From: Abderrahim sadki (a_sadki1@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 25 2007 - 02:51:45 ART
I definitely agree.....on my first attempt I had a panic attack in the
morning.
I could see clear, I was dizzy...it was horrible.
If you've done ur homework then controlling ur stress becomes 80% of
success
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From: "joshua lauer" <jslauer@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "joshua lauer" <jslauer@hotmail.com>
To: "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk@gmail.com>, "Darby Weaver"
<darbyweaver@yahoo.com>
CC: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: TIP - Or at least some personal
observances/reflections...
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:43:23 -0500
>Here's a good tip and I hope it makes sense;
>
>The day I passed I just didnt care anymore, I walked into the test
>center like it was any other day and completely relaxed. Personally,
>I was more exited at the drive back home than actually doing the
>lab. I finished 2 hours before the deadline and that's after having
>plenty of time to check things over a few times.
>
>Relaxation is key, everything else is gravy. When I went into the
>lab that day I saw people who were so wound up tight it was pitiful.
>One girl wouldnt talk to anyone because she "was concentrating", I
>thought that was pretty pathetic. To make a long story short, just
>chill and you'll do fine.
>
>JL
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Narbik Kocharians"
><narbikk@gmail.com>
>To: "Darby Weaver" <darbyweaver@yahoo.com>
>Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:23 PM
>Subject: Re: TIP - Or at least some personal
>observances/reflections...
>
>
>>Darby,
>>
>>HAve you ever written anything less than half a mile?
>>
>>
>>On 2/23/07, Darby Weaver <darbyweaver@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Maybe it is just me, but as I am watching the IE CODs
>>>there are a lot of things that I am catching this time
>>>around (about my third time around with them more or
>>>less) that I just somehow missed or overlooked before.
>>>
>>>Some things, I am simply more keen to and perhaps know
>>>what to look for since I was originally introduced the
>>>"issues" by IE or NMC since about this time last year.
>>>
>>>But overall, I feel like I am now a lot clearer than I
>>>was the first time around and even by the time I went
>>>to my first and second lab attempts.
>>>
>>>Or maybe I am just taking a little more time to smell
>>>the roses this year.
>>>
>>>One things for sure, whatever I did last year, for
>>>better or worse, helped me qualify for better (more
>>>Cisco-centric) career opportunities this year.
>>>
>>>Anyone else felt like this at some point in their own
>>>journey?
>>>
>>>I mean I recall Bruce Caslow saying things about how
>>>things just pop up in our heads and we just start to
>>>"get it".
>>>
>>>Kewl feeling when the plans start to come together.
>>>
>>>There are still things I am working on but I can see
>>>where I am visisbly stronger this year than I was this
>>>time last year.
>>>
>>>I went through my self-eval from NMC last night, where
>>>one evaluates the skills one has - a self-evaluation.
>>>
>>>Last year, I did the survey and I came up with about
>>>55% - Strange enough almost all of my graded labs
>>>averaged out to 54-61% - with the 57 bing the number.
>>>
>>>I did it last night, and now it appears my
>>>self-evaluation is now 81% or so.
>>>
>>>Now this is number is just gathered from how one
>>>gauges their own ability on each topic area and
>>>somehow NMC has devised a mathematical formula to
>>>compute a percentage based on one's answers.
>>>
>>>But, I think I find this little trick refreshing.
>>>
>>>Also it is a nice little checklist that helps one
>>>figure out where he/she may still have areas for
>>>improvement.
>>>
>>>It goes something like NONE (No experience) to EXPERT.
>>>
>>>There are 4 values per topic and seem to be a fair
>>>estimation of one's skill familiarity of one is honest
>>>to one's own self while marking them.
>>>
>>>I thought it odd how this little self-eval seemed to
>>>be right on the money with where I actually was and
>>>where I actually tended to be scoring in real life on
>>>graded labs.
>>>
>>>Now as I am gearing up to meet Mr. Heinz Ulm and try
>>>my luck at his graded Mock Labs, I am hoping to gain
>>>some ground on my weakest areas.
>>>
>>>If I were say a 55 last May or June or so...
>>>
>>>I'm hoping to be closer to an actual 80 or so by now.
>>>
>>>Hopefully, I am not too disappointed with my studies
>>>and my level of actual achievement gained thus far.
>>>
>>>But also recall, I am specifically trying to close the
>>>gaps on a few things I simply did not understand, or
>>>rushed through, or failed to complete before.
>>>
>>>Being able to complete my Golden Moment confidently
>>>meant a lot to me and now cornering QoS and Multicast
>>>mean quite a bit to me as well.
>>>
>>>There have been other topics that were sore for me,
>>>and I've been nailing them as well. Literally one by
>>>one.
>>>
>>>I must commend the Brians for their work on
>>>Spanning-Tree on the current set of IE CODs -
>>>amazingly clear examples that one can try at home.
>>>Love the "reverse Z". The work they did with HSRP and
>>>Port Security is very nice as well. It was probably
>>>as good before, but maybe I did not quite appreciate
>>>the intricacy of it all at the time.
>>>
>>>I actually implemented HSRP and Port Security and so I
>>>could definately appreciate the thorough lecture with
>>>CLI examples. And the same for Spanning Tree and the
>>>Order of Operations for Path/Port selection. My
>>>coworker and I recently had to contend with RST issues
>>>with Foundry and so this topic was fresh and the
>>>lecture and CLI examples burned away any remaining
>>>cobwebs.
>>>
>>>Good job guys...
>>>
>>>Overall - don't be afraid to revisit topics if you do
>>>not totally understand something - or better yet when
>>>you actually think you do understand a given topic.
>>>
>>>Later...
>>>
>>>Darby
>>>
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>>
>>
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