Re: OT: please share strategy

2 hour slots are indeed enough time of they are planned with laser focus and
precision.

Now, with that said, you need to be sure that you are also doing your 10
hour marathon of full labbing as you get closer to your actual testing time.
You do not want to suffer from a lack of experience with the grueling nature
of the 8 hour marathon that you must run at the testing center.

3X CCIE instructor for Copper River IT, Marvin Greenlee, likes to recommend
treating it like a marathon and building up to those 8 hour sessions. For
example, one day you could schedule 4 hours of a full lab. Another day 6 -
then 8  then 10.

From: Sidney D'Souza <mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>
Date: Monday, October 29, 2012 1:13 AM
To: Imran Ali <immrccie_at_gmail.com>
Cc: Anthony Sequeira <terry.francona_at_gmail.com>, Narbik Kocharians
<narbikk_at_gmail.com>, "ccielab_at_groupstudy.com certification"
<ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: OT: please share strategy

Thanks Narbik/Anthony and Imran for bringing up the topic. I was beginning
to loose it because I thought I just wasn't putting enough hours in to
prepare. The maximum time I can spend in a day studying is 2 hours after
which I cannot retain any information. Glad to know others face the same
problems.
Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Sid
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Imran Ali <immrccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> thank you all for extreemly valuable advices ..this is indeed the
> best i got .
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Anthony Sequeira
> <terry.francona_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> > Yeah - so Narbik stole my thoughts exactly!
>> >
>> > More important that raw hours is what you are doing with those hours!
>> >
>> > So many students will set aside a 6 hour block - and then waffle about
in
>> > those 6 hours and accomplish very little. Start planning your action
items
>> > now for your study sessions to maximize their efficiency. For example,
>> > look what I have setup for tomorrow. I knew I was going to study - I
just
>> > did not know for how long. So I allow a detailed and powerful action
plan
>> > to tell me how long I will be at:
>> >
>> > Topic of the Day
>> > Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
>> > 20 minutes - read thoroughly the printed PDF of appropriate DOC-CD
chapter
>> > 45 minutes - create and test a sample lab scenario
>> > 30 minutes - attempt Yusef sample tasks
>> >
>> > So it turns out I will be at it for just 95 minutes. Should I be really
>> > still fired up and passionate after this session - I will indeed at
least
>> > preplan the next topic and session. In all reality, for tomorrow,
however,
>> > I will just plan something with the family since they have been
neglected
>> > pretty badly as I was bearing down for the version 3 attempt.
>> >
>> > Anthony Sequeira, CCIE, CCSI, VCP
>> > http://www.stormwind.com
>> > Twitter: @compsolv
>> > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/compsolv
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 10/27/12 3:28 PM, "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>>> > >Sacrifice and dedication. Remember quality and NOT quantity. The
number
of
>>> > >hours spent in a day is not relevant, the number of quality hours is
>>> > >relevant. I know some that study 6 hours a day, but the last three
hours
>>> > >of
>>> > >those 6 hours was a waste, because they were dead tired, basically the
>>> > >last
>>> > >three hours they learned nothing, and those three hours got them so
tired
>>> > >that adversely effected them the next day.
>>> > >
>>> > >I much rather study 2 quality hours a day than 6 hours of frustration
and
>>> > >trying to keep my eyes open. We have other responsibilities in life
that
>>> > >are more important than just getting our CCIE, such as family, friend
and
>>> > >etc.....
>>> > >
>>> > >CCIE is NOT a 6 month journey, it is a 2 years long journey, it is
>>> > >learning
>>> > >what you didn't know, it is strengthening your weak points, learning a
>>> > >more
>>> > >consistent and correct approach in problem solving, understanding the
>>> > >behavior of protocols, the interaction of protocols and getting
creative.
>>> > >
>>> > >Everyone has an approach, the right formula is the one that does NOT
burn
>>> > >bridges, create bad situations between you and your spouse, family and
>>> > >friends.
>>> > >
>>> > >And always remember that failure is part of success.
>>> > >
>>> > >On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Imran Ali <immrccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>>> > >> hi all.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> sorry for OT.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> i know every one work hards to get ccie. but i would like to
know
,
>>>> > >>the
>>>> > >> way successfull ccie's has managed to pass the lab.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> for me it seems work , travel , family , work profile etc has
>>>> > >>delayed
>>>> > >> my success.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> by work profile i mean ...hetrogenous profile which is not cisco
>>>> > >>dominated
>>>> > >> . for example my work include alcatel swithces ..aurba wifi ..f5
load
>>>> > >> balancers ..juniper security devices and only for core and edge
>>>> > >>routing i
>>>> > >> meet cisco.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> travell takes around 2 and half hour.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> how did every one else who geneuinly passed managed ? how many
>>>> > >>hours
>>>> > >> did you put in per working day ? did you quit you job and
focussed
>>>> > >> entirely on ccie ? what about family ..did you left during prep ?
do
>>>> > >>you
>>>> > >> only work for cisco that helped you ?
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
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>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
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>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>> > >
>>> > >
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