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performance. We have to remember that, we can replicate the mock-
test performance during the real exam only when we learn to handle
the stress effectively and believe in ourselves.

So, what is the way out? How to handle exam pressure?

For this first of all you will have to alter your perceptions towards
examinations. You need to understand and believe that the qualities
you are acquiring are going to stay with you forever.
It would be best if you do not have this mentality that “I am improving
myself or acquiring such qualities only for the sake of my exams and

career.”
Some people are habituated to take stress in each and every
situation. For them, an exam is an event which comes with loads of
anxiety. Their negative thoughts make the situation worse. “Your
thoughts carry you wherever you want to go. Weak thoughts don’t

have the energy to carry you far!”, said the writer Israelmore Ayivor.

A person can have stress and fear about anything and everything in
this world. Some people harbor a fear of losing their loved ones,
some people are afraid of something unknown, while others are
afraid of something known to them. There will always be something
or the other that will incite fear in you. Therefore, never think about

getting away from the fear that exams bring with it. Try saying “No” to
everything that scares you. When you deny to be intimidated or
fearful, nothing can stop you from achieving your goal. Ayivor again,
- “On your track to success, never forget that you are crossing many
rivers. Yes, you are! And each of those rivers contain crocodiles that
may attempt to intimidate you. Never be afraid; sail on and you will

get there.”

Once, Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, was
asked how did he conquer the Everest? He said, “it is not the
mountain we conquer but ourselves.” How right he was!

Look at the sky during the day. If the Sun is not visible, then it

doesn’t mean that the Sun is absent. The invisibility of the Sun