The 6-Step Approach to Perfect Grades and Effective Learning

A step-by-step guide to avoid common studying mistakes, 10x your learning effectiveness, and improve your grades.

Craft Mindset
2 min readApr 5, 2022
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Bad grades shouldn’t exist.

Every student should be walking around with a report card full of perfect grades. Yes, sometimes life happens, leading to a bad grade here and there, but I’m convinced most students should be able to understand their material so well that excellent grades are the norm, not the exception.

Yes, schools don’t always provide ideal learning environments. Life can get busy. Some teachers’ styles might not work for you. But here’s the thing: nobody cares about your grades as much as you do and can single-handedly improve your grades as much as you can.

Given you’re reading this post, I take it you understand the importance of good grades, you want to develop effective study habits, and you’re interested in real learning, not just getting good grades for the sake of it.

If so, read along.

Learning is not easy. It takes determination to repeatedly show up at the library, or in your room, knowing that serious hard work awaits. I applaud all students that show up day after day.

Unfortunately, from my experience talking to other students, good grades are not lost because students don’t commit to studying. Good grades are lost because of what students do (and don’t do) during their study sessions.

So I decided to share my thoughts on the most common mistakes students make while learning. The result is a series of posts on that provide the blueprint anyone can use to drastically improve your learning, study more effectively, and start registering excellent grades.

Still with me? Grab a notebook and come along for the ride.

You won’t be disappointed.

Here’s the first post in the series: “Study Mistake 1: You’re Not Doing the Real Work.

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Craft Mindset

Learner | MIT | Google | I write about optimizing your learning, developing your skills, growing into a top performer, and building a successful career.