by Mike & Roy | Aug 25, 2018 | General Study Tips, Prelim Exams
What is your first step when studying for an actuarial exam? Buy study materials? Develop a study schedule? Tell your friends and family that you’ll be a hermit the next few months? Roy surprised me with an unconventional and insightful answer during our recent...
by Mike & Roy | Aug 24, 2018 | General Study Tips, Prelim Exams, FSA Exams
Roy and I were recently invited to speak at a “How to Pass Actuarial Exams” webinar, hosted by the Actuarial Students National Association (ASNA). It’s been a slow summer posting new articles, so we were excited to share our advice that hasn’t yet made it into...
by Mike & Roy | Apr 27, 2018 | Productivity
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” -Will Durant We feel that most of our choices are the product of our own calculated decision-making. (As actuaries, we take special pride in this rational decision-making ability.) However,...
by Mike & Roy | Apr 8, 2018 | Productivity, General Study Tips
“Time-of-day effects can explain 20 percent of the variance in human performance on work tasks.” In his book When: The Science of Perfect Timing, Daniel Pink addresses how timing affects our lives, including tips for productivity. We summarized ideas from Pink’s book...
by Mike & Roy | Feb 16, 2018 | Prelim Exams
The most common advice for actuarial exams is to do as many practice problems as possible. And you might succeed with that strategy. But if you’re familiar with our site, we’re not just interested in what works. We’re interested in what is optimal – how to get the...
