Many GMAT aspirants face a common dilemma: they either avoid breaks entirely, leading to burnout, or take unplanned breaks that derail their preparation. Neither approach works. Last week, a student shared how her “short break” extended to three months, leaving her struggling to regain momentum. The solution lies in taking strategic breaks that enhance rather than hinder your preparation. Like the Chinese bamboo tree needs consistent care to grow, your GMAT journey needs well-planned periods of rest to sustain progress.
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Beyond GMAT Concepts: Understand Your Triggers
GMAT success isn’t just about mastering concepts; it’s also about understanding and managing the triggers that lead to mistakes. Recognizing these patterns can help you avoid pitfalls and perform at your best
Starting with GMAT Prep? Let Me Tell You About My Wedding Dance Preparation
What my wedding dance prep taught me about learning can help GMAT aspirants too.
Why should I delve deep into questions that I will never see on my test?
Why should I delve deep into questions that I will never see on my test? This article will address two questions I have been asked recently: When I asked a student to deeply analyze why, in verbal questions, each option is correct or incorrect, I sensed hesitation in the student. When I asked him whether …
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A comprehensive solution to your timing problem in GMAT Verbal
A comprehensive solution to your timing problem in GMAT Verbal Perhaps, the most common problem GMAT aspirants face is that they take more time than available to solve the questions. Only if they could solve the questions faster they would be done with the GMAT. This is what is called the “timing problem.” This article …
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How to eliminate options quickly in GMAT Verbal?
How to eliminate options quickly in GMAT Verbal? This is, perhaps, one of the most often asked questions of all time in the GMAT prep space. I wanted to write an article on the same for a long time. A recent email, though, served as the final straw on the camel’s back – it made …
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The need for self-compassion in GMAT prep
One reason we find committing mistakes very painful is that we judge ourselves negatively when we make mistakes. This article presents an alternative way to deal with our mistakes.
Handling Self-doubt during GMAT prep
Self-doubt has the potential to substantially demotivate a person and to completely drain their energy. Thus, if not handled well, self-doubt can wreak one’s GMAT prep journey.
In this article, I share my thoughts with the aim to help people facing self-doubt.
GMAT Aspirant: Are you also measuring yourself the wrong way?
“What you measure is what you’ll get. Period.”, writes Dan Ariely.
Here’s something I’d say to a majority of GMAT aspirants: You are measuring yourself the wrong way.
Why is it hard to change our habits?
This article is the second in a series of articles on how to use in GMAT preparation the principles of habit formation outlined in the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. Here’s the link to the first article. In this article, we’re going to discuss two reasons why we find it hard to change our …