7 Exam Secrets in 30 Minutes

Discover These 7 Exam Secrets in 30 Minutes to Maximize Your Success

By Raj Bapna
B.E. (BITS, Pilani), M.Tech. (IIT, Kgp) Former Intel California Engineer Best-selling a thor of !"a# Bapna$s Min% Po&er St %' Techni( es) an% co-fo n%er of &&&.Min%Po&erIn%ia.com an% &&&.Min%Machine*a+.com

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Secret #$ The Sin%&e Most 'mportant (rucia& Success )actor* +n"erstan"in% the "i,,erence -etween $00. who&e/hearte" e,,ort an" 00. or 01. e,,ort
/n%erstan%ing this principle is cr cial for 'o r s ccess. *et me tell 'o a+o t m' o&n fail re so that 'o %on0t ma1e the same mista1e an% get +ig s ccess (an% hopef ll' sen% me a 2than1 'o 2 letter3email). In Pilani % ring m' engineering e% cation, I &as among the high gra%e st %ents. That &as so in all semesters e4cept the last semester. 5hat happene%6 5ell, I tho ght, 2I am 7er' intelligent an% smart an% I &ill s rel' get a%mission &ith scholarship to at least - 8merican ni7ersities an% &ill go to /S8.2 28n%, since the a%mission to 8merica %oes not %epen% on ho& &ell I %o in the final semester, let me rela4 a +it. *et me not &or1 har% to the ,..9 of m' a+ilit'. *et me &or1 onl' :.9 or :;9 as har% as I al&a's &or1e%2. 5ith that tho ght process, &hen the res lts finall' came, I score% a+o t <.; gra%e points o t of ,. (&here as I &as a+o7e : gra%e points o t of ,. other&ise).

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If 'o ha7e a goal an% if the goal is so important that 'o are reall' serio s a+o t achie7ing, &illing to &or1 har% an% ma1e sacrifices, then p t in ,..9 effort. =on0t +e a la>' person thin1ing # st :.9 or :;9 effort &ill +e goo% eno gh. Page Cop'right -.,.

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I strongl' recommen% 'o consi%er sing a min% machine to help 'o in 'o r #o rne' to achie7e 'o r goals &ith more certaint' an% less stress.

Secret #4 Ta5e 6ne Simp&e 7ction 8ow That (an 9rope& You 7hea" o, 6thers Towar"s Your Success Be%innin% To"ay
5hether 'o are a st %ent or in #o+, &hether 'o goal is to top an e4am or a competition or to get promotion, please pa' attention. I ha7e create% the - ( estions +elo& so 'o can t'pe an% after 'o finish t'ping, this information %oes not go to an'+o%' an% it is simpl' %elete% (if 'o &ant 'o can ta1e printo t of this page). ?et, the simple process of &riting 'o r goals &ill 1eep 'o ahea% of others for 'o r s ccess (&h'6 I0ll tell 'o in another article, + t tr st me for no&). So, ans&er - :uestions +elo& @A5 +eca se it is a+o t 'o r s ccess. !hat is your most important %oa& ,or the next $ to 4 years3 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; !rite "own why the %oa& is so important to you !hat it wou&" mean to you an" your ,ami&y when you achieve success 7&so write "own what it wou&" mean i, you ,ai& to achieve your %oa& ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Page B
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; That0s it. Congrat late 'o rself +eca se +' &riting a+o7e, 'o ha7e committe% to 'o r o&n +ig s ccess.

Secret #3 Master <ey to Time Mana%ement* =ow to +se Your Time E,,ective&y ,or Your Success
S ccessf l time management %oes not mean %oing all the things 'o &o l% li1e to %o. It means that 'o %eci%e &hich tas1s 'o &ill %o an% &hich 'o &ill postpone for the ne4t %a'. It means that 'o &ill not forget an' important &or1. Cere is a techni( e for time management that I ha7e se% for more than t&ent' 'ears. I li1e this techni( e. It is simple an% it &or1s. Ane 8merican + sinessman once pai% D -;,... for this same techni( e. Ma1e a list of all the things 'o &ant to %o in the ne4t fe& %a's. The tas1s 'o m st %o to%a', mar1 them 282. Those tas1s 'o %o not ha7e to finish to%a', + t 'o &o l% li1e to, mar1 them 2B2. Mar1 the remaining tas1s as 2C2. Then consi%er all the tas1s mar1e% 282, an% mar1 them as 28,2, 28-2, etc. 28,2 means that 'o &ill %o it first. 28-2 means that 'o &ill %o it after %oing the 28,2 tas1.

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E7er'%a' start %oing 282 tas1s starting &ith 8,. If all 282 tas1s are %one, or if 'o are &aiting for some 282 tas1 to complete an% 'o %o not ha7e an' more 282 tas1s, then start %oing 2B2 tas1s. 8t the en% of the %a', cop' the incomplete tas1s to a ne& paper. ?o can a%% an' ne& tas1s. Then 'o again +egin mar1ing them as 28,2, 28-2, ..., 2B,2,..., 2C,2, etc. /se this techni( e for t&o &ee1s. If 'o can se it patientl' for t&o &ee1s, I +elie7e 'o &ill se this for rest of 'o r life

Secret #> The Most 'mportant Time Mana%ement Secret That 8o-o"y Teaches You
*et me sho& 'o +elo& &hat a &ise a%7ertising great Fohn Carlton sa's. ?o &or1 har%. B t 'o can +e too la>', too. In fact, it0s in o r nat re to +e la>'. I often tell people that, if 'o reall' &ant to n%erstan% ho& the h man race +eha7es, 'o m st go &atch the gorilla cage at the >oo for a &ee1. 8t first, 'o 0ll # st see a + nch of hair' apes %oing their thing. B t soon eno gh, 'o 0ll +egin to recogni>e the man' traits the' share &ith s. S ch as... +eing as la>' as possi+le, as m ch as possi+le.2 Cere is one tactic that act all' forces emplo'ees to get things %one in officesG =ea%lines

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Ah, the' can +e hatef l things, %ea%lines. "eminiscent of high school papers % e, smog tests nee%e%, so-an%-so0s +irth%a' coming p (&hen the' e4pect something impressi7e from 'o ). 8n% &hen 'o finall' st %' on 'o r o&n or learn ne& s1ills for &hich there are no %ea%lines from others, it can +e tempting to a+an%on them. Big mista1e. 8s inherentl' la>' creat res, &e nee% %ea%lines to +e efficient. =ea%lines ma1e 'o r goals +ecome realit'. The' form a +ric1 &all in the mist' nether&orl% of 2tomorro&2 that 1eeps 'o in line. =ea%lines sho l% +e an integral part of 'o r st %' He4am s ccessI plan. The A@*? &a' to attac1 a pro+lem... is to roll p 'o r slee7es an% %ig in. 8n% ha7e a plan that incl %es a %ea%line for finishing it. This is not a small or minor hin%rance in 'o r ( est for s ccess. I recentl' fiel%e% 'et another email from a roo1ie &ho claime% to %esperatel' &ant to +ecome 2the +est a% &riter in the &orl%.2 A1a'. Fine. B t his ( estion ree1e% of fear - he &ante% to 1no& ho& m ch time each %a' he sho l% spen% rea%ing +oo1s, a+o t &riting an% a%7ertising, an% ho& often he sho l% cop' o t great a%s in longhan%. @ot o1a'. @ot fine. This +o' is cripple% &ith 2can0t let the c rtain come p2 %isease. 8 prett' +a% case, too. /nfort natel'... he0s got a lot of compan'. This 1in% of ( estion ne7er e7en forms in the min% of someone tr l' see1ing a% &riting e4pertise. ?o 0re too + s' ma1ing 'o r goal a realit'. It0s not 2ho& long sho l% I prepare,2 + t &hat else can I %o, right no&, to ma1e this happen62 8ction, not e4c ses for inaction. Page <

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?o &ant to get into it p 'o nec1, as ( ic1l' as possi+le. I am +r tal a+o t m' o&n %ea%lines. I07e ne7er misse% a %ea%line for a client -ne7er - an% I0ll +e %amne% if I0ll treat m'self &ith an' less respect. E7en so... an% e7en tho gh I 1no& the po&er of %ea%lines... I still &affle an% hesitate to ma1e them part of m' plan for an' pro#ect. Beca se the' can +e painf l. ?o ha7e to forgo pleas res an% f n things, sometimes, to meet 'o r %ea%lines. ?o ha7e to sta' p late, an% concentrate an% foc s an% a+sor+ an% retain st ff. 8n% it h rts. Momm'J I %on0tfeeeeel &ell. I nee% to sta' home to%a'. @ope. Sic1 or stresse%, crashe% comp ter or stalle% car, 'o gotta meet 'o r %ea%lines. It0s goo% for 'o . (It0s tr e - nearl' all the reall' s ccessf l people I 1no&... the ones ha7ing f n achie7ing their s ccess... rarel' get sic1.) It0s also another of those little secret traits that set 'o apart from 'o r competitors, no matter &hat goals 'o 07e set for 'o rself. Setting an% meeting %ea%lines is a ma#or form of ta1ing responsi+ilit' for 'o rself. ?o +ecome the 2action center point2 of an' %eal, +eca se 'o 0re the g ' ma1ing e7er'thing happen. 8n% 'o 0ll come to lo7e 'o r %ea%lines, I promise 'o . Beca se, once 'o stop stalling aro n% an% ma1ing e4c ses an% start setting %ea%lines... an ama>ing amo nt of things &ill start happening in 'o r life. 8n% 'o 0ll +e the g ' ma1ing them happen. It happens fast, an% it changes 'o r life almost imme%iatel'. So stop &hining. Em+race 'o r ne4t %ea%line. It0s 'o r partner.2 --- this article is co rtes' of Fohn Carlton ---

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Secret #1 Don2t Be +ns5i&&e" an" +naware o, 't

T&o professors F stin Kr ger an% =a7i% = nning from =epartment of Ps'cholog' at Cornell /ni7ersit' in /S8 p +lishe% a paper title% (I also gi7e the 8+stract +elo&)G +ns5i&&e" an" +naware o, 't* =ow Di,,icu&ties in Reco%nizin% 6ne2s 6wn 'ncompetence ?ea" to 'n,&ate" Se&,/7ssessments

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People ten% to hol% o7erl' fa7ora+le 7ie&s of their a+ilities in man' social an% intellect al %omains. The a thors s ggest that this o7erestimation occ rs, in part, +eca se people &ho are ns1ille% in these %omains s ffer a % al + r%enG @ot onl' %o these people reach erroneo s concl sions an% ma1e nfort nate choices, + t their incompetence ro+s them of the metacogniti7e a+ilit' to reali>e it. 8cross E st %ies, the a thors fo n% that participants scoring in the +ottom ( artile on tests of h mor, grammar, an% logic grossl' o7erestimate% their test performance an% a+ilit'. 8ltho gh their test scores p t them in the ,-th percentile, the' estimate% themsel7es to +e in the <-n%. Se7eral anal'ses lin1e% this miscali+ration to %eficits in metacogniti7e s1ill, or the capacit' to %isting ish acc rac' from error. Para%o4icall', impro7ing the s1ills of participants, an% th s increasing their metacogniti7e competence, helpe% them recogni>e the limitations of their a+ilities. The' teste% people for their 2h mo r2, 2grammar2 an% 2logic2, an% fo n% the res lts that those &ho &ere goo% 1ne& the' &ere goo% (a +it less than the' reall' &ere), + t those &ho &ere not goo% at those &ere confi%ent that the' &ere goo%.

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8re 'o confi%ent of s ccess6 Certain6 8lmost s re6 M ite s re6 /ns re6 ?o ma' or ma' not +e right. Netting some other recogni>e% e4pert ('o r teachers 3 trainers) e7al ate 'o can help 'o 1no& &here 'o stan% an% accor%ingl' plan 'o r s ccess path.

Secret #@ #$ <arate Secret ,or )aster Success in Exams an" ?i,e

Ca7e 'o &atche% an' Karate (or an' other martial arts) mo7ies6 =o 'o 1no& ho& someone +ecomes a great Karate e4pert6 8 master6 Each great e4pert is not e4pert in h n%re%s of mo7es. B t, e4pert is a fe& mo7es. To +ecome a Karate master, a st %ent learns man' man' mo7es, + t then %eci%es &hich he3she li1es most an% chooses a set of mo7es (less than ,.) to practice tho san%s of time. So, the secret of po&er or master' in Karate lies in "EPETITIA@ an% not in 1no&ing a h ge n m+er of mo7es. Co& %oes this appl' to 'o for faster s ccess in e4ams an% life6 Simple. ?o nee% to practice some goo% ha+its, st %' s1ills again an% again an% again. *earning -.. more s1ills &ill not help 'o as m ch as practicing ,. or -. s1ills man' man' times, so 'o +ecome reall' goo% at it. Page :

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E4amplesG rea%ing faster an% s'stematic re7ision that I teach. ?o practice these an% 'o +ecome +etter an% get more mar1s.

Secret #7 =ow competitions are "i,,erent ,rom exams an" the importance o, the 2Be&& (urve2 ,or success in competitions
?o nee% to n%erstan% that in an' competition, 7er' fe& st %ents get . mar1s or ,.. mar1s. 8 large n m+er of st %ents get mar1s in a range close to the a7erage mar1s.

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2Bell C r7e2 is the shape of the graph that 'o 0ll see if 'o plot the mar1s st %ents get in an' e4am or competition. 5itho t +oring 'o &ith %etails of Statistics an% Pro+a+ilit' theor' (+ranches of Mathematics), let me # st sa' thisG The 2Bell C r7e2 tells s that most &ill get mar1s that are close to the a7erage an% fe&er people &ill get mar1s that are high or lo&. The real importance of 2Bell C r7e2 is that it tells s that since 7er' fe& people get 7er' high mar1s, a %ifference of sa' # st 2a fe& mar1s o t of ,..2 &ill ma1e a +ig %ifference in 'o r ran1.

7 )ew Mar5s Ma5e a Bi% Di,,erence

For e4ample, in the C8T (MB8 entrance e4am), the %ifference +et&een someone &ho %oes not get inter7ie& call an% some &ho gets his or her first choice co l% +e as small as a fe& mar1s onl' o t of ,... Ar, 2each mar1 co nts2 an% 'o pro+a+l' 1no& this from common sense, + t not 1no&ing the science +ehin% it, Page ,.
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most people lac1 the confi%ence necessar' to ta1e strong actions (s ch as goo% coaching or sing a min% machine).

!hat is the va&ue o, one a""itiona& mar5 / Rs 10A000A Rs $ &a5hA Rs 1 &a5hsA or

If a st %ent achie7es s ccess in competition, then an a%%itional mar1 ma' not +e 7er' 7al a+le. B t if that a%%itional one mar1 &ill t rn fail re into s ccess, then it is &orth a lot. Cere are t&o casesG First, the st %ent tries again an% s ccee%s the ne4t 'ear. So he looses the salar' for one 'ear. That also means that he ma' +e &or1ing one 'ear less +efore he retires. Ce &ill lose the salar' for the final 'ear of his career an% that salar' co l% +e ;.,..., - la1hs or e7en more per month. Secon%, a st %ent %oes not s ccee%. For e4ample, if someone fails for the thir% time in ICS3I8S, he &ill not get another chance. That means getting a smaller salar'. If 'o a%% the %ifference in the earnings for a lifetime, it ma' a%% p to man' la1hs of r pees. B t mone' is not all. There are other important a%7antages of s ccess s ch as +etter #o+, pri%e of achie7ement, more respect, more self-confi%ence, more satisfaction, greater sec rit', etc.

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