Best Music to Stay Focused While Studying

by [Mike & Roy](/content/author/mikeroy/ "Posts by Mike & Roy"/index.html) | Dec 9, 2018 | Productivity

Conventional wisdom says that classical music improves learning. Researchers even coined the Mozart effect to describe the potential increase in spatial-temporal reasoning while listening to Mozart’s music. However, there’s an entire category of music that gets...

The Effective Executive – Book Notes

by [Mike & Roy](/content/author/mikeroy/ "Posts by Mike & Roy"/index.html) | Feb 17, 2019 | Productivity, Book Summaries

The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker is one of our favorite books on productivity. If you’re short on time, we’ve summarized the key takeaways here.

The Top 3 Study Supplements to Boost Exam Performance (2024)

by [Mike & Roy](/content/author/mikeroy/ "Posts by Mike & Roy"/index.html) | Oct 18, 2024 | General Study Tips

Supplements won’t make or break actuarial exam performance, but why not do everything you can to maximize your chance of passing on exam day? In this article, we discuss our top 3 supplements for improving exam performance.

How to Create an Efficient Study Strategy

by [Mike & Roy](/content/author/mikeroy/ "Posts by Mike & Roy"/index.html) | Mar 17, 2019 | General Study Tips, Prelim Exams

Brea Fried has helped hundreds of students pass actuarial exams through her Study Strategy Program. Today, she’s sharing the 3 key components of creating a study strategy for actuarial exams.

Actuarial Career Advice – So Good They Can’t Ignore You

by [Mike & Roy](/content/author/mikeroy/ "Posts by Mike & Roy"/index.html) | Dec 8, 2019 | Book Summaries, Career

The best career advice for actuaries, from Cal Newport’s book: So Good They Can’t Ignore You.

Exam-Day Routine for Peak Performance

by [Mike & Roy](/content/author/mikeroy/ "Posts by Mike & Roy"/index.html) | Sep 18, 2018 | General Study Tips, Prelim Exams, FSA Exams

Actuarial exam success comes down to a single performance. In this article, we cover a routine (sleep, nutrition, exercise) to make sure you’re in a peak mental state on exam day.