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ACCA Essential Exam Report
ACCA Essential Exam Report
The Quick Start Guide for Passing Your Accountancy & Finance Exams 1st Time
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Table of Contents
ABOUT SOUL PATEL .................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................4 THE AIDE PRINCIPLES ..............................................................................................5 ACCA STUDENT CHALLENGES ...............................................................................5 A - ATTITUDE ..............................................................................................................5 ATTITUDE DETERMINES 80-85% OF YOUR SUCCESS ..........................................5 DEFINE SUCCESS......................................................................................................6 CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY ......................................................................................6 CONTROL OF RESULT VERSUS PROCESS ............................................................6 I - INTELLIGENT LEARNING......................................................................................7 THE EMOTIONAL CYCLE OF EXAMS.......................................................................7 ASK POWERFUL QUESTIONS ..................................................................................7 DO THE SCARY STUFF..............................................................................................8 MINDMAPS .................................................................................................................8 THE 3 STEPS TO EFFECTIVE LEARNING................................................................8 D - DEVELOPING ABILITIES......................................................................................9 THE COMPETENCE CURVE ......................................................................................9 NEVER SECOND GUESS THE EXAMINER.............................................................10 INTEGRATE QUESTIONS EVERYWHERE ..............................................................10 E - EXAM EXECUTION .............................................................................................10 TALK LITTLE, LISTEN LESS ...................................................................................10 EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED ...................................................................................11 THE 2 SECRETS TO PASSING ............................................................................11 HELP THE MARKER.................................................................................................11 AVOID EXAM DISSECTION......................................................................................12 FINAL NOTE..............................................................................................................12
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Introduction
Thank you for downloading the www.pass1sttime.com Essential Exam Report. You made a great decision. Im going to show you how to be more effective with your exam preparation. When you apply my techniques, you can expect: Better results More free time Less stress
Some of my advice may seem obvious and some of it may seem new, but all of it is simple and practical enough to implement straight away. Even if you only implement a few of the ideas, youll likely see a difference fairly quickly.
As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Philosopher
This guide focuses mostly on principles rather than techniques. or methods. My products at www.pass1sttime.com/my-products teach the techniques, but before you can use those techniques you must have the correct principles in place. The driving idea behind this report and my other products is the question: Would you rather pass each exam 1st time, or pass with high marks in some and fail others? The key distinction that this question leads us to is: It is more important to pass 1st time.* Passing 1st time leads to huge benefits, particularly for your career. For example, when you apply for a job they rarely ask about your marks, but they almost certainly ask, Did you pass 1st time? And in order to pass 1st time you must stick to the AIDE Principles...
*Please note: If you are a university student reading this then it does matter what marks
you get! The distinction applies to professional accountancy and finance exams. However you can still apply all of the principles described here to help you pass your uni exams.
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Define Success
What is success for you? If you havent defined it, how will you know when you reach it? Its like setting off on a journey by car with a map and not knowing your destination - you wont know when youre heading in the wrong direction. Define what success is for you. It could be to pass all of your exams by a certain date, or pass with certain marks. Or, it could be to pass each exam 1st time ( just a suggestion!). Once youve defined it write it down somewhere and refer to it frequently. It will help you stay on track toward your goal.
Create Accountability
Most of the challenges that we take on as individuals we keep to ourselves - we dont tell anyone about them. Why? Usually were worried that we might not succeed and well look like failures to the people that we told. The truth is that telling people about what were aiming to achieve can help us massively. They can hold us accountable for the things that we said that we would do just like holding up a mirror to us as if to say Are you really doing what you said you would? Sometimes having the truth reflected back to you isnt easy, but its very effective. Choose supportive people you know and make the promise to them so they can help you achieve what you want to achieve.
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Mindmaps
Mindmaps are a proven learning technique - one of the most effective ones in existence. Theyre based on how the brain collects, stores and recalls information. Theyre a great tool to use when you prepare for your exams. By Mindmapping you give your brain a framework for attaching and sorting all of the information that youre taking in. Instead of a tangled mess of rules, techniques, and tips, your brain will be able to put new information into the relevant buckets. This will help you with both learning and recall. Start by mindmapping your whole qualification on a large sheet of paper and then work down.
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on the principle of spaced repetition, which means that you have to review what you learned at regular intervals to fully remember it. If you make sure that you keep the intervals short at the beginning, youll be able to space them further apart as time goes on. Peer Group The final step to effective learning is to have a peer group, or group of friends, around you for support. Successful teams work on this principle team members support each other during difficult times and challenge each other to be their best when necessary. Find a group of people who have the same aims that you do so you can help each other achieve what all of you want to achieve. For a powerful peer group of people who understand the principles in this report come to www.pass1sttime.com/mastermind and join the community.
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Imagine what it must be like for them to come home after a hard days work to a huge pile of exams scripts on their desk. Yours might even be at the bottom of this pile. After 3-4 hours of marking late into the night, they get a dirty, messy exam paper with text that they can hardly read. If this was you, would you make an extra effort to search through all of it to find the bits of information that will help that person pass? I wouldnt either. Keep your answers clear and readable. Use tables and diagrams where possible. Make it easy for them to give you the marks you deserve.
Final Note
I hope that the information in this report helps you to prepare for your exams. Starting now, implement as many of the principles Ive described and see how they work for you. If you appreciate the information Ive shared, please refer to the resources at www.pass1sttime.com/resources for further explanation of the AIDE Principles, and more in-depth techniques that you can use to pass 1st time. To your success,
Soul Patel
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