“College Success Your Way: What Your Professors Won’t Tell You and Your Friends Don’t Know”

Your Guide to the Easiest Path to Success in College and Beyond.

By the Nation’s Premiere “College to Career Coach” and Nationally Renowned Speaker Crystal Jonas

Chapter 1  “Jump-start Your College Success”

ü  The bad habit that can lower any grade

ü  A tiny transgression that’s more damaging than you think

ü  What your professors will never tell you about class participation

ü  The surprising truth about extra credit

ü  How your professors can help you land your dream job

Chapter 2  “Pet Peeves That Drive Professors Up the Wall”

ü  Three questions never to ask your professor

ü  Eight biggest mistakes students make

ü  What not to admit, even when you’re being honest

ü  How to avoid zoning out in class

Chapter 3  “How to Get Better Grades with Less Effort”

ü  Four-factor formula for learning anything faster

ü  Golden rules of rapid reading

ü  The most common mistake of speed-readers

ü  Where to find clues to what’s on your next test

ü  Three reading speed bumps you must overcome

ü  Reading myths that muddle memory

ü  TREATS that make you a better reader

Chapter 4  “Discover the Simple Secrets of Smart Students”

ü  Key times when most test answers are given away

ü  Twelve ways to pass a killer class

ü  The document that guides you to an “A”

ü  A caveat before contact

ü  Quickly write a paper the professor will love

ü  The 10% of the lecture that’s noteworthy

Chapter 5  “Mind Tricks That Make Learning a Piece of Cake”

ü  Ride memory waves to study less and remember more

ü  Know what not to study

ü  Ringing bells, salivating dogs, and the power of triggers

ü  Music, if it’s not baroque, fix it

ü  Quit often

ü  Ways to train yourself for relaxed concentration

Chapter 6  “Think Outside the Books: Nontraditional Solutions for Nontraditional Students

ü  Special advantages of the Nontraditional Student (NT)

ü  Resources just for you

ü  Exciting news about brain power as you age

ü  Recognize opportunities to pull ahead

ü  How to focus on demand

Chapter 7  “Launch a Great Career While Still in School”

ü  How to set yourself up for your dream job

ü  The huge mistake most college seniors make that you must avoid

ü  The ideal time to begin your job search

ü  How to get people to recommend you for the best jobs

ü  Three powerful payoffs for networking, and how to do it right

ü  Bonus way to make the most of networking

ü  Resumes that attract the best job offers

ü  Anchors aweigh; studying across the pond

ü  Top two inexpensive, indispensable job search tools

Chapter 8  “Take the Fast Track to Professional Success”

ü  How to get no-pressure, high visibility job interviews

ü  The precise way to ask for what you want

ü  Qualities of people who get promoted quickly

ü  The talent companies hire for

ü  Where most people fail

ü  Ways to control concentration and physical intensity

Chapter 9  “Living an Extraordinary Life”

ü  Where all success starts

ü  The mindset that guarantees you’ll win

ü  Fatal flaws of weak goals

ü  Seven sure steps for getting more goodies

ü  Magic moments in each day ideal for programming your mind for success

ü  The secret for overcoming the biggest barrier to goal achievement