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VINCE POSCENTE, a speed skier for Canada, competed in the 1992
Olympics. Today he is CEO of Big Goals Fast Institute, and the New York Times
bestselling author of The Age of Speed. His advice:
Start every day listing off your five MITs (Most Important Things) and get
those done first.
The biggest time waster, especially in a competitive landscape is to try to do it
all. The heroes of sport are the ones who spend extra time in the gym or the
batting cage or at the rink. But they can be more efficient. What got me to the
Olympics was doing what the competition was not willing to do. These weren’t
necessarily big things. Examples include: read books on aerodynamics, learn
how skis were made, interview a PhD in the politics of sport, use visualization
and imagery over two hours per day with bio feedback, sensory deprivation
float tanks, hypnosis programs, meditation and read a cutting-edge book on
mental training every three weeks.
Although you might not be training for the 2016 Rio games, you are
definitely in competition as you fight to achieve your goals. How will these time
and productivity tips get you closer to the finish line?

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CHAPTER 20
Time Secrets of 29 Straight-A Students
What does it take to maintain straight A’s at MIT or Harvard?
What does it take to be a straight-A student in high school, while juggling
varsity sports and numerous activities?
The students I interviewed gave a wide range of advice and I’m reminded in
my own home that there is no one way to achieve productivity and success as a
student. My two teenage daughters are both straight-A students, yet they have
very different study habits. One listens to music while studying, the other
doesn’t. One checks social media as her “reward” for getting a piece of
homework done, while the other leaves her phone in a different room to avoid
the temptation.
What was most unique in this group of high achievers was how often they
talked about social media. Almost everyone mentioned the siren call of
Snapchat, Instagram or Facebook, and many suggested specific apps as a way to
manage those urges (e.g., SelfControl, StayFocused).
In addition to the familiar advice about using a calendar and being clear on
priorities, straight-A students also know how to say no. From having no social
life, or limiting friends to study groups, these suggestions—while seemingly
extreme—might be the price to pay for excelling at the highest levels in

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academics. The full advice from the students I interviewed appears below.