Art of smart (formerly DAU Academy)

IN THE NEWS:

what is the Art of Smart, and why does it matter?

Say you were born to be a doctor. An academic. An entrepreneur. But no one you know is in that field.

So you never learn how to get into that field. Maybe you never even learn it exists.

You end up like 70% of the US population - stuck in a career that doesn't make you happy. And the world is deprived of the value you could have brought by pursuing your dream.

These are our ‘What if’s.

I want you to wake up in the morning and feel amazing.

I want you to feel like you are unlocking the opportunities you were born to unlock. I want you to look yourself in the mirror in the morning and know that you are deeply happy and fulfilled.

At Art of Smart, we bring ‘What If’s to life.

Every two weeks, I'll be interviewing a successful professional about the exact steps they took to succeed. We'll talk about what their day-to-day looks like, what it was like getting to where they are now, and what their advice is for you.

Your dream career is just a click away.

Maybe one day, I'll be interviewing you ;)

All full episodes are available for free - and they always will be.

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Thanks,
Vita

Featured

Kavita

Podcast Host

Vita is your podcast and exam courses host and has been an entrepreneur since she was 17. She believes how we learn defines what we achieve.

Vita moved to Canada aged 15 and jumped straight into the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, graduating two years later with results in the top 3% worldwide. She founded The Art of Smart to share the techniques she used to succeed with motivated students - later, she began The Art of Smart Podcast, to give students the knowledge they need to unlock their dream careers.

Vita was the youngest participant in entrepreneurship program The Next Big Thing and was a Vancouver Finalist of the 2017 Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards. She has appeared on CBC, ICI Radio and Vancouver is Awesome, among others, for helping her sister memorize 400 digits of pi. From 2017-2021, Vita studied at the University of British Columbia - she majored in economics, summered at Cambridge University, and graduated with a 4.33/4.33 GPA and 7 scholarships, including the TREK Excellence Scholarship. She now works at a top global management consulting firm.

Dr. Dau

EXAM COURSES LEAD

Dr. Dau was born in Birmingham, UK and went on to study Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College, London, also earning a BSc. From the University of London. Coming from a relatively poor part of the UK, he taught himself how to learn and achieved some of the best academic results his school had seen.

Dr. Dau has had a lifelong interest in teaching, having taught many medical students, junior doctors, family practice residents and nurse practitioners over the years.

He believes that education holds the key to happy, productive lives for ourselves, our children and the communities we live in. He continues to have a fascination in maximizing our memories for learning, as he studies as a physician and lifelong learner. At the age of 12, he found himself wondering how he was supposed to remember poisson, in French, meant fish, in English? This question started his journey into learning about learning.

He developed the basis of the techniques we now use at The Art of Smart.