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Showing posts with label Self-Help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self-Help. Show all posts

06 April 2022

Examination! Everybody’s Anxiety. “Study” or “Revision”? What’s the BEST Strategy?

The examination is everybody’s anxiety. However it can also be stress-free. You CANNOT wait for weeks or days to the examination day and then start thinking how you should study or revise. You want stress-free? You just need to know what it is, how it works and you find a way to make the best of your time and effort, and find a strategy to make it work to your advantage.

In this video I defined what “Examination” is and it’s main intention. This concept is important for you to understand the topics that follows.

Then I shared my personal experiences on how I overcame and managed to score close to a 100% for a subject I knew almost nothing about in my graduation year. Just few weeks before the major examination. I am not encouraging anybody to leave everything to the last of the minutes. But I am sharing with you that if you knew such strategies exists, you will do so much better. 


Finally I went into great length describing what to me is the ‘Ultimate Revision Strategy” for examination. Making the best use of the principles of memory retention and time. And how you will surely know you are ready for the examination. Because too often than not we hear people say, “I already studied. I read and I understood everything. But I still failed.” Something very important is missing. And I’ll reveal to you what that is.

Watch the video till the end. You’ll learn a thing or two.

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Let me know in the comments what else you like to learn and watch.

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13 March 2022

Examination! When do I start Studying or Revising? How do I work that out?

How do I know how to determine when I should start my revision? Should I rely on my teacher’s template or wait for my friends? Am I revising or studying? Should I do it fast or slow? What attitudes should I have? If I don’t understand something or cannot solves problem what do I do?

By the time you hear about examination planning from your teacher, it is usually too late.


In the previous video on “Examination! Everybody’s Anxiety. “Study” or “Revision”? What’s the BEST Strategy? and more…” I mentioned about starting the last subject first. 

But what does it mean? How early is early? How do I know if I have allocated enough time?


All these and more in the video where I elaborate on the topic on ‘how do I know when to start studying or revising’ and many more important tips to help you become more effective.

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Let me know in the comments what else you like to learn and watch.

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