Dump your brain

Don't take it word by word. I don't want to drain your brain. This is a simple trick to be used during your PMP exam. This small technique is called "Brain dump".
You are through to your study, remembered all the formulaes, short cuts, ITTOs, process groups and what nots. Still there will a question back in your mind.. will I remember all these till the end of my exam? Will I be able recollect it during exam time? Such questions will make you nervous and any kind of such feelings is not good... at least before the start of the exam. Let your brain take the control of your body and not the heart.

Remedy
Do practise to write whatever you have remembered on a piece of paper. prepare your own dump sheet. Don't borrow it from others 'cause whatever you feel important may not be the case with other. Note the time required to do the same. Do it 3-4 times to make it perfect.

Before the start of the exam, you will be guided by a tutorial of 15 mins time. Please go through that tutorial thoroughly checking all the aspect till the last page.. STOP.. don't click and exit the tutorial. Exiting the tutorial means start of your exam. Completing the tutorial requires hardly 6-7 mins. The remaining time (8-9 mins), you can utilize for the brain dump on the papers provided. Key to success (or at least relaxing your mind) is to effectively use these 8-9 mins. This is the time when you will dump whatever you have practised.

So.. lets start to create your own dump sheet.. All the best.

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Catch you next time,
Mahesh Masurkar PMP