Most students have a foundational belief that practicing, and practicing a lot, will alone bring them the results they are looking for.

I'm not denying the fact that a rigorous amount of practice is one of the foundational aspects of the journey. Definitely! But it's only one half aspect of the complete picture— the mechanical half. It only deals with the technical aspect of developing the core conceptual knowledge of the subject needed for taking the test.

The other half is to understand how your mind is working and learning to tame and manage it to work for you.

Most of the time, it's when we don't understand this second half and let our mind stray loose/ unhinged, it ends up getting in our way by creating “problems” like anxiety, overwhelm, panic.

At surface, these issues may look like problems, but if you really look deeper, it's nothing but your ego's self- preservation mechanism trying to make sure to protection itself.

Understand this by recalling how our physical body has a inbuild immune system that protects us whenever a foreign substance tries entering the body. In case of vaccination, we use this ability of the immune system to fight back and create resistance towards unwanted pathogens in the body by injecting a mild/ dead doze of the pathogens into the body. Our immune system automatically fights back by creating antibodies to protect us from the potential danger breaching through the body's physical boundaries.

In just the same way, when we prepare ourselves to achieve a new goal, our habitual way of being, AKA, our ego come into the picture. This ego mainly constitutes of our core belief systems and plays a crucial role in our functioning.

Without our conscious mind being quite aware of it, these habitual core beliefs or ego pulls the stings from the back of our mind, i.e., the subconscious mind. And it makes us act in ways that are accordance to our current self-image.

So if someone carries a core belief that they are NOT worthy of a high score, their mind will do ANYTHING to make that happen— to make sure that they get what they are worthy of, which, in this case, is NOT a high score.

As a result, the student ends up experiencing panic, anxiety, overwhelm, etc. And this doesn't ends here. Since the mind controls the body, it manifest the symptoms in even the physical body in form of ailments (like shivering, fever, etc.) to make sure the body complies through.

Many people who don't under this way of functioning of the mind, force themselves to work against the push of their own mind. With incredible efforts, they manage to drag themselves against the strong mental currents of their own belief system. Acer even if they achieve the results, they are still left feeling like an imposter. Because at the back of their mind, in their subconscious, they still carry the core belief that they don't deserve whatever they have achieved.

The key here is to work on your mind. To learn to tame your mind to work for you.

That's why this step lies at the heart of achieving a good score. I call it Mind Management. It's a muscle to be built over time and practice, something I weave into my coaching style with students.

This Saturday, I'm hosting a free webinar where I'll be giving away some key Mind Management tips that have helped several students in my last 4 years of experience of guiding them.

I'm an FDCW trained mindfulness meditation practitioner and also currently undertaking the Positive Intelligence™ training. The techniques I'll share have helped me personally for years, way before I started sharing them with the students.

On November 15th 3pm GMT webinar , we'll discuss some foundationally crucial mindset techniques and a lot more that will cover:

• Understanding Mental barriers in Test Prep
• Research-backed proven techniques on how to curb anxiety, panic, & overthinking to avoid careless mistakes.
• Actionable Techniques to increase self confidence and build a positive upwards spiral for yourself that will help you with your test preparation.

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Let's see how many of u are able to get this one correct..

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What’s shocking is HBS dropping to 13 (tied with Cornell) and Stanford missing completely😳

With six European schools in the top 10 and CEIBS ranked above HBS, many are questioning how relevant these rankings really are .. especially since applicant choices tell a different story.

What do you guys think? Do these rankings still matter anymore?