Top Tips for Creating Your Own Success in exams

Start Your revision several months before hand.

Clarify what motivates you and create a poster of these motivations and put it above where you revise

• Memorise small chunks of information at a time
• Use several revision and memory methods
• Seek guidance if you methods are not working very well
• Test yourself as you go along. Involve friends or family to help
• Identify the specific points you need help with and then get the help you need
• Use a copy of the syllabus as a checklist for what you know and what you still need to work on
• Make it fun & enjoy it - with a good imagination this works!

Having got your exam subject under control it's important to create the neural pathways in your brain that you want and to prepare your body to support you.

Like a top athlete

• Use visualisation to prepare your mind and body
• Train yourself to be in the present moment, focusing on the task in hand - worry occurs when you focus on the future instead of dealing with the present
• Give up your worries to God or your higher self (the wise part of your self) and then get on with the steps necessary for your success
• Eat the appropriate foods for your brain's top performance and those that support your body in times of stress