Posted by ankur on June 15, 2010
Having cleared competitive exams such as IIT-JEE and GRE, and currently training students for GRE, SAT and GMAT, one thing I have observed is that one of the most important aspects of doing well in studies and exams is to be FOCUSED but RELAXED. This balance between Focus and Relaxation is vital. In this discussion and exercise we will see how we can achieve this balance and improve Focus.
For improving focus in Studies and Achieving Success in Exams, use a powerful process called the SEGMENT INTENDING PROCESS.
Segment Intending
In today’s fast life we take on many roles in one day. If you are a student, you have to study, you are in some clubs, you play some sports, you go out with friends, you spend time at home with parents and maybe you have your boyfriend or girlfriend. If you are a working professional, you have your work day, in which you have to do lot of multi-tasking, get lot of things done; you have your family, recreation, etc.
So basically no matter who we are, we are constantly going in and out of different segments. So this process of segment intending becomes very important to achieve harmony and good results in each of our segments.
First let’s understand, what are intentions. Intentions are the underlying thoughts and desires behind our actions. For example: a doctor cuts a patient’s body and a thief may also cut someone’s body, but the intentions behind them are completely different. So now let’s see the segment intending process.
Before starting any segment, become aware what are your underlying intentions behind the actions you are going to do in that segment. Set forth clear thoughts consciously regarding two things
1. How you would like that segment to transpire and
2. What outcomes would you like to have out of that segment
Give your 100 % care and attention and positive vibrations to the segment you are entering. Ideally do this as a meditation after reaching alpha level of consciousness. Then start the actions of that segment. When you start a segment this way, you will increase the efficiency of the segment and bring much speed and clarity to the creation process going into the segment. Also the creation will be in tune with what you want as per the law of attraction and allowing.
So now lets apply the segment intending process to the segment of studies. What is the main challenge?
The challenge is mainly that of focus, isn’t it? The mind goes here and there, especially when you sit to study. The secret lies to be completely in the study SEGMENT. For example, when you enter into segment of studies, if you are thinking of going for a movie later, then you are not 100 % in the segment that you are in. Later you go for the segment of the movie but while watching the movie you remember that you have not finished your studies and you start worrying. Now you are not completely in the Segment of watching the movie either. What’s the result? You are divided. YOUR FOCUS is not there. You don’t do well in your studies, nor do you enjoy the movie completely. So be completely in whichever Segment you are in and make your intentions clear before going into the segment.
To be 100 % in the study segment make your study segments short, sweet and focused (SSF). Often what happens, we decide that we will sit for many hours to study and the result is that we are not too focused. Instead make the intention of sitting for shorter periods of time and make it short, sweet and focused (SSF). You will find that you accomplish much more. And of course take interest and make it fun. When you do that, you are bound to accomplish much more, understand much more, and remember much more, and automatically do well in exams as well.
You can and should use visualisation and meditation to enhance your study segments. Also you use some affirmations after the meditation. For e.g.,
- I am becoming better at studies
- I am enjoying learning new things
- I am enjoying the challenge of this subject
- I am remembering more and more everyday as I meditate everyday
- I am becoming more and more relaxed and focused
- I am able to study much faster having reached Alpha level of consciousness and getting much more time to play and recreation.
Doing well in Exams and handling exam anxiety
When you go for your exams, remember to carry lot of Positive Energy with you. As per the famous Law of Attraction, you will attract results to you, based on your thoughts and feelings. So when you go for exams, and are over anxious, worried, then you are going to attract the negative results. Little worry is good to keep you alert, but too much will spoil your recipe of success. Instead be positive, vibrant, and remember the Sutra
Do your Best and Leave the Rest
All you can do is give your best. After that leave the results to the divine with complete faith and trust that whatever happens will be good. Do the related meditation from my Empower CD which i have developed for students, before going for any exam. Some Affirmations that you can use, once you have reached alpha level of mind before your exams.
- I am doing well in Exams
- My mind is becoming very sharp and is all ready for the exam as I am in focused and relaxed state of mind
- I am giving my very best in the Test
- I am attracting —- % in this Test
You can make your own similar affirmations and repeat them several times in your mind especially when you have reached Alpha level (Alpha level of mind is the relaxed state of mind , the though vibrations are around 10 Hz at the Alpha Level)
Posted by anupam kaur on May 11, 2010
It is very rightly said “whichever way you churn the milk the cream always comes up.”
The brighter and the genius would always make to the top. What gives the cutting edge to the toppers? The milk also has to be constantly churned at right temp for the cream to rise to the top. So a student with good mental faculty has to work constantly in a conducive environment to make his mark. There are no short cuts to success yes! success can be a shortcut to a good life.
Early starters will always be at an advantage. Consistency will keep the mind at rest thus more receptive. Once we make it a habit to work regularly it becomes enjoyable as a greased machinery. Being regular removes many hurdles like going back and forth for better understanding,feeling lost and frustrated and so on.Eventually this gives more time for refreshments and recreation.
A good school and as insisted regular attendance is a must. Whatever extra coaching one must receive it must rest on strong foundation of a good school. The school is a platform for healthy competitive spirit, counseling,let out of emotions with friends.So one must not only be regular but also attentive in school.
Once we are equipped with hard work, consistency,good guidance and right atmosphere success follows automatically and surely. We must remember life is not a 400m race it is a marathon where fast runners may cause harm to themselves and to co runners, but a steady worker will surely be an achiever. So start at the beginning of the session to enjoy the beautiful experience of learning.
Posted by Nitinkumar Potadar on April 28, 2010
Dear Reader,
I want to make one point regarding competitive examinations in general.
As we all know we are living in highly stratified society and percolation of ‘information’ from one strata into other strata is not so easy. People who set test paper for exam, students who write the exam and subsequent assessment are three stages and it is important to fill gaps left in these stages in order to achieve maximum success at mass level. One most important about questions set for various exams is that each question requires one or two tricks to answer it and once the trick is registered you are done. This requires powerful verbal and computational analytic skills. It will interesting to address various such questions and host of other questions particular to various subjects. Tomorrow I will put before you my opinion about mathematics.
Hope you will find it interesting to read it.
Thanking you.
Regards.
Mr. Potadar N.B.
Posted by TCYonline.com on June 20, 2008
NEW DELHI, June 20 - TCYonline.com, India’s number one web-portal for teachers and students, today launched the ‘Challenge Zone’ – a unique testing competitive tool — on its website which takes pride in having more than 1.15 lakh enrolled students and 3600 registered teachers across the country.
This free ‘challenge’ is something the students have always imagined but never had a chance to experience it anywhere. “The idea behind this initiative is to give a required boost to student-benchmarking through this thrilling learning experience, “ said Mr. Kamal Wadhera, the CEO of TCY, while launching this state-of-the-art ‘testing tool’, meticulously prepared by TCYonline.com experts with their decade-long experience. “I must say, no student can ill-afford to miss this testing tool,” he added.
“It is something we probably needed but never knew it could happen”, was the common feeling among a bunch of test-takers we spoke to during ‘test-rides’.
“Our experience tells that students desperately need such tools for customised testing but they don’t know what they need. It’s like what Henry Ford said,” If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have asked for a better horse…” Drawing such a comparison of what the world’s motor-car giant, Henry Ford, had once said, Mr. Wadhera observed that the modern student couldn’t have asked for more.
Better benchmarking being the key to better scores, thanks to education portals like www.tcyonline.com, today a student in the country is in a better position to judge himself with anybody, anywhere and anytime. Touted as the success mantra by online education pundits, this ‘testing tool’ is sure to take students’ scores to dizzy heights, thereby giving them a great morale-boost.
This online unique competition puts a student on a sound pedestal, in full cruise-control. Now he can even choose to play a host. He can either ‘throw’ an on-the-spot challenge or schedule it at a later convenient time. Forming internet groups and scoring over each other is all set to be the in-thing in the Indian education arena. This Challenge Zone is just a beautiful beginning towards TCYonline.com’s objective of giving a new meaning to student-benchmarking in India.
The methodology: Just imagine, on a particular day and time an MBA aspirant in Chandigarh decides to benchmark himself against four other such aspirants in different parts of the country, say in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. All he has to do is log on, select a test, invite his opponents, schedule his time and date. And, there you go!
“The beauty of this whole testing exercise is that a student can keep track of his performance (with onscreen score display) by controlling his speed and accuracy,” the CEO added. This is akin to keeping a tab on your running-mate.
Even inviting other students to the site, who are not online at that time, is as simple as sending a simple SMS. Students with the same goal can compete with each other. The benefits of this ‘challenge’ are many which include choice of better peers, better test, better time and better speed.
At the end of the test all the participants, including the host, will be able to see their scores on a scoreboard which will give them an idea as to where they stand and in what areas they have to improve upon. This testing tool may also shatter many of their false hopes that they might have developed during their course preparation.
The student might feel he is good in one subject but to his shock and dismay may face a stark reality like, “Oh, my God, I am nowhere as compared to that guy in Chennai.” Chances are he would work harder and overshoot his own goals. Now, that’s the beauty of this whole cerebral exercise. Want to jump on the bandwagon and take a ‘joy-ride’?
Salient features:-
• Ultimate form of customization
• Better peer choice
• Flexible time, better tests
• Self-motivating learning thrill
• Healthy competition for mutual benefit
