WINNING STRATEGIES

GOPAL KRISHNA RAJU

FCA, AICWA, ACS, PGDOR, PGDFM, ISA
Visiting Faculty for ICAI and ICSI
Stephen Hawking
Martina Navratilova
 Basic Requisites

Intelligence – Average
Interest – Absolute
Involvement - Adequate

Dhirubhai Ambani, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein

Story of Tanmai
Sachin Tendulkar
 Strategy

Planning – Design
Preparation – Perspire
Practice - Equip
 Long Term Planning

Eligibility
Groups
Examination
Classes
Books / Materials
Overcome weakness
Preserve Strengths
 Short Term Planning

Weekly Planner (not Weakly)

Subject Coverage
Time Allocation (Quality time not
quantity of time)
Seek Rejuvenation (But no
distractions please)
 Preparation

Read the syllabus

Make an in depth study by taking notes
Perfect your understanding
 Study Plan

Concepts
Box the principles
Key Rules
Work, Don’t Audit
Theory……………Problem
 Practice to perform

Pick a past paper

Write under simulated conditions
Have it evaluated
Discuss
 So What ? (We Get)

Accuracy
Speed
Confidence
 Exam Eve (Before the exam)

Power of Positive Thinking

“Wars are won and lost in the mind”
“If u think u can, you can, If u think
u cant u cant”
Stick to your notes (Do not experiment)
Sleep Well (12 hours before exam)
Temples (The time for them is later)
Trek in 20 minutes in advance
 At the exam

Don’t Panic (do want u know)

Don’t get exited (Excitement kills)
Don’t Bluff (No tricks please)
 Time Management

15 minutes read the question paper

15 minutes read the written answer paper
Write the answers in 150 minutes
 At the Exam

Bunch the answer together – Main answer,

Workings, Assumptions, Facts, Analysis,
Conclusions
Legibility – It counts a lot
Visuals – Quality ka mamla hai
1. Read & Identify
Questions 2. Spot & Jot
relevant info
7. Final
Solutions 3. Analyze

6. List
Assumptions 7 Steps

5. Map out 4. Figure out principles

working & key rules
notes
 After the Exam

Don’t evaluate your scores

Could de-moralize you
It’s the examiners job
Forget the past – You do not have a choice
Relax – Prepare for the next bout
 They were also fired

Boeing – Furniture Business

Sony – Rice Cooker (cooked)
Reliance - Floods
 Perseverance
Effort
Recap
Intelligence
Brains

Practice
Fail proof
Involvement
Ambition
Commitment

Interest
Planning Desire
Gateway
 Dont’s
“There’s too much to study and remember”
“I think, I can remember if I cram in the
eleventh hour”
“Ma, let me study lying on the bed”
“I am going to work all through the night for
the exam”
“This subject is boring”
“I shall watch T.V or listen to music as I am
studying”
 Solution for Dont's
Follow a regular time schedule for all subjects
Short time intervals for review
Self-tests
If bored, change the subject
Study with friends, compare notes, quiz each other
and answer test questions
Practice writing notes on the prescribed subject
 Tips for Concentration
Start working only when all the necessary
materials are ready
Motivate yourself to get interested
Set a time frame to reach a set goal
Sit at a table while studying
Do not allow yourself to be distracted
Freshen yourself before sitting to study
Organize and work systematically
Qualities of an Examinee to Qualify
• Time Management – 2 Minutes for every Mark
approx.
• For example for 15 marks question you have to
spend a maximum of 15/100*180 = 27 minutes.
• Order of the Question is immaterial but DO NOT
break the answers
• DO NOT forget to use ruler and pencil, it will
make your presentation in order
• DO NOT cut your answers, even if it is wrong
 Qualities….Contd.
• Write each sub-question in a separate
page, to make sure each page has answers
worth only 3 to 5 marks not more than
that
• Give space at the end of each question
(at least a quarter page) for consolidation
of marks
• Handwriting – neatness is not mandatory
but legibility is
 Qualities….Contd.
• Compulsory question is compulsory to
answer, otherwise penalty 2 marks
• Additional Question – Answer all questions
including additional question if time permits
• Working Notes should form part of
answer usually after the required answer, but
not before the answer
 Qualities….Contd.
• Do not get to conclusions based on
behaviour of co-examinees
• Use full 3 hours,it is your right. If you
get QP late convey that to the hall
supervisor
• Never ever use calculator for totaling
in examination, use it other than adding
numbers – tip for time management
 Qualities….Contd.
• Properly number the Q.NO to the
answer specifically for left page - left
hand corner and for right page – right
hand corner
• Very important - DO NOT discuss the
answers after the exams are over
• Use ergonomically designed PEN for
examination
 Qualities….Contd.
• Always expect the unexpected in the
question paper – get delighted if
unexpected question appears in QP.
• Practice leads to perfection – practice
the month before exam – no need to
practice every M and N.
• AVOID giving personal note to
examiner.
• Myth – only completed answer fetches
maximum marks.
 Qualities……contd.

21. Avoid having discussions with your

friends before entering exam hall.
22. Always prefer taking both groups of
exam.

Behind every successful professional

There are many unsuccessful years
 Last(ing) Words
 What is not
important is How
much you make
money
 Rather how well
you make that
money

Thank you very much for your attention