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It All Started With A ‘Burning’ Question From A Subscriber…

Hi George,

Suppose your teachers or professors suddenly announce to you thatyour term exams are 20 days from now. You have totally forgottenabout it as you were having fun all the way from the start of term tillnow. Mind you, you have been failing all your minor tests and this isyour last chance…

The only bet is your ability to learn fast and effectively which youhave taught in your SecretsOfStudying.com Ebook.

What would you do from Day 1 to Day 20?

A Defiant Kid,Gabrielle

Apparently, this girl figured out what the students wanted to knowif they are left with just 20 days to exams; what they can do in order not to just pass the exams but to score at least a B….

To Defiant Kid,

This is what I would do…





Day 1 – Relax and Compose Myself

The most important thing here is to stay calm. I can’t afford to panicif I want to pass my exams; I would actually go for a walk in the parkor do something to relax. The important thing here is to staypositive.

Throughout the day, it’s essential for me to reinforce certain crucialmindsets that top students possess.

1. “The past does not represent the future”

I would tell myself that my past is not representative of my future tostop myself dwelling in the past. It’s going to be a fresh start andthe possibilities are unlimited.

2. “The more confused I am with the revision and studies, the more Iwill learn.”

I’ve learnt a lot of stuff in the past like playing the piano, roller

skating, percussions, chemistry, physics, math, etc. It’s not an easyprocess to go through especially at the beginning. At the beginningof each skill I learnt, I usually felt confused and do not know what todo at many points in time.

But that’s when I learnt the most after I get over the painful processand “Oh… I finally got it” when I finally understand and picked upthe skill.

So for studies, it’s the same thing too. I’m bound to get confusedand unsure of what I am doing but it’s ok because I know I’m goingto learn a lot afterwards.

3. it’s a matter of using the right strategies.





There’s no such thing as being smart or stupid. I’ve come acrosspeople who fail all their way until the end and they still can score fullmarks.

I’ve come across others who have failed miserably when they werein primary school but they still scored perfect number of distinctionswhen they went to college.

I would tell myself that it’s the matter of using the right strategiesto score distinctions rather than being smarter.

4. There is no such thing as failure, but only learning experiences for

you to learn from.

I would tell myself that the past is for me to learn from. Thoseprevious tests I failed are the very valuable learning experiencesthat I would want to learn from. Those mistakes will make me scoreA’s for my exams if I learn from them.

Mistakes are after all the most valuable learning tool.

5. I shall ask whenever I need help.Sometimes during lessons, I dare not ask questions because I’mafraid of asking the wrong questions or I am afraid of how other people will see me.

That’s why I would constantly remind myself to ask if I don’tunderstand. Ask your professors and peers. Discussions clarifydoubts.

With these 5 mindsets in mind, I would proceed my day to relax andget ready for the next day.

Day 2 – Planning





“If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.”

Someone told me this before and it’s so effective that I’m still using

it for whatever I’m doing today.

Planning is by far the most critical element in doing well for exams.And with 19 days left to examination, planning is even more crucial.

How do I plan?First, I would list down all the topics for all the subjects so I wouldroughly have a guide how should I plan the topics to study each day.

Let’s take for example,I am taking 5 subjects right now. And I have 7 topics for each subject.Math – 7Chemistry – 7Physics -7Economics – 7Biology -7

Because I have only 19 days left, it’s essential to look at each topicand deduce which are my stronger topics and which are my weaker ones.

So I would spend most of my time on the weaker ones but at thesame time, not to neglect the stronger ones. It’s just that thestronger ones may take shorter time to master. In that case, I canprobably cut down most of my topics I need to cover by half, which

would be roughly about 17 topics.

I would use a monthly calendar to plan my time effectively. (feelfree to use the calendar found in ‘Secrets of Studying’ ebook)





From here, I know that I have 18 days before my exams commence. Iwould want to leave some time in case of emergencies and somedays for me to cover my stronger topics. Emergency – 3 daysStronger topics -5 days

That would leave me 10 days to finish all the weaker topics. I willhave around 2 topics to cover each day.

I would write in detail what I am going to do exactly at each hour ofmy next 18 days, which I would share with you while we go intoeach day.

Day 3 – The Race Begins

I would find myself a comfortable and cozy room without muchdistraction for a start. After grabbing a nice meal, I would start myrevision.

First, it would be reading up with “Power Reading” which you canfind in my ‘Secrets of Studying’ E-book. After reading it, I would use

a powerful way of making notes which I absorb 5 times faster thanaverage students. (refer to page 48, line 9)

I would also dig out all the tutorials and homework the teachers or professors gave and do a detailed revision, to make sure Iremember and understand my mistakes.

This will probably take me 5-6 hours.

After that, I would start on the next topic and do the same as above.So this would take another 5-6 hours.

By the time, I’ve finished both revisions, it’s almost sleeping time. Iwould take this opportunity to recall what I have learnt today. I





would only sleep if I could remember what I have learnt in the day.(with reference to page 56 for strategies to improve memory recall)

Day 4, 5 and 6 – Revision and Advancement

Before I began my day, I would do a fast recall on everything I havelearnt the day before. We, as humans, would forget 80% of what we

learnt the previous day if we never revise.It would take me half an hour or so for me to revise everything Ihave learnt.

After the mini revision, I would start work on the next topic.

And this would be the same as the previous day.

Day 7 – Ask Questions!By now, I may have revised quite a lot of my topics. But there wouldbe a lot of concepts and theories I may not understand. So it wouldbe wise to make an appointment with the teachers or theprofessors to sort out my understanding and to check whether I’mon the right track.

Sometime, by talking to the teachers and professors, they will

highlight to you the more important things, so pay attention to it! Itcould be something that will come out in your exams.

After I clear my doubts, I will continue with my revision.

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Day 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12- Continue With My Revision…

By the end of day 12, I would finish all my 17 weaker topics.

Day 13 – Do Past Year Exam Papers

In order to check whether I have learnt all the concepts for theweaker topics, I would need to test it out. I would go and collect allthe past year exam papers available and start practicing on it.

If it so happens that I still have questions which I don’t know how todo, it would mean that I haven’t really understood some of thetopics yet.

Perhaps it is the part where I don’t really know how to apply what Ihave learnt. In that case, I would practice on more questions until Iknow how to apply the concepts. (more details can be found inChapter 6 of ‘Secrets of Studying’ Ebook)

Day 14, 15, 16 & 17 – Work On My Stronger TopicsI would use the same strategies on my stronger topics. But for thestronger topics, because I’m better at it, I can probably use lesser time for each topics. I can probably cover 5 topics each day?

By the end of day 17, I should have finished all the stronger topics.

Day 18, 19 – Exam Papers RevisitedIt’s time to do all the exam papers and read through all the mistakes.In fact for the rest of the 3 days, it’s more or less the same. I will domore papers until I’m confident and comfortable about the exams.





Another important thing here is to check whether I have left out anyimportant chapters. If yes, I will need to quickly revise on it.

Day 20 – The Final ShowdownTo the last day before the exam, it’s essential to keep your cool andconfidence. The best is keeping the day simple and light-hearted. Infact, I will do some simple revising and recalling.

And there you have it, my 20 day ‘Action Plan’ to handle exams. I hope this

answers your question, Gabrielle

And all the best!

Cheers,

George

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