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Creating a Day Worth Living

1. Get up early

2. Express gratitude for what you have

3. Do something productive

4. Do something fun

5. Do something for someone else

6. Get some sunlight

7. Exercise – it doesn’t matter what – just do some exercise

8. Put a smile in someone’s face

9. Express gratitude or compliment someone

10. Learn or do something new.

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Do not let the behaviour of others destroy your inner peace.

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Qualities of a Winning Personality

1. Exhibit integrity – A person is said to have integrity if what they say and what they do are rooted in the same set of core values.

2. Don’t speak badly of others – If you speak badly about others to a friend, the chances are you’ll also speak badly about them. Hence, they are likely to be hesitant in what they share with you.

3. Be an optimist – This doesn’t mean burying your head in the sand. It means choosing not to dwell on the negatives, and actively looking for the positives.

4. Make the effort to be helpful – Life is so much sweeter if you’re thoughtful and kind – and we rarely forget someone who’s caring and warm.

5. Set some goals and have some ambition - This is an extremely contagious quality. Not only will you achieve higher goals for yourself, you’ll give hope to others, and inspire them to try.

6. Seek to be compassionate and understanding – All of us face battles and experience hard times. Empathising with others when life is tough helps to ease their burden and renew their inner spark.

7. Believe in, love and respect yourself - If you don’t accept, respect and love yourself, then you’ll send out vibes that you’re inadequate. However, it you love, believe in and treat yourself well then it’s likely that others will treat you that way, too.

8. Persist until you succeed – Although ambition is important, it is not enough. You have to persevere if you’re going to succeed. So when you stumble or fall down just get up and start again. Then keep on going till you finally succeed.

9. Be open minded and willing to learn - If you’re closed in your thinking and set in your ways then you’ll never discover a different, better way .. and you’ll close yourself off to other possibilities.

10. Take responsibility for your life - Blaming others for your problems, or acting like a victim won’t help you to move forwards, and have the life you want. Take control of your destiny. Success is up to you.

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Extra Tips on Writing a First Class Essay

During my first year of law school, I didn’t really understand what I needed to do to score a first. Through trial and error, I eventually figured out how to get an A. I have been getting firsts on essay pretty consistently in my past two years, so I thought I would share with you 5 essay tips I personally found really helpful.

(Please note that I went to a UK university, and every university/subject might have different marking criteria, but these tips can be generally applicable.)

1. Footnotes matter. Footnotes are definitely the most boring things to put together on an essay, but they are the easiest to do, so make sure you spend time on them. I used to lose points on essays because of my footnote formatting being inconsistent. A highly marked essay will always have outstanding referencing, and I now use a website called www.citethisforme.com, which lets you search the academic journal/book you are reading and automatically creates your references for you. (Full access to the site requires a fee, but I thought it was worth it because it saved me hours of work.)

2. Essay structures are half the battle. This tip is from one of my favorite law professor who gets a ballpark idea of the essay grade based on a mere glance of the essay structure. Your essay structure should give the reader an indication of what you will be writing and should be coherent.

A five paragraph essay you might have something like:

I. Introduction II. Argument #1 1. subsection III. Argument #2 1. subsection 2. subsection IV. Argument #3 V. Concluding remarks

The title of each section should be specific and not just a general description. For example, if you are doing a critique of the Declaration of Helsinki, a more specific title would be “Limitations on the Declaration of Helsinki”as opposed to just “Declaration of Helsinki.” An essay structure that is well done can push your essay to a 2:1, even if the content of the essay is somewhat flawed. A first class essay will have an excellent essay structure.

3. Make your essay look professional. Looks aren’t everything, but if you can make your paper look like a professional academic paper, why not?

An academic paper often includes:

a. a title page (with the essay title, my student number, date, word count, and my university logo in the middle) b. table of contents, listing all the sections of the essay (see #2) and the corresponding page numbers c. for a dissertation or longer essays, it’s acceptable to include an acknowledgement page where you thank professors/supervisors/whomever has been helpful to you while writing your paper d. your actual essay e. bibliography ( everything you’ve read for this essay, including works you haven’t directly cited)

4. Bibliography length: there’s a rumor in my university that the longer your bibliography, the higher the grade. From personal experience, this is a true to a point. Obviously won’t get an A if the content of your essay is bad, but a longer bibliography shows that you are well read and well informed on whatever topic you are writing on. This might help you score a few extra points.

The number of references I have will be at least 1% of the word count. So if I have a 6,000 word essay, I will at least have 60 references.

5. Use your own arguments. Often times, the different between a 2:1 and a first class essay is that a 2:1 essay contains too much summary or restatements of other researchers. While it is important to accurately restate and analyze other people’s theories and arguments, a first class essay will contain more of your own arguments where you are actively engaging in the analysis and evaluation, not just restating other people’s opinions. Looking back, I wish I wasn’t afraid of being wrong and was more opinionated, instead of hiding behind someone else’s arguments.

Thanks for reading!