In every aspect of life, planning is a pre-condition for success to be achieved. Working without a plan is like going to a journey without knowing your destination. Within a well structured plan, what you consider as hard work may be a useless distractions or digression. Plan your work and follow your plans.
This is the foundation of a good plan. Be sure you know what you want out of your education. Seek the help of your parents, teachers, and counsellors to choose a career. Deciding early on a career will help you choose subjects for which you have the interest and zeal. Besides, you will be able to determine the minimum grade to aim for.
7 Ways To Plan For Success
The hours you have for your personal studies come mostly between 4-5pm and 7:30-9:30pm. What you do wthin these periods must also be subject to a plan. You must decide which subjects must be revised and for how long. The key is to consider your strength and weaknesses in appointing time. The subject in which you are weakest demand more time.
2. Days Before The Exam
Every last day before any examination are crucial for students. Your time must be applied to maximum advantage. The key is to concentrate on materials which are key to the course, where most, marks can be earned and which you do not find too difficult to understand. Few days to the examinations are not the days to crack complex new concepts.
3. Planning In The Exam Hall
Take the habit of planning right into the exam hall. Read the instructions carefully. Read all questions very carefully. Plan length of time you can give to each question. Start with question that you find easier. In essay questions, jot down your points and arrange them logically before you start.
4. Weekly Plan/Time Table
You can develop a personal weekly time table. Within the context of the major events, for each week, your normal classes, normal school activities, house activities, etc.
5. Term Plan
It is important to have a plan for each term within the context of your annual programme. It is here that you must focus more specifically on the examinations for that particular term even though you have been revising generally and regularly. Your typical term plan therefore should indicate what examinations are coming up, whether they are internal or external, when the are scheduled and what assignments, projects or test you must write.
6. Yearly Plan
Depending on what you want out of your education, you can develop a plan to cover the entire year. If you decide to be a sport person, say professional footballer, you definitely will have a plan or focus completely different from that of the student who aim at bring an actor, or a musician or a medical doctor. Such plans should cover a broad range of issues like societies you belong to, the events you must attend during your annual plan, take into consideration the examinations you must take within the year, the aspect of your syllabus that must be covered and the notes, texts that must be revised.
7. Follow Your Plan
It is difficult to develop a plan. It is even more difficult to adhere to the plan. There are many temptations that pull you away from following your plans. But as all Successful people know the ability, discipline and patients to a plan always results in success.
