Re: Using the Workbooks

Thanks for the experiences guys, it was a real help...

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:23 PM, --Hammer-- <bhmccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Good write up Adrian. Item number 4 is a great way to validate your
> progress.
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> On 8/8/2010 9:49 AM, Adrian Brayton wrote:
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>> There is no magic bullet on how to use the WBs... In the course of
>> studying for the IE, you will probably change the way you do things 20
>> times!
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>> Your study techniques will evolve as you get further and further as
>> working on your IE, there is nothing like it out there. It can't be compared
>> to college because in college you take your 16 week course and your done.
>> Yes, you still have that knowledge but you can let it fade. Thats what makes
>> the IE so hard, its not the technologies by any means, its the being able to
>> remember them just like you read the RFCs yesterday. I think after the first
>> IE, the rest are a little easier in the sense that your first one is kinda
>> like going through puberty up to the point where you are living on your own.
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>> The obvious one is repetitiveness... Once you have configured OSPF over FR
>> 100+ times is every way shape or form you will never forget it. Its the same
>> with everything else on the blueprint! Thats why it pisses me off when I see
>> people ask questions like, can frame relay use IP unnumbered interface's or
>> simple multi-cast questions and 3 days later looking for praise that they
>> just got there IE. You know they cheated because I know how much time and
>> effort I have spent over the past year and how good I have become and
>> questions like that would NEVER come out of the mouth of a CCIE that busted
>> his ass to proudly wear AND earn that CCIE #!
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>> So with that being said, I will tell you a few things that work / worked
>> for me over the past year.
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>> 1. Flash Cards - When you configure something that you know you wont
>> remember, write it on an index card (You will have a stack of them so start
>> off by keeping them organized by technology) and if you have a few extra
>> minutes or whatever, review them and soon enough you wont need to look at
>> them anymore.
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>> 2. Dont mess with WBs that have excessive error's... I know you cant
>> remove them all but wasting a whole day searching for answers for a task and
>> to find out it was wrong the whole time does nothing for you. Find a vendor
>> who's WBs are extremely accurate.
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>> 3. Get a white board, a big one with a lot of pens.
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>> 4. Use GS as a "Question of the day" sort of thing... Take someone's
>> question that you don't know the answer too and research it, study it and
>> respond! You will be amazed at what you will learn.
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>> 5. Get rid of the radio playing or any distractions.
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>> HTHs!
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>> On Aug 8, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Jeferson Guardia wrote:
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>>> I think you should spend extra time looking up the documentation on
>>> Cisco doc-cd, even if you know the answer, search for it, it will not
>>> only guide you in the right way but also will make you learn more,
>>> then verify the solutions as you go thru and don't forget to take
>>> notes often, this helps a lot when you are stuck at something that
>>> you've done before.
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>>> On 8/7/10, Garth Bryden<hacked.the.planet.on.28.8k.dialup_at_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Hiya,
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>>>> I'm starting to wonder if the way I am using the workbooks is the most
>>>> effective; currently I'll work through an entire lab then compare mine
>>>> with
>>>> the solution guide when I have finished to work out where I went wrong,
>>>> I'm
>>>> wondering if it would be a better approach to implement a task then
>>>> verify
>>>> that task with the solution guide right away?
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>>>> How would you use the workbook and what approach have you found best?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Garth
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