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BL
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748837
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b568793
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| Main Entry
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Skip Downing.
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| Title & Author
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On course : : strategies for creating success in college and in life\ Skip Downing.
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| Edition Statement
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Eighth edition
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| Publication Statement
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Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [, 2017] ©2017
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xxviii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1305397479
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: 1305647165
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: 9781305397477
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: 9781305647169
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| Contents
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1. Getting on course to your success --; College smart-start guide --; Money matters --; Understanding the culture of higher education --; Understanding yourself --; 2. Accepting personal responsibility --; Adopting a creator mindset --; Mastering creator language --; Making wise decision --; Change your inner conversation --; 3. Discovering self-motivation --; Creating inner motivation --; Designing a compelling life plan --; Committing to your goals and dreams --; Write a personal affirmation --; 4. Mastering self-management --; Acting on purpose --; Creating a leak-proof self-management system --; Developing self-discipline --; Develop self-confidence --; 5. Employing interdependence --; Creating a support system --; Strengthening relationships with active listening --; Respecting cultural differences --; Be assertive --; 6. Gaining self-awareness --; Recognizing when you are off course --; Identifying your scripts --; Rewriting your outdated scripts --; Write your own rules --; 7. Adopting lifelong learning --; Developing a learning orientation to life --; Discovering your preferred ways of learning --; Employing critical thinking --; Develop self-respect --; 8. Developing emotional intelligence --; Understanding emotional intelligence --; Reducing stress --; Increasing happiness --; Develop self-acceptance --; 9. Staying on course to your success --; Planning your next steps --; Study skills : a toolbox for active learners --; Becoming an active learner --; Strategies to improve reading --; Strategies to improve taking notes --; Strategies to improve organizing study materials --; Strategies to improve rehearsing and memorizing study materials --; Strategies to improve taking tests --; Strategies to improve writing --; Assess your study skills for college success (again).
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College student orientation.
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College students -- Conduct of life.
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Life skills.
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| LC Classification
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LB2343.3S557 9999
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| Added Entry
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Skip Downing
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