to relax before it is put to work. Remember that your mind performs at its best when you are in a relaxed state.
It will definitely help if you could chat with your friends about anything that could take your mind off studying, but never talk about the examination or the study material. Most of all, never ever study on the day of the examination. This is the best way to sabotage your mind. Doing so will put you in a more tense state and the new material will only confuse you and interfere with any information that your mind has so well sorted out and integrated during your sleep.
In Chapter 16, we discovered that the words you use on yourself can empower you or destroy you. Never allow that voice inside your head to say things like ‘I’m nervous’, ‘I’m dead’, ‘I hope it is not too difficult’, ‘Oh no!’ Instead, do what world champion boxers do. Keep telling yourself, ‘I’m getting my A’, ‘This is easy’, ‘I can do it’, ‘No problem’.
Even when you find yourself stumped by many difficult questions, never allow yourself to talk negatively. Once you get into a lousy state, it will be all over. So, keep talking positive.
Before the exam, get yourself into an empowering
state by thinking about a time in the past when
you felt totally confident, unstoppable and
powerful. See that picture clearly in your mind
and make that image big and bright. Make sure
you are fully associated with that picture and
that it is in colour.
Next, make sure you are in an empowering physiology.
Breathe the way you would be breathing if you were totally
confident. Put that determined look on your face. Throw your
shoulders back and walk as if you were unstoppable.
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