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    Maximize Your College Experience : Get the Most Out of Your College Experience for Success Now and In the Future
    Maximize Your College Experience : Get the Most Out of Your College Experience for Success Now and In the Future
    Maximize Your College Experience : Get the Most Out of Your College Experience for Success Now and In the Future
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    Maximize Your College Experience : Get the Most Out of Your College Experience for Success Now and In the Future

    By Timothy Skjellerup

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    A Step-by-Step Roadmap to College Success

    Whether you're a young undergrad, returning veteran, or non-traditional student, "Maximize Your College Experience" is the quintessential guide to getting the most out of your college investment.

    Through a brash and unapologetic account of his own experiences, author Tim Skjellerup offers himself up as living proof that your past doesn't have to define your future. A single father who once nearly flunked out of community college, he outlines powerful yet simple strategies he used to transform his collegiate career and graduate magna cum laude from Cornell University.

    Tim leaves no stone unturned as he explores the many challenges college brings, from organization and self-discipline to partying and relationships. He shows that contrary to popular myth, you don't have to study around the clockâ or sacrifice your social lifeâ to nail a top-tier GPA.

    This book will help you:
    - Avoid the biggest mistakes made by college students today
    - Develop the winning attitude needed to succeed in collegeâ and beyond
    - Take control of your future and become master of your own destiny
    - Face down your fears and build your self-confidence
    - Get your work done more quicklyâ so you can spend more time having fun
    - Overcome procrastination and stay motivated
    - Develop smart habits that help you maintain a solid GPA
    - Study more efficiently (and stop wasting countless hours in the library)
    - Cope with stress and stay healthy, in body and mind
    ...and more!

    The book even includes action steps at the end of each chapter to help you put what you've learned into motion.

    At times both unsettling and inspirational, "Maximize Your College Experience" empowers you to dig deep, conquer your fears, and uncover your very best self as you start your venture into postsecondary education. Through practical advice and been-there-done-that insight, Tim Skjellerup gives you all the tools you need to excelâ both inside the classroom and out.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781456616151
    Maximize Your College Experience : Get the Most Out of Your College Experience for Success Now and In the Future

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      Maximize Your College Experience - Timothy Skjellerup

      II

      Why You Need to Read This Book!

      Hi, my name is Tim Skjellerup, and my goal is to help you get the most from your college experience. I’m not just talking about good grades, although that’s one aspect I will help you with. I’m talking about the whole show. Grades, social life, relationships, networking, and the like. You need to read this book from cover to cover because of one word. It’s experience. You should read this book because of the experience that I have to offer you. It’s been said that experience is the best teacher; I think that’s nonsense. I agree with James Malinchak when he says that it’s other people’s experience that we can learn the most from. And lucky for you, I have had plenty of experience as a student. I have had five different majors and have attended two different community colleges, a state school and a private Ivy League school. I have been a full-time student, part-time student, and an online student. I have lived on campus and off campus. I have dropped out, almost failed out, been on the president’s list, and graduated with honors.

      I first attended college right out of high school and then returned as a nontraditional student with a family after serving in the active-duty United States Marine Corps. I completed my last two years of college as a nontraditional single parent while training for an Ironman triathlon, wondering how it would all come together.

      I don’t know where you are in your academic pursuits. Maybe you’re a brand new college student right out of high school and you’re not quite sure what to expect. Perhaps you’re a returning veteran after serving on active duty or reserves. You could be going part time while working full time with a family at home. You could be a single parent struggling to keep it all together, or an athlete trying to find a balance between achieving excellence in your sport and winning academically. You may be struggling with a learning disability or substance abuse and on the verge of dropping or failing out. Or you may be viciously fighting for the top 5 percent spot in your graduating class. It is possible that you are just bouncing back from a horrible life tragedy or you’re trying to reinvent yourself.

      Friends, I’m here to tell you that if you’re in any of these situations, I know how you feel; I’ve been there, seriously. And wherever you are, my goal is for you to finish this book empowered with the tools and techniques necessary to identify, envision, and achieve whatever it is that you put your mind to, regardless of your past academic performance or your current life circumstances.

      It doesn’t matter what your past looks like or where you came from. It only matters where you are going and what the vision that you hold for the future looks like.

      I realize, and I hope you realize, how precious your time is. Because of that I’m not going to waste any of either of our times filling this book with a bunch of fluff or theoretical bull crap. You are going to get real life examples of applicable techniques and action steps that you can implement into your life right now that will help you become the best that you can be in all aspects of your life.

      So, long story short, you need to read this book because I have made a tremendous number of mistakes and I have learned from them. I have done it the wrong way and come back and done it the right way. I have spoken with and interviewed some of the most successful students and most brilliant professors and advisers in the country, and their input is included in these pages. I have made really bad decisions and done things that have royally screwed up my life in and out of college. And I have brought it all back together in order to achieve my goals and attain a level of success that I could only dream of. For over a decade I have been studying the habits of some of the most successful people in the world, applying those principles to my life, and receiving extraordinary results because of it. I want to share what I have learned with you now so that you can experience the feeling of setting and achieving big, audacious, awesome goals. My hope is that you can avoid some of the pitfalls and mistakes that I have made in my life and apply the principles of success that I have applied in my own life to your situation.

      How to Use This Book

      This book is designed to be a guide to help you navigate your life and get the absolute most you can from your college experience to ensure a successful future. I recommend reading through the entire book cover to cover. The concepts enclosed are designed to build on one another and therefore are most valuable when applied together; however, like I said before, time is valuable, so if you find one exercise is more applicable to where you are in your life right now, spend more time on those key points. If you feel your goals are a bit foggy or nonexistent, jump forward to the goal-setting section, etc. Not every tip, trick, and piece of advice will be applicable for your specific situation, so do what works best for you. There is no one best way to do anything. For example, the study techniques that will help me finish the semester with a 4.0 may drive you bonkers and be ineffective, landing you with a 3.0—or vice versa. Although a 3.0 is still respectable, there is a big difference between a 4.0 and a 3.0. The important concept here is that you are in a habit of studying in the way that is most effective for you. I don’t want you to get in a groupthink rut with this book. There is not a right way or a wrong way to apply the concepts in it to your life. The important thing is that you apply them in a way the works for you. Enjoy the journey and never give up.

      Section One: The Power of Self-Realization

      It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

      — Anonymous

      I want to ask you a question: did you come to college or are you considering going to college to get on academic probation and fail out?

      Of course not, that would be crazy, right?

      OK, now let me ask you this: did you come to college planning to maintain a 4.0 average or graduate with honors and land the internship or job of your dreams or transfer to the school of your choice?

      If your answer is not "Yes!" why isn’t it? It should be.

      If you’re not expecting excellence from yourself, then what are you expecting?

      You see, the funny thing about books like this is that a certain type of person reads them. For example, if I were to write a book about becoming a more effective parent, who do you think would read it? If you guessed good parents, you’re right!

      So when you release a book about maximizing your college experience to set yourself up for success, chances are the people reading it are already success-minded people. So I want to congratulate you for making the conscious decision and taking the action to pick up this book and make the commitment to self-improvement. Now stick with it and you won’t be disappointed.

      Earlier I gave you a bit of a history of my college experience, so let me break that down a bit. I will start with my speaking bio, which is used to introduce me at the beginning of my talks to college and high school students.

      As a financial adviser, author, entrepreneur, personal trainer, and wellness coach, Tim Skjellerup has helped hundreds of people set and achieve goals in all aspects of life. His sound guidance and encouragement have enabled individuals and audiences to overcome personal obstacles and reach their true potential.

      Tim is a 2008 graduate of Mohawk Valley Community College, where he was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. Tim transferred to Cornell University, graduating magna cum laude in 2011 with his bachelor of science in applied economics and management and a concentration in entrepreneurship.

      While at Cornell Tim joined the Golden Key International Honor Society and was a member of the Cornell Triathlon Club, where he trained for and successfully completed the 2010 Ford Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon, a grueling 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile run. Prior to graduating from MVCC, Tim served in the United States Marine Corps infantry and was the founder of numerous small businesses. Currently he is the founder and president of New Life Wellness Systems and the Skjellerup Development Group. He is also a dedicated church volunteer and father. Prior to his career as a professional speaker and author, Tim held a position as a financial adviser with a Fortune 500 financial firm. Please join me in welcoming Tim Skjellerup.

      Sounds pretty impressive, doesn’t it? Well, the nice thing about being a public speaker is that you can write your own bio. Now before you say, I have nothing in common with this guy, I’m done with this book! hold on a minute. Like I said, I wrote my own intro. I want it to sound as good as possible in order to grab people’s attention right off the bat. Although it’s all true, what the intro doesn’t say is that I graduated from high school ranked 101 out of 117. It doesn’t talk about my struggle with alcohol abuse, difficulty with a learning disability that made math and spelling a living nightmare for me, or the soul-crushing anxiety and depression of my marriage ending.

      My first attempt at college was horrible. I failed noncredit Math 050 once and dropped it twice, I failed Human Life Science, and I even managed to figure out how to fail Fitness Center. My life was one big party, and I had developed an alcohol problem that nearly ruined me. The only reason I was in college to begin with was because my parents told me that if I went to college I could live at home. It was warm at home, there was food at home, and I had a bed at home. It seemed like a no-brainer to me at the time.

      So I was showing up to class when I felt like it, partying like a rock star, and wondering why I was feeling miserable and empty inside. College to me at that time

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