERFORMING STUDENT

Peak

Performer

1Natural Talent is not important

2Its never too late

3I can

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SELF-BELIEF

Limiting Beliefs:

Thing / I Can’t
() / Mark / Position
Subject 1:
Subject 2:
Subject 3:
Subject 4:
Subject 5:
Subject 6:

What happens if you say, “I can’t”?

(a) don’t try

(b) sabotage yourself

GOALS

3 Reasons to set goals

1) they work

2) focus

3) motivation

Your goals should be:

1) written down

2) specific

“In order to shoot an arrow you need a target, in order to succeed in life you need a goal.”

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CREATING YOUR GOAL
1. Decide what course/s you want to study
2. Find the highest entrance mark for that course
3. Account for RisingUniversity Entrance Scores
50 – 80 – Add 3%______
80 –90 – Add 2% ______
90 - 95 – Add 1% ______
95 – 100 – Add 0.5% ______
4. Add that number onto your mark to account for rising university entrancescores =

Your Specific Goal =______

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PLANNING

Peak performing students all:

1

2

PLANNING:

In order to make it easier to reach their long term goals, peak performing students set short-term goals for:

(a)

(b)

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CONSOLIDATION
1. BELIEFS:
  • Your final year is not an IQ test – natural talent is not important.
  • You make your own luck.
  • BELIEVE YOU CAN GET THE MARK YOU WANT.
  • Take the words “I Can’t” out of your vocabulary.

2. GOALS:
  • Set goals which are:
(a)written
(b)specific.
3. PLAN:
  • Plan by setting short-term goals for:
(a)the work you want to get done
(b)assessments.
  • Evaluate your progress towards meeting your short-term goals.

4. WORK HARD
  • Needs no explanation.

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University Entrance Requirements
(Sample only)
Humanities:
  • B Arts
  • B Arts (media and Comm)
  • B Social Science
  • B Social Work
  • B Liberal Studies
  • B Education (Primary)
  • B Education
Business Based:
  • B Commerce
  • B Economic
  • B Law
  • B Business
Design Base:
  • B Design (Art, Interior etc)
  • B Architecture
  • B Industrial Design
/ 83.55
97.95
85.15
75.00
85.00
81.35
87.40
96.00
91.00
99.40
91.25
90.95
91.40
82.50 / Science Based:
  • B Science
  • B Medicine
  • B Psychology
  • B Science (Advanced)
  • B Computer Science and Tech.
  • B Veterinary Science
  • B Applied Science (physio,
occup, speech therapy etc)
  • B Actuarial Studies
  • Chiropractic Science
Engineering Based:
  • Building Construction Manage.
  • B Engineering Construction)
  • B Engineering (computers)
/ 81.10
99.75
96.05
98.20
87.45
98.20
94.40
96.10
85.15
78.00
80.00
95.25

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