Study Samurai

Study Samurai


Latest Episodes

Episode 23 - How to Restore Your Energy When You’re Exhausted or Burned Out
November 26, 2013

Welcome to the latest from Rocky and Prue at BrainTree podcast! [01:56] After introducing a new resource on learning, Rocky and Prue jump in to the topic of the day, restoring your energy. Prue starts things off with a quote from one of her students "Stu

Episode 22 - Developing Resilience With Champion Tennis Player & Coach Alison Scott
November 12, 2013

Welcome to the BrainTree podcast. Prue's taking a break for today's episode and is making way for Rocky to interview tennis player and coach, Alison Scott. [01:35] Rocky introduces Alison and she gives us some highlights of her career, including competin

Episode 21 - How to Conduct Internet Research
October 29, 2013

Welcome to the BrainTree podcast! Rocky and Prue are back to give you more tips about learning and study skills. [01:00] Prue starts us off with a quote about Google by Douglas Coupland: "With Google, I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to eve

Episode 20 - Learning Sucks - How to Turn Learning into A Positive Experience.
October 15, 2013

Welcome to the latest from BrainTree podcast! This week Rocky takes the lead in telling us how to turn learning into a positive experience. [01:54] Rocky starts us off with a quote, today it's from Henry Dougherty. "Get over the idea that only children

Episode 19 - Prioritising
October 01, 2013

Welcome to the latest from BrainTree podcast! Rocky and Prue are back in the hot seat after Prue's trip to Canada and this episode they're ready to give you advice on prioritising. So let's get started! [04:14] Prue starts us off with her quote for this

Episode 18 - How to Change Negative Thinking
September 17, 2013

Welcome to episode 18! Prue and Rocky have a great show for you today. They've been up late working, but they're both ready to help you change your negative thinking. [02:27] Prue asks Rocky for his quote to kick off the show, but today Rocky has two quo

Episode 17 - Essay Writing
September 04, 2013

Welcome to the latest from the BrainTree Podcast! This week we have a very special episode, where Rocky vacates the microphone to allow Prue to talk to Bron Hall of The Research Den, which gives students support for essay writing. [02:25] Prue asks Bron

Episode 16 - Studying for Maths (and calculations subjects)
August 27, 2013

Welcome back to another episode of the BrainTree Podcast. This episode is focussing on studying for a specific area, today it's Mathematics.  [01:12] Rocky discusses his performance in mathematics when he was at school before discussing a relevant resou

Episode 15 - How to Deal With The Fear of Failure
August 07, 2013

Welcome to another great episode of the BrainTree Podcast! [01:37] Rocky gets us started with a quote from Henry Ford. "Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently." [02:33] Getting into the meat of the podcast, Rocky tells us about t

Episode 14 - Handwriting
July 24, 2013

Greetings listeners! Welcome back to the latest from the BrainTree Podcast! [02:02] Prue kicks off this week's topic with a quote from Chekhov. "Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice." [04:20] Prue gets into the meat of the episode a