The document provides tips for managing stress and preparing for exams. It recommends setting specific, written goals with deadlines and prioritizing the most important ones. Students should make a study schedule that balances prayer, study time, breaks and sleep. They are advised to study in a quiet, tidy environment and use the SQ3R reading method. On exam day, students should avoid malpractice, write legibly and present their work well. Managing time effectively and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are also emphasized as important for exam preparation.

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2. Goal Setting

3. Defining Goal “ The purpose towards which an endeavour is directed”

4. “ Challenging Goals”

5. Setting up the goals The way you go about it…

6. 5 step formula…

7. Be Specific…

8. Write it down… The greatest buildings have first appeared on paper; similarly, the great objectives of our lives also have to first appear on paper before they can be turned into our realities.

9. Set deadlines… Setting deadlines forces us to be efficient in reaching our objectives, because it reminds us that we don’t have all the time in the world to reach them.

10. Prioritize… To ensure that we won’t be making progress on a less important goal at the expense of a more important goal

11. Balance… Set goals in all the important areas of life

12. “ Dare to dream, Care to achieve.”

13. Never fear or hate exam and be confident.

14. Exam Fear or Stress is not at all bad. It is a strong incentive for students to study. It poses a challenge for individual achievement. It can be positive, helping you to study motivated & focussed. Low levels of stress are manageable, infact necessary & normal.

15. But.. If U fear too much & start taking things out of their perspective.. Then it may be really harmful..

16. Nervousness Mental blocks Difficulty organizing thoughts Difficulty concentrating on questions Forgetting answers after the test is over

17. Offer Namaz regularly with Jamat. Read the Holy Quran daily. Be good to your Parents.

18. O my Lord! Open for me my chest (grant me self-confidence, contentment, and boldness) And ease my task for me; And make loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue, (i.e. remove the incorrectness from my speech) That they understand my speech. (20:25-28) “ My Lords! Increase me in knowledge.”

19. Prepare a good time table. Failing to plan is planning to fail

20. “ We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.” -- Bruce Lee

21. Time is Money. Two spent dollars may be the same but two spent hours are never the same.

22. Why? The past is history The future is mystery Today is a gift That is why we call it a present

23. Factors Preventing Implementation of Time Management Fear of Failure Cannot say NO Vague and Impractical Plans Postponements Blaming Leaving Decision making to others Fear of Change Running away from responsibility

24. Solution: Determination to organize I MUST I CAN I WILL I SHALL RIGHT NOW

25. Three P’s for Effective Time Management Planning Prioritizing Procrastinating

26. By some estimates, people waste about 2 hours per day. Signs of time wasting:

27. PLANNING YOUR TIME

28. Start Time End Time Activity 6:00 AM 7:00 AM Fajr Namaz and Recitation of Holy Quran 7:00 AM 9:30 AM Studies 9:30 AM 10:30 AM Breakfast and Refresh 10:30 AM 1:00 PM Studies 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Zuhar Namaz and Lunch 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Studies 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Asar, Magrib Namaz and Recreation. 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Studies 8:00 PM 9:30 PM Isha Namaz and Dinner 9:30 PM 11:00 PM Studies 11:00 PM 6:00 AM Sleep As per this schedule you are spending 9.5 hours for studies.

29. Select a proper atmosphere for studying.

30. Study Environment Should be QUIET. Should be clean and tidy. Should be Ventilated and properly lighted. Assemble all required material. Be comfortable, but not too comfortable. Keep water bottle on the desk. For every 30 min you study have a break of 5 min Other wise For every 60 min you study have a break of 10 min

32. Study Skills

33. SQ3R Method (Reading Method) S = Survey Look for structure & organization of chapter. Q = Question Turn each heading into question 3 R’s = Read, Recite, & Review Read to answer above question Recite the answer to question Review – immediate & delayed

34. Make notes while studying.

35. Sleep well and Eat well.

38. Never malpractice in exam hall.

39. Write and Present well.