Reiley Dunlop

You need to be extreme to get what you want

They told you to give up, don’t
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The voice in your head saying “you can’t do this” isn’t yours,

and every person who’s ever built a life worth admiring heard the exact same voice on the way up,

because doubt isn’t the sign to quit,

it’s the proof you’re standing at the door
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→ Being extreme is the entry fee
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If you want something 99% of people will never have, you have to do what 99% of people will never do,
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→ The doubt is the obstacle
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Every “you can’t” is a tax the average person pays the obsessed person,

so let them keep their standard opinions, and you keep your extreme standards,
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→ Decide once
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Tired you, scared you, doubtful you, none of them get a vote,

because the version of you that’s becoming great already signed the contract,
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I went from failing 60s to top student in less than a few months and the one thing that helped the most was changing what voice I listened to,
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You’re closer than you think.

save this if your exam is tomorrow
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most students cram wrong, panic at 11pm, and walk into the exam unprepared,

read this and execute the opposite👇
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I went from the 60s in year 9 to a 98.25 ATAR, came first in three subjects, and earned a scholarship to study aerospace engineering by changing nothing except how I studied
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so if it’s the night before, and you feel lost or scared, don’t fear the pressure,

step into it and do this 👇
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audit your weaknesses first, because every hour spent on what you half-know is an hour stolen from what could lift your mark
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cheat sheets next, because squeezing a topic onto one page forces your brain to pick what matters — and picking is what makes it stick
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blank page recall, because reading notes is just recognition, and tomorrow’s exam is a blank page too — so train tonight the way you’ll be tested
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practice paper under the clock, because exam pressure is a skill, and if you’ve never felt it, you freeze when the clock starts
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error log before bed, because the wrong answers tonight are the ones your brain wants to hide from, and the ones you face tonight stick tomorrow
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then sleep, because sleep is when your brain files everything you learned skip it, and the whole night unwinds
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this isn’t cramming, this is engineered cramming, and there is a difference
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comment “focus” and I’ll send you my free guide to score straight A’s while studying less

Back in high school, I pulled all-nighters and still failing.
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I’d sit at my desk past midnight, eyes burning, rereading the same chapter for the fifth time, telling myself if I just pushed harder it would finally click.
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I tried every study hack on the internet, highlighting, rewriting notes, flashcards until my hand cramped.
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Nothing worked.
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I’ll never forget the night I worked on an essay for a whole year, handed it in, got it back with a 60% scrawled across the front, and sat on my bedroom floor in tears because I genuinely believed I was broken.
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If you’ve ever stared at a textbook at 2am wondering if you’re just not built for this, I promise you, you are. You’re not lazy and you’re not stupid. You’ve just never been taught how learning actually works.
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Studying harder isn’t the answer, studying smarter is. And the moment I stopped grinding and started using three specific skills, everything flipped.
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1️⃣ The Feynman Technique. This helped me learn even the hardest concepts quickly. Instead of rereading notes, I started explaining every concept out loud as if I were teaching a 10-year-old, and the gaps in my understanding lit up instantly.
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2️⃣ Time Boxing. Use Parkinson’s law to your advantage, I gave every task a fixed time like 17 minutes to complete a maths homework task, because if you give a task 3 weeks to finish it, it takes 3 weeks. But if you give it 1 day it takes one day. Set aggressive time boxes.
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3️⃣ The Memory Palace. I anchored facts to vivid mental locations, and what I used to forget in 24 hours I now remembered for months.
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These 3 skills alone took me from a kid who thought he was stupid to ranking first in three subjects, scoring a 98.25 ATAR, and earning aerospace engineering on a scholarship, with MORE free time, not less.
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These are Smart Skills, and they’ve helped me teach 61,247+ students across 67+ countries how to actually learn.
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You were never the problem. The way you were taught to study was.
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Eternally grateful f

The problem is I wouldn’t wake up early for anything

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1. The Feynman Technique 🧠
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Named after Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman this is the #1 method used by the world’s fastest learners!

Instead of re-reading your notes try EXPLAINING the topic out loud like you’re teaching a 10 year old.

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2. Interleaving ❤️
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Most students study one subject for hours then move on. That’s the SLOWEST way to learn.

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3. Spaced Repetition 🏆
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Your brain forgets 80% of what you learn within 48 hours UNLESS you review it at the right time!

Instead of cramming 4 hours the night before your exam study 15 minutes per day over 2 weeks.

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Here’s the secret…

These 3 techniques work TOGETHER.

Explain it simply (Feynman)

across mixed subjects (Interleaving)

and review at perfect intervals (Spaced Repetition)

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T - The Blurting Method

Close your notes and write down EVERYTHING you remember from what you just studied! Then go back and check what you missed. This is the fastest way to find your weak spots and build stronger memories even if you’re tired 👩🏽‍🎓

U - Use Active Recall

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You become what you think about

Not sometimes.

All the time.

Your brain can’t tell the difference between what you imagine and what actually happens.

So if you keep thinking about failing…

Your brain starts to believe it.

But if you think about winning?

Your brain starts to believe that too.

What you focus on grows.

Think about problems, you find more problems.

Think about answers, you find more answers.
It’s not magic.

It’s how your brain works.

So ask yourself this.

What am I thinking about most of the day?

Because that’s what you’re building.

Right now.

Without even knowing it.

Change your thoughts first.

Everything else follows.

You have more power than you think.