MindStore can help eliminate the anxiety & stress related to exams, and produce fantastic results.

Oct. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Exams can cause tremendous anxiety, negativity and self-doubt.

However if you use the techniques described here, you need never feel challenged by the thought of exams again. You may even start to look forward to them!

These techniques are as relevant to young children’s first exams, to mature students, or professional exams for career development.

Self-talk:

In the run up to and during the exam you need to be positively self talking to yourself.
Statements like “ I know I can do this” and “I can sit this exam to the best of my ability on the day”

All these statements help to reinforce positive messages to yourself so you believe you can do well.

As the great Henry Ford said “If you think you can or think you can’t, you are absolutely right”

So think “I can” and you will.

Keep Away:

“Never go near the examination room until the last possible minute”

In fact don’t even enter the building where the exam is taking place until you absolutely have to.

Sit in your car, your parent’s car, or park bench for as long as possible and keep out of the way.

There is a good reason for this. If you remember back to school days remember how you felt before exams: the high level of anxiety and your friends wailing, “I know I’m going to fail this, I’m lousy at exams” making you think “ Oh No, I’m lousy at them too” and you remember the brainy ones saying, “ I know I’m going to fail because I haven’t revised a thing” even though you knew they’d done nothing else for weeks?

If you recall how all that felt you will understand why you should keep your distance until the last minute. Otherwise, your brain will listen to all the negative energy and will process it, especially if you find yourself joining in with a statement like,” I haven’t revised either”  your brain won’t know whether you are telling the truth or not it will simply process your thought.

Choosing the best seat:

When you walk into the exam room, if possible sit next to the student' s you know will pass, so you can benefit from their positive energy fields. Who knows, some of their answers may even float over in your direction!

Don’t choose to sit next to those who seem sure to fail as there negative energy will affect you as well as the distractions from them fidgeting and leaving the room early.

Once in your seat, take deep long breaths in and focus on the breathing, then exhale deeply, do this 3 times to get plenty oxygen in your blood stream and into your brain.

Smile and think positively about how well you will do remember the self talk from earlier.

Use these three easy to use but powerful tools to dramatically improve your performance and reduce anxiety and stress in this exam season.


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