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THE EASY WAY TO PASS EXAMS

Stop stressing it’s only an exam!
Some people enjoy taking exams and find the whole process easy, while for
others the very word ‘exam’ sends them in to a frenzy or they panic and
worry. Many intellectual people basically freeze in exam situations and all the
information that had been gathered in preparation for the exam suddenly
disappears.

As you read through this section you will find easy to use NLP tools that, when
implemented, will take the stress out of exams, making it easy for you to pass.

As children growing up, some of our challenges are greater than others, some
children delight in the idea of performing in front of an audience. Such tasks
might be reciting a nursery rhyme in front of a relative or a dance manoeuvre
in front of class mates’ simple spellings tests and arithmetic’s are examples of
early tests. Some children will flourish on showing everyone how great they
are and as they grow older, they develop a positive association to tests and
exams. Others might shy away and feel awkward and embarrassed, they might
be ridiculed or laughed at and end up with a negative association to tests.
Our association that are formed with tests at that early stage in life, enforces
the generalisations that either support us in exam conditions or bring us out
in a cold sweat.

Our mental filters that we create helps us to decide on how we perceive our
experiences, so as we grow older our present-day state allows us to filter
mental programmes and as we do this, we keep re-running these programs as
a result of our internal and external stimuli. The output will then be our exam
anxiety or exam confidence or right down the middle depending on the
individual. In reality, anxiety and studying for exams do not go well together.
However, in some cases a little bit of anxiety combined with focus and
determination will fit well to compete and achieve. However, high levels of
anxiety while revising or taking an exam is severely limits what our memories
can recall and will restrict the flow of information

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If you start by creating an overall strategy for passing exams you might want
to be fully aware of the bigger goal, you will need to create an ideal learning
state, get into the mode that everything I need to know I already know,
visualise your success, plan your study time and stick to it 30 minute blasts
and a 10 minute breaks works well for most students, plan your revision and
don’t overdo it. Each of these steps are outlined below so let’s get going…

CREATE A BIGGER PICTURE

For those of you who hate exams and see them as an annoyance that takes up
time and causes a lot of stress STOP thinking like this as you are mentally
limiting yourself by what you belief to be true. It’s better to think at a much
higher level, and that is about what happens once you pass the exam. Start to
think about the benefits of passing the exam and what you can do with the
qualification. Visualise the benefits for achieving that goal and look beyond
the goal and factor in those benefits for example your next step in life what
will you be able to do once you’ve passed go onto college or university get a
better paying job or start training to do what your heart desires.

Now create some excitement and momentum….

VISUALISE YOUR SUCCESFUL FUTURE

Now rather than mentally picturing how difficult it all is and your fight to
succeed and all that anxiety of the exam, which will turn into that creeping
self-doubt and then your imagination can start creating images of you failing
none of which is real but then begin to feel anxious and stressed and you
haven’t even started to revise yet tut, tut and your no wondering why bother.
STOP.

REVERSE the process; Start by creating strong images of YOU passing and set
up all that you want to feature in your ‘future history’. Isn’t that a better
picture? How much better do you now feel?

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You are gifted and talented

Before you begin the revision process, get in your head that you are more than
capable of passing the exam. Get into a relaxed and open state and let your
eyes close, visualise a movie or play in front of you. As you watch the
movie/play you can see yourself in it, you are playing the starring role, you
are centre stage. The scene you are creating in advance shows you, having
already passed the exam. Notice all the qualities present in passing this exam.
Now step into the picture and sense the world around you at the time of
passing the exam feel the feelings related to passing that exam. You have
achieved success, you have passed.

Now as the director, step out of the experience and mentally make any
changes to the scene that will make it even more compelling and wind the
clock forward past the actual time of the exam, so you can also see beyond the
goal and what you have already achieved.

CREATING YOUR LEARNING STATE

As mentioned earlier in this article, if you are in a negative state of anxiety this
will cause mental blocks and is not beneficial for recalling information. The
best states for recalling information and learning includes you being relaxed,
open, and focused. Here is a process that will help you to get into an ideal state
for revising and sitting your exam.

1. Get comfortable sit in a chair with both hands on your lap and both
feet on the floor.

2. Begin with 3 slow deep breaths, you will notice a difference right
away in how present you feel. Now do 3 more deep breaths, breathe
in through your nose, hold count to 6, and exhale slowly through
your mouth. Repeat.

3. Focus attention by looking at spot ahead of you, perhaps on the wall.

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4. As you hold your attention on the spot on the wall, expand your
visual awareness so that you are aware of the area one metre either
side of the spot while still being aware of the spot. Do this by
expanding your visual attention without moving your eyes.

5. Now expand your visual awareness further so you are

simultaneously aware of two metres either side of the spot while still
being aware of the spot. Then expand your awareness so you are
visually aware of everything ahead of you. This is known as your
peripheral vision.

6. Now you are ready for learning, revision or taking your exam.

PLAN WHAT TO REVISE/STUDY

Review everything that is on your course syllabus as this is what will be more
than likely in the exam. Split the revision material into topics and themes and
create a revision timetable. If you have several exams, this is an important
task to ensure you give enough time to key subjects.

When you are revising a give the topic you have chosen to revise your full
attention, rather than skimming randomly through material.

Use record cards to jot down the most important points that you need to learn
and read through them to reinforce your learning. Some people focus better if
the information is written in different colours, do what you feel comfortable
with and what works for you.

BE A SMART REVISER
You know how you learn and remember best not everything works for
everyone but test it and see.

• Invest some time in trying things out, which may mean failing
occasionally, if you want to maximise your learning in the long run it

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will be beneficial for you while you explore and develop your
techniques.
• Plan your time with breaks included for optimal concentration.
• In your breaks do a physical activity or use another part of your brain
and do something different, so that you come back to your studies
refreshed.
• Research shows that classical music helps access an accelerated
learning state. So use music if it helps you.
• Create revision notes, posters and pictures by using different colours,
mind maps, acronyms, spider diagrams and shape charts etc. Stick them
all around your room review constantly close your eyes and picture it in
your mind, when you wake up picture it before you look at it. Then you
can recreate your bedroom posters to access your answers for your
exam questions.
• Practise writing exam answers as this is a skill, just like playing an
online game is a skill. You wouldn't try and improve at a game by trying
to memorise moves, you'd practise making them.
• Engage all your senses shout out your answers dance, act draw pictures
in your mind just ensure that you are absorbing the information at a
deeper level.
• Get a full night's sleep as this will help you learn new skills or retain
information.
Even a quick nap can help you to combine your memories, maybe even
make you more inspired. Staying up all night to revise probably isn't a
good idea.

All of these processes are easy to implement with no formal NLP training.
Every learner can follow these simple steps, to make exam passing easy. Be
aware of the bigger picture, visualise your successful future, create your
learning state, plan your study and be a smart reviser.

Email your feedback on what worked well for you and the exams you passed.

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