Preparation:

The most important part of Learning.
"But all your intelligence and a toolbox of study skills will be useless if you don't prepare properly." Your goal in the preparation phase of studying is to create the optimum state of mind for learning. You have to be confident, enthusiastic, relaxed, calm, focused and alert. Remember, you certainly have the brain power to learn anything you want, and it's clear that lack of intelligence is NOT the reason most people have difficulty studying.