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Studies

Seven cards in a pyramid on any course of study: why you took it on, what you stand on, what will be hard, how to learn as yourself, and what you get at the end.

Fits any course of study in general: its motive and whether you'll see it through.

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How to read it

The pyramid is read upward. The four base cards are what you bring in: the true motive, your groundwork, the inner difficulty and the outer hindrance. If the motive is weak, the rest will work against you however hard you try. The two middle cards are the method: how you personally learn and what will hold you to the end once the first interest fades. The apex is the result: what you actually gain, not which certificate you are handed. Compare the apex with the motive: if they do not match, you are studying something other than what you began for.

Positions

  1. Why you study

    The real motive: money, recognition, curiosity, escape or somebody else's expectation.

  2. Your groundwork

    What you already have for this study: experience, skill, time or contacts.

  3. What will be hard

    The part of the material or the demand at which you will want to quit.

  4. The outer hindrance

    The work, family, money or person because of which study keeps being postponed.

  5. How you learn

    The method that suits your head: practice, repetition, conversation or example.

  6. What keeps you going

    The support that keeps you from quitting once the first interest has passed.

  7. What you gain

    What the study truly gives you: a skill, a trade, people or another way of seeing.

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