Sunday, February 8, 2015

How to make the last week a game changer?

With every blog I'm getting more and more emails. More and more students confiding in me and accepting that their earlier study plans were seriously flawed. 

Now they are in a big dilemma that with only 3 - 4 days left for Karnataka exams: 

1. Should I change my previous gameplan/ strategy? or 2. Should I stick to the same gameplan/ strategy because now making a change would be too late and too risky?



Analysis and Solutions:

First : Your earlier exercise was not a strategy - but just an 'absence of strategy'. Don't even call it a gameplan cos you weren't playing any game - You were never in the game, to start with. You were never in the competition - you were never a competition.

Second : Even if you don't continue with your old style of study you won't lose anything. Take this risk - Stop studying from today. Close all the books. No MCQs from today. Watch movies, go out and party, attend social events or go to a hill station and directly come to the exam on weekend. You think this will reduce your score? No; because anyway you weren't doing anything to increase your score. Take this advice. Go chill out and come to exam directly and you will be pleasantly surprised that your will performance will be the same. In fact the fresh mind may even help you to solve a few more complex questions.
(Note the word 'complex'; there are no controversial questions btw)

Third : Why not get on to the right track at least now? You know there are some 10 areas that you are weak at. AIIMS exam, AIPG and Revision tests all have shown the same thing -that you are weak in certain things and they are shouting that they need your urgent attention. Would you ignore this? Why? Why ignore this opporyunity? And what are you going to achieve by ignoring it?

In the coming 3 days suppose you cover 10 concepts - Just 10 concepts. And in the exam you get 7 direct MCQs- one each on 7 concepts out of the 10 you had read. And other 3 concepts help you in 'deriving indirectly' 3 more answers. And you end up scoring 10 more marks.

Do you even know what's the power of 10 marks? Forget 10 marks- even 5 more marks can make you a winner. And 10 more marks will change your destiny.

Everyday gives you an awesome opportunity to inch further and closer to the rank you always wanted. It's all about how keen 'you' are to seize this golden opportunity.

Moral of the story: It's not late even now. Stop following those stale advises. Stop being passive where your study plans don't give you anything other than making you surrender to whatever happens. Be proactive and 'take control' over yourself and your strategy.

Start it today; and start it now!

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