We all know how unpleasant excessive stress can be. We also know the feeling of sickness in our stomach before an important performance, and the intense ‘fight-or-flight’ reaction we get when we face frustration after frustration.

In this society where challenges have to be met and limits to be broken all the time, there are just too many stresses which one had to handle & faced, be it student who faces stress at school work & during exam period or the working adult who had to meet the demands of never ending workload & unrealistic deadlines. Relaxation techniques become a marvelous way to help in the quest for stress management.

A lot of people have the misconception that relaxation is just only about having peace of mind or simply enjoying a hobby during their past time. However, relaxation is much more than just that, relaxation is actually a process that helps reduces the wear and tear of life’s challenges both physically & mentally so that one can recharge & keep on going positively in life.

Regardless whether one has a very stressful & hectic lifestyle or they have managed to get it under control, one can still benefit from learning the different relaxation techniques. Learning basic relaxation techniques is easy & by exploring these simple relaxation techniques, one is able to get started on de-stressing their life and improving their holistic health.

According to a research done on using relaxation training in improving of irritable bowel syndrome, it was found that with relaxation training in a brief group intervention, it has significantly improves symptom severity, general health perception and medical consumption in irritable bowel syndrome patients immediately after, as well as 6 and 12 months after intervention.[2]

There are also a number of other benefits as to how the body readily responds to stress from practicing relaxation techniques:

* Decrease in heart rate

* Able to stay mentally positive

* Slowing one’s breathing rate

* Reducing the need for oxygen

* Increasing blood flow to major muscles

* Reducing muscle tension

* Reducing emotional responses, such as anger and frustration

* Improved concentration & focus

* Greater ability to handle problems

* More efficiency in daily activities

Although health professionals such as complementary and alternative medicine practitioners, doctors and psychotherapists can teach relaxation techniques, we can also learn some of these techniques on our own.

The relaxation response leads to a quieting of the sympathetic nervous system. This relaxation response thus prevent one from being overstress, however it can only be evoked through conscious effort.

Relaxation techniques usually involve refocusing your attention to something calming and increasing awareness of your body. Regular use of the relaxation response helps to offset the effects of fight-or-flight responses (Benson, 1976). It doesn’t matter which techniques one choose, what matters is the need to practice relaxation response regularly to benefit from it.

There are several main types of relaxation techniques, including:

Body-to-mind control is one method which one can use to evoke the relaxation response. It is also known as progress muscle relaxation. In this technique, we will focus on slowly tensing and then relaxing each muscle group. This helps us to focus on the difference between muscle tension and relaxation, and we will become more aware of our physical sensations. We may choose to start off by tensing and relaxing the muscles in our toes and progressively working our way up to the neck and head. Tense the various muscles for at least five seconds and then relax for 30 seconds, and repeat.

Mind-to-body control is another method of evoking the relaxation response. In this technique, we will first select a quiet environment, get into a comfortable position and close our eyes. Next, we will concentrate fully on taking a deep breath and slowly to be aware of the breathing. While we are breathing out, repeat a positive cue word or sentence, for instance, “I’m relaxing my whole body”, “my whole body feels relax and free”. Continue doing this for another 10 to 20 minutes. During this exercise, we will adopt a passive attitude, which means that we will allow any distractions that come to our mind to simply pass through and not to focus on the thoughts so as to allow relaxation to occur at its own pace.

Visualization is the third relaxation techniques one can perform. In this technique, one will form positive & relaxation mental images so as to take on a visual journey to a peaceful, calming place or situation. We will try to stimulate using as many senses as possible, including smells, sights, sounds and textures. If we imagine relaxing at the ocean, for instance, we will think about the warmth of the sun, the sound of crashing waves, the feel of the grains of sand and the smell of salt water. We may choose to close our eyes, sit in a quiet spot and loosen any tight clothing so that it will help in the process of the overall relaxation technique.

There are also other relaxation techniques which include those that are more familiar with, such as Taichi, yoga, music, exercise, meditation, hypnosis and massage etc.

In Taichi, we combine both the techniques of body to mind & mind to body relaxation responses. Taichi can also be regarded as a form of dynamic meditation and when coupled with music along with the rhythmic, graceful smooth & continuous movements, it can be considered as one of the more holistic and complete form of relaxation techniques where it combines the positive effects of all the other different form of relaxation techniques.

As we learn & explore the various relaxation techniques, we will slowly become more aware of our muscle tension and also other physical sensations of stress. Once we are able to get a understanding of what the stress response feels like, we can then make a conscious effort to practice a relaxation technique as described earlier the moment we feel our muscles start to tense up.

In this way, we can prevent & thus avoid stress from spiraling out of control. We need to understand that relaxations techniques are skills just like other skills such as swimming, running, baking a cake and as with any skill, our ability to relax improves with correct practice. We need to be patient when performing the relaxation exercises & stay motivated to reduce the negative impact of stress on our body so as to experience a greater sense of calm in our life & also to be control in stress management.

Taichi Meditation

REFERENCES

[1] Kaushik RM, Kaushik R, Mahajan SK, Rajesh V. Effects of mental relaxation and slow breathing in essential hypertension. Complement Ther Med. 2006 Jun;14(2):120-6. Epub 2006 Jan 10

[2] P. P. J. VAN DER VEEK, Y. R. VAN ROOD, A. A. M. MASCLEE (2007). Clinical trial: short- and long-term benefit of relaxation training for irritable bowel syndrome. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Sep 15;26(6):943-52

[3] Rainer Martens PhD, 1987, Coaches Guide to Sport Psychology, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois

[4] Don Greene, 2001, Fight Your Fear and Win, Random House, New York

[5] Terry Orlick PhD, 1990, In Pursuit of Excellence, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois

[6] Herbert Benson M.D., 1992 (reissue), The Relaxation Response, Harper Collins, New York

[7] Martha Davis PhD, 2000, The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (Fifth Edition), New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, California

[8] Rainer Martens, Coaches Guide to Sport Psychology, 1987, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois, USA

The NCLEX is a specific type of test created purely to determine if the person taking it has studied nursing and understood it enough to be fit to actually do it as their chosen profession.

The Nclex test isn’t actually created just to stress and upset those who want to take it, it’s aimed primarily at protecting the general public from incompetent practitioners by setting rigorous and high standards for all those in the profession.

Is it any wonder therefore that the NCLEX is a difficult exam to pass, be it the PN or RN version being taken? Hard it is and hard it is meant to be.

But hang on a second, don’t start to panic and worry, hands in the air with a ‘woe is me what do I do now!?’ expression playing across your fevered brow! With the right attitude and ample application of the right exam focused critical thinking skills during the actual papers, it is certainly not impossible for you to walk through the exam relatively unscathed, coming out the other side with a huge smile and maybe an even bigger score!

Critical thinking comes into play on the day that you take the NCLEX, it has to in order for you to be able to assess the presented questions in such a way as to be able to gauge their impact and intent before answering.

In other words – using such an approach enables you to answer very difficult questions, that you would normally have skipped right over, by applying the principles of critical thinking.

At the same time however, don’t get me wrong here, preparing for the NCLEX is more than an exercise in just simple memorization, for doing so without critical thinking amounts to nothing more than empty reading. (Empty reading – you know? When you read something, commit it to memory parrot fashion but have no ability to understand where it fits as an answer and in what context it should be used!)

You will still have to understand the question and analyze it as quickly as possible. Remember, the NCLEX is a five-hour exam and spending too much time on a question will take a huge, huge final toll on your score.

Below are our “4 Top Tips” on how best to enhance your critical thinking skills and what you should aim to do to give yourself that edge:

1. Frame the questions accurately. Rereading them to strip out any and all superfluous information. This will enable you to weed out unnecessary information that may tend to muddle the situation more than it should. You should be able to separate what is important and what is not. This way, the question will not only be easier to answer but also easier to understand and analyse.

2. Check the information for relevance. One of the key factors in answering a question is determining the relevant facts necessary in order to answer it correctly. The information provided should be checked for specific areas of relevance and then you should try to ascertain, from the different potential answers you could give, which one does it correspond to the best.

3. Trace implications and consequences. One of the most difficult parts of critical thinking is trying to determine the implications of the information provided in the questions. But through practice, you will be able to determine with relative ease the consequences of the facts provided in NCLEX questions. Look for associations and phrases you would expect to see go together, whether it be describing a scenario with underlying common themes, listed details of a specific issue or just a straight forward nursing practice. Look for the common theme that should run through different issues and use that to best assess the issue presented to you – then clarify implications, consequences and answers!

4. Stay focused and disciplined. Although you may not have time to check and re-check your answers in the NCLEX, it is important to stay focused on the task at hand, which is to pass the test. Discipline is the key to any long exam session. Any distraction will tend to take precious time away from you, leaving you with less chance to actually pass the NCLEX. Although you may not think of this as a standard critical thinking skill – the ability to concentrate your mind onto just one thing for short bursts of time will have a huge impact on your final result! Don’t daydream, relax or break off. For 5 hours – it’s nose to the stone and keep thinking.

First and foremost in studying and exam-taking are the incentives which drive or motivate us toward a goal. Incentives can be roughly divided into two classes: rewards and threats (or rewards and punishments). Basically, we react toward pleasant things and away from unpleasant ones. If you are “lacking in motivation,” or, more correctly, low in motivation, it means that you have not reacted enough toward the rewarding side of study or away from the fear of failure in a way that brings out your best self.

How can high motivation be created? Where does it come from? How does it apply to studying and taking exams?

The causes of high motivation seem to occur throughout an individual’s lifetime. They have been traced back through adolescence to childhood, where incidents are known to have a tremendous influence, back into infancy as well, and by some investigators into fetal life.

Incentives of different kinds will naturally appeal to different kinds of people, according to childhood and adolescent experience. Within a given individual, incentives tend to shift, at least superficially. The incentives of self-respect, self-gratification, and self-advancement tell much of the early story. Later in life, other incentives enter the picture.

If one can clearly relate the self to the outcome of studying, it becomes easier to study. The pleasure of winning, of showing someone you could do it, the fear of failing, and the shame of not measuring up, if you can only personalize these forces and direct them toward reading books and toward high-level mental activity, can be your strong allies in making the most of study time. Exactly what will appeal to you as an incentive is hard to say. Loftier goals – the betterment of one’s family, community, nation, etc. – usually arise later in life. If you can relate your work to these goals, you are indeed displaying a high degree of maturity.

Most students have vague incentives which have not been brought into sharp focus. As you read along in this book, perhaps you will begin to see what education is all about, and this comprehension will help sharpen your own incentives.

At the start of the year line up your work on a schedule of day-to-day routine. If you stick to the routine for several weeks, you may be able to experiment a little and relax the routine. But to start with no routine and then try to tighten up the loose strings produces hardship. Much damage may be done by then.

To begin with, recognize that although you are not on someone’s payroll (yet), you are nonetheless definitely employed. Looked at one way, you are employed by Your Future Self. If you, as Your Present Self, neglect your work, Your Future Self will find you incompetent. Your Future Self is standing, unseen, watching over you at all times. To keep from letting him down is your present business.

Anyone who has skipped over the first pans to reach this section will get nowhere. Studying and taking exams are too closely related. Starting here would be like the man learning to walk the tightrope who read the directions and placed his left foot on the rope, and then the right, and then fell flat on his face. He skipped over the part about first keeping his balance. There are no short-cuts to prosperity in the business of self-education.

Up to now we have been creating a “rationale” for taking one’s studies in stride. A rationale shows the reasoning behind certain prescribed patterns of conduct. A rationale is better than mere do’s and don’ts because you can modify the recommended procedures intelligently to fit personal, variable situations or your own individuality when a rigid procedure does not work too well for you.

An exam is one of the many incidents along the long road to an education, and NOT the destination. In a very general way, an exam is similar to being born: Long preparation and growth had to come first, and a lot more of real life still lays ahead!

Writing essays can be easy for most people when there are no time constrains. But the situation changes when you put some time limit on the essay writing. For example, you may find that you write with relative ease when you are writing from the comfort of your own home, with no one bothering you. But during an exam, you find that you often encounter writer\’s block, and you can\’t deliver the same level of writing.

So what exactly happened here? Did the topic become more difficult suddenly during an exam?

No, it did not. The topic may still be the same, but you still can\’t write properly during an exam. That\’s because you are feeling the pressure.

Now where did this stress and tension come from? There is really no need to stress yourself up if you know how to handle the situation. Here are some suggestions on how to write an essay during an exam.

1. Don\’t start immediately. Read the topic, but leave the pen on the table. Concentrate on your breathing and relax. Give yourself some time to ease off that tension.

2. Let your mind ponder over the topic for the first 3 to 5 minutes. Don\’t worry about the time limit. When you worry, fear sets in and you find yourself paralyzed. You then call it mental block, when you are actually experiencing fear.

3. Use the next 3 to 5 minutes to list down your ideas. You can organize them if you like, but that\’s not mandatory. The important thing is to recognize the good ideas, and work on them.

4. Once you feel settled enough, and you have a list of ideas to work, start working on the essay. Begin anyway you want, but don\’t hesitate. It\’s an exam, and you don\’t have all the time in the world. You don\’t need a perfect essay. You have to remember – whatever you are experiencing, others are experiencing it too. Everyone is working under similar conditions. So there is no need to strive for perfect essays. You can still score well if you handle the situation well enough.

5. As you write, just let your thoughts flow. Don\’t keep going back to see if you have written the right thing or not. Just go with the flow. Sometimes, that may lead you away from your initial plan, but that is perfectly alright. As long as you are writing on topic, you are doing fine.

6. Don\’t get too engrossed with the writing until you forget the time. Always use the last 15 minutes to wrap up the essay. An unfinished essay always get a much lower grade. That\’s because it\’s harder to grade an unfinished essay.

Very often, you see students crying after an exam. Why? Because they couldn\’t finish the essay. They forgot all about the time when they are writing. So don\’t worry even if you have other ideas that you want to write about. Just give your essay a nice and conclusive ending. You will feel much better, and you will also get better grades.

The PMP exam is not your average high school examination where you can cram like crazy, feign failure of physical fitness on the day of the exam, and cross your fingers your teacher will swallow your Oscar-worthy performance hook, line and sinker. In short order, you have to prepare most rigorously for the PMP exam.

After all, passing this Professional Management Institute-administered examination is not just one more gem in your crown of achievements. You can cash in on your credentials with juicier job opportunities, for one thing. However, age, health, and lifestyle demands can get in the way of preparation and concentration. You need these brain boosters to get your brain power back on track while you enjoy doing them.

Love, Love, Love

Literally, that is. When you feel like slacking off on your review, you should make love to your wife or girlfriend. You have to be warned though: great monogamous sex is still the best mood booster.

And when you mood is better, you feel better, you concentrate better, you memorize better and you understand better. Now, if only you will not fall asleep after all that horizontal ballroom dancing because your PMP exam review materials are waiting for you to caress them, too.

Also, you can love your body by doing simple exercises in between reading and answering your review materials. When you exercise, you improve blood circulation throughout your body, thereby increasing blood flow to your brain. You can just stand up, touch your toes, and do jumping jacks for a few minutes to get your brain juices flowing again.

Furthermore, a hug, a kiss, a few encouraging words to family members and friends to show you care for them is good for your exam preparation. You have to tap into your support system to ensure that you keep your sanity in the midst of it all.

Think, Think, Think

But not negative thoughts. You have to stay positive for most of the times you are preparing for the PMP exam. Remember that what we think, we become. The key is in controlling your thoughts towards the things you desire, visualizing those things clearly in your mind and taking inspired action towards the attainment of your goals.

To achieve a positive state of mind, you have to surround yourself with positive people. You should be around family and friends who will make you laugh and relax, think positive thoughts, share the same interests and understand your PMP exam preparation for what it is – very important to your career but secondary to your personal life.

That being said, you need to avoid people who do nothing but complain about the unfairness of life. You can get depressed and discouraged just listening to them whine.

Eat, Eat, Eat

Just don’t overdo it. You have to eat to keep up your energy. However, don’t eat everything in sight and take the book-under-the-pillow to extremes by turning it into a PMBOK-eating exercise.

Keep these tips in mind when choosing what foods to eat: 1) keep unhealthy fats off your plate; 2) go for dark-colored fruits and vegetables especially spinach and broccoli; 3) eat plenty of fish like salmon, mackerel, tuna and sardines; and 4) chow down on whole grains like brown rice and whole-wheat pasta.

When you have enough love from your family and friends, have positive thoughts and have eaten healthy, you can be sure to ace your PMP exam. Now, buckle down and achieve another feather to your cap!

Before any jobhunter comes face-to-face with excellent career opportunities and competitive compensation, he or she needs to satisfy first the requirements of the hiring companies. These include, as we all know, passing a successful interview and acing employment examinations.

Most of the time, if not always,  you need to complete company employment exams before you could have an opportunity to meet the hiring manager in an interview. It is like when you are visiting a big house. You need to pass on the gate first before you could enter it.

Here are some tips to ace those employment exams for you to grab that ultimate ticket to an interview. Try to ponder on these and for sure passing those exams would be as easy as ABC.

1.    Read Direction Carefully

Not following the directions might completely wipe out your dream to pass any given exam. Even if you know all the answers, if you mistakenly did it wrong you will definitely fail. Most employment exams today are being checked using electronic checkers or programmed computers. These technologies were not programmed to understand your mistakes. They just check the exams based on standards installed on them. Be sure you know what you are supposed to do. If it is not clear, ask the proctor.

2.    Maximize your time.
See how long your exam is. Pace your time wisely so you have time for all aspects. Do not waste your time on questions you do not know the answer. Remember that all questions have equal value. Move on to items you know. Come back to those you have not answered if you still have time. You may try to answer the essay questions first as these always have the largest percentage.

3.    Answer only what is being asked in essays.
If the question asks you to give example, give some. Watch for key words in essay questions, such as compare, discuss, contract, and describe. These words spot to what the instructor will look for in your answer.

Outline your essay before you write. This will keep you on the topic and you will be more likely to include all the points that you have in mind. Write your essay neatly—it may affect your grade. Define the terms you use. Use examples—this helps show that you know what you are writing about. If you run out of time, direct the reader to your outline—you may still get points for what you did not write.

4.    Be smart in answering multiple choice
When you are taking a multiple-choice test, the first thing you need to do is to read the question carefully. Make sure you understand what kind of information you are looking for. If you know the answer right away, you should mark the correct answer and move on to the next question.

If you do not know the answer, you might be able to figure it out. The first thing to do is to cross out answers you know are wrong. If you end up with two answers left and you are not sure which is correct, you should probably take a guess. You are just as likely to guess the right answer as the wrong one.

5.    Prepare both emotionally and physically
Be positive, do not assume that you will fail. Remember the law of attraction. If you attract good things, good things come your way. Believe in your ability.

Get a good and sound sleep the night before the exam. Proper rest will energize you. Eat nutritious food so you have the energy and nutrients to fuel your brain and body.

6.    Do not hesitate to ask questions.

If there were something unclear and confusing to you, ask the proctor. This will shed light to any unclear instructions.

7.    Wear comfortable clothes
It not the time to show your fashion sense during exams. If you feel uncomfortable with your clothes, you might lose your concentration.

8.    Relax
A mind at peace will result to beautiful outcomes. If you feel nervous, try to take a break for a second. Take a deep breath and do not forget to let it out. Change your position. Stretch your arms, hands and neck.  Make sure that you do this quietly.  Then go back to taking the test.

Exam Stress

Dealing with the stress of exams can be, and most likely will be, a nightmare. The best thing you can do though is to take any advice you get, and follow it!
Below is a selection of tips, some I gathered from other sources, but for the most part, they come from my own personal experiences.

You have to believe in yourself!
You need to believe you can do it, and keep your morale and self-respect levels high-up. This might not suit you, but I started working out during my exams, lasted a month afterward and stopped, but it helped me to relieve my stress without taking it all out on my family.

Revise with a friend!
You need time to yourself to revise, however, it is good for you to get out revise with your friends and then go see a film or something. Whatever makes your clock tick.

Don’t over/under estimate yourself!
Don’t believe you can’t do it, but be realistic. Don’t get worried about failing, but don’t get too hyped up on getting straight A’s either!

Don’t make the mistake of caffeine!
Sure, coffee makes you stay awake, but it doesn’t give you energy and you’ll soon lose your concentration, determination and probably waste a nights worth of revision.

Try to avoid panic!
Everybody panics during exam times, try your absolute best not to. Just play some of your favourite music, and relax. Also, breathing deeply is useful.

Every exam is a new one!
In my standard grades I sat and did nothing during the second maths paper, simply because I felt I’d messes up paper 1. Turns out I could’ve got most of it!

At the end of the day, they’re your exams. If you feel you’ve done your best and tried your hardest, who is anybody to say you failed? You have to fail sometimes or you won’t appreciate the times you succeed, which I assure you will come later as long as you try hard.

As Anurag Ahluwalia would say’
‘It is important that you eat well, drink water and get lots of rest, especially the night before your exams; and ask for help if there are things you do not understand.‘

Anyway, good luck with your exams!

The real estate career may offer the flexible work schedule, independence and quite unlimited earning potential that one would like to experience. The real estate license prep may help an agent to have a successful career but this career will also ask for preparation, hard work and commitment. The process to obtain such a license is rather straight forward. The agent must enroll in and pass a course that can reach up to 60 hours. This course will teach him everything about the basics of the real estate business and once he passes this course, he will be provided with a special certificate and certain directions when it comes to the further steps to be made. The agent may start by taking an exam preparation or a review course. The real estate exam prep is quite hard and almost every agent will need a sort of focused review especially if it will be his first time.

The agent who is interested in a real estate career should sign up to a special course in order to get all the information he will need. He will be given a confirmation number and he will have to pay a certain fee that will be established by each state. If the prep exam is passed, the agent will receive an examination report that will include all the details about how to apply further when it comes to getting the real estate license. The final application will also be included and the agent has to complete this application. The completed application will be returned along all the fees that must be paid.

The agent should not feel tempted to skip this type of exam; this exam can turn out to be quite useful in order to summarize the existent knowledge and can also prepare the agent for the license exam to come. This course may also help the agent retain more necessary information; the real estate exam prep will include books and texts and the agent should think about the course that is likely to fit his needs. The course can also influence the agent when it comes to his final option; he will have to realize what area of the real estate business is likely to be the appropriate one for him. A good real estate school has to be chosen because its courses will be able to face the constant demands that are coming from the students.

There are some minimum requirements that are to be respected; in order for an agent to obtain a license, he must qualify for this exam and he has to pass the written form. Only the agents who manage to pass this written exam will receive a special application. This application has to be submitted to and it has to be approved by the existent DRE. The agent must be 18 years old or even older because this is the legal age when a person can become real estate licensed. A proof of legal presence in that country will also be required and the applicant must be truthful and honest. For instance, a certain conviction for a crime can prevent an agent from getting his real estate license. Experience is not likely to be required but education is highly important meaning that the salesperson must have graduated some college-level courses.

The salesperson should take care of the rest of the details that are implied by a license exam. For instance, he has to get prepared and learn everything about the future test. He has to be overly prepared in order to answer the questions. If knowledge is achieved, the answers will come in an automatic manner. All the material should be studied and this material will mainly consist of legal aspects and legislations. Self-confidence is to be practiced because if a real estate agent manages to pass all the requirements, the only thing that he will have to do is to learn and study the necessary information. All the negative messages are to be fought and the agent must visualize his own success in order to pass the license exam without being too anxious about it. Even the physical activity cannot go wrong in this particular case; it can help the mind relax and focus in the proper manner without being distracted.

Positive attitude is everything and the agent should try to visualize his future success again. Stress should not overwhelm him and he has to repeat some self-confidence messages; these messages are to be believed. For instance, the agent should try to find an easy question in order to find its answer without becoming too anxious. This kind of exercise will help him take the required mental break before the license exam starts. He must not loose his concentration during the exam; but if this happens, he should accept the reality meaning that his brain is taking a necessary break. He will be ready to work again later. All these techniques are to be used ahead of time in order to enjoy their effects at the proper time.

An Examination is a very important part of life, which is used to test a person’s ability. But as you know many of us has fear and are afraid of it. Though they know that exams are there for their benefit but also they have a lot of fear for it.

It is very often we find such people. You will find such people a little anxious and a little stressed about their exams. Many a times such nerves can be motivating and useful to you, for others it’s nerve wrecking.

To overcome these nerves we got some tips for you. Don’t get too excited about the exams and for that don’t drink too much of the coffee or tea to cope up with the exam tension. Eat healthy and proper diet and don’t worry about the exams while eating.

Stress can be harmful to you physically for sometimes. It can cause a lot of problems in your body.

Physical problems can be increased heartbeat and breath, sweating palms, nervous attitude, stressed about exams, etcBefore moving to the examination hall you prepare thoroughly about the exams. For that firstly make a list of what is to be studied and then make a overlook for that.

Now divide each subject into some easy sub-classes. Go through some previous question papers and study your previous mistakes made in it.

Make a foolproof schedule for your study. Overlook the techniques used for answering the questions I mean their pattern and style of writing. Solve few more question papers to achieve a proper time management.

Take some quick breaks in your study time so that you can maintain an interest in your study. Now while giving the exams just relax, control your breath and believe in yourself. Don’t panic and be optimistic. Try to reduce your stress and be happy.

Don’t revise at least an hour before the exams. Keep your focus on the paper and tell yourself that you are completely prepared.

For exams reach before the time and try to adjust in the surrounding.

Don’t listen to any of the exam rumours before exams. If you still can’t control your exam stress then go for some meditation or I would suggest hypnosis.Yes, hypnosis, a real good and effective way to control your nerves and reduce your stress. It can be seen that a person’s whole life changes completely only from few of the appropriate instructions. In hypnosis a person directly deals you’re your subconscious mind instead of your conscious mind.

The fact is your subconscious mind is a lot more obedient and following then your conscious mind, so instructing correctly to your subconscious mind results terrific in reducing your nerves. Hypnosis reduces your fear of failure and generates a sense of confidence in you. It decreases your negativity and forces you to think positive about your exams. You also multiples your potential. You simply need to get your hands on the hypnosis for examination MP3. This is easily downloadable and you’ll be well on your path to combating and overcoming the condition.

I have exams coming up FAST, and the two things that relaxed me last time was:
-biting nails
-chewing gum
But now I can’t do either because of braces. So I’M SO VERY NERVOUS for exams, how can I relax, and what could help me during the exams (relax)?
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!