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Hi All,

After passing 271 last March, I haven't picked myself up to study for the next exam.

Really need a good kick up the butt from fellow ppl like you all.

Any tips on getting back on track?

Thanks

 

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As my dad used to say: "Work like f*ck and think of Ireland"

Cant motivate you mate I'm afraid, only you can do that (speaking as one who has yet to complete a certification through self study). All I can suggest is that you look at the end goal you had in mind when you started certifying.

 

Quote : As my dad used to say: "Work like f*ck and think of Ireland"



I know this was a silly post. Even if I put in an hour tonight I would have started. Okay that sounds like a plan!

 

Buy some study material, books or videos then you feel guilty if you don't use them

 

That'll be $1 (see avatar). I've changed my policies to take payment in advance, before services are rendered - I've been kicking, and you guys haven't been paying up!

 

I get like that too.

As said above focus on the end goal and it should give you a kick up the arse.

 

I've heard Tony Robbins is good at this stuff

 

I've felt my motivation dropping recently as well, other things have rather intruded on my study time but thats a fairly crappy excuse tbh.

I've found the best motivation at the moment is actually just to think of the money

You need this cert to reach your goals, if you don't get it you can't reach that goal and you'll forever be left thinking about what you missed out on because you didn't get off your arse and get on with it. Really over stating its importance can help too!

 

Love this thread! Good to see so much positive energy being thrown around. And please don't kick my butt, BruceLee. Actually, for me avoiding that should be motivation enough.

This is actually a good time to be getting MS certs. Until the end of June (I think), Microsoft and Prometric are offering a "test insurance" program called Second Shot. So yeah, if you fail the test your first go-round, you can try again for free.

I didn't need it, but I still think it was a good idea to have it. Have any of you guys tried it?

 

Do what I did and loose your job and that will give you motivation. Seriously know what your going through as I've been through periods like that. It was 2.5 years between my last 2 MCSA exams as I lost all motivation. I think it's good to take breaks from study and do other things instead of hammering yourself all the time on study.

 

Sometimes its good to have a break between exams.

Now knowing that you have lost your motivation is a step in the right direction, what you have to do now is knuckle down and get going again.

Like you I lost my mojo and that actually lasted a couple of years. I took my 2003 MCSE in 2005, I sat my MCTS:SCCM in 2008 and then I did my MCITP:EA, SA and EDA7 this year. Why the delays between? Because I couldn't be bothered. Why did I do the MCITPs this year? Well I still wasn't really bothered but after paying for the courses I knew I needed to get bothered. Don't get me wrong, I love technology but sometimes there are other (better) things to do and that's why I put off doing the exams.

My advice to you would be to book an exam for 2 months time, that way knowing you have 2 months to study it should give you the incentive to do just that (study), if it doesn't then simply losing the £88 for the exam should give you that little bit more incentive.

It worked for me (infact I only booked onto the MCITP:EA course, I did the other two exams off the back of that and I am looking at doing a couple more in the next 6 weeks (70-652 and perhaps 70-403)).

Losing money is a good incentive to study and remember that.

 

Hope this will help ;)

I know what you going through. I just restart study on 70-290 after going half way and having break .

 

I must admit I've been feeling myself flagging of late. But I took a week off completely and have started getting back into it today. That seemed to work for me. Exam in two weeks but after that I'm definitely taking some time off.

 

Well this week was the week to get back into revision. Two nights so far of around an hour. Need to do more.

 

I'm the same to be honest.. I did ITIL, 70-270, started 70-290 and got bored and just stopped..

6 months later I got a new job with a bit more growth potential.. So im really dedicated to do my MCITP :EA and ask for a £5k payrise.. thats my goal and I will stop at nothing to achieve this

 

Heh, if I had known in advance how much time and effort goes into gaining an MCSE I might not have started down that road!

I've been studying virtually non-stop since Feb 2009 and have still managed to have some sort of a life outside of studying. Admittedly, the motivation almost got crushed when I failed my very first exam (70-270, of all papers!), but once I passed that one, and passed the next one, and the next one, the motivation got stronger as I started to knock off the exams. Now I'm just two exams away from gaining MCSE and I know that I can do it, although it will have taken me almost 2 years. As I get near the end, I find myself getting stuck into a new paper as soon as I finish the last one, cos I just want to get it all over and done with. No better motivation than that.

 

Put a Microsoft Wallpaper, so everytime u look at the empty desktop, u will be reminded of the certification the company offers:-

Here's mine- http://www.geekpedia.com/gallery/fullsize/microsoft-vintage-wallpaper.jpg

 

Set yourself a reasonable deadline by booking the exam you're looking to study for. That should motivate you.

 

Give yourself the ultimatum of: studing for an hour every night or sleeping outside with the dog, after the first night you will be studing away without a worry in the world!

 

Haha. This made me chuckle. Have you actually tried that?