Re: All in the mind...

Every time you see a problem tell yourself that this is good experience for
troubleshooting and leading to a better understanding of the technology.
Treat each issue that is there as a potential learning opportunity and tell
yourself "I'm glad this happened now and not in the real lab". When you get
to the real lab, remember all of the lessons learned and you will probably
have much less frustration because you will have less problems.

HTH
Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, hopalong <ccieangel_at_googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> This isn't a technical question...more of a mindset problem!
>
> When I start doing a lab and something in the first few crucial questions
> backfires, I start to panic, get frustrated and then then get angry with
> myself. This of course snowballs the longer the problem goes on, in to more
> frustration, more anger and a completely cr_at_p state of mind which makes
> the
> troubleshooting the initial problem so much harder and well a Catch-22
> situation which is really hard to recover from.
>
> In other exam situations I have always headed for a nice easy question
> first
> to get points under my belt and get a good feeling for the harder stuff.
> But
> that can't be done here.
>
> I don't suffer from lack of confidence or experience of labs :(( - does
> anyone have any good coping strategies for not getting wound up in the
> first
> hour or so when things go wrong? Or should I just get so fast that I can
> spend the first hour in the loo.....
>
>
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