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>> Okay. Quick poll, show of hands.
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How many people in here get exam anxiety?
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One, two -- ooh!
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Just about everybody.
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My hand is up, too.
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It's a nerve-wracking experience
to go take these exams,
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so I wanted to put together my best advice
that I could on studying for Cisco exams.
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You know, 15 years of certification
testing, this is what I've come up with.
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Right? First and foremost -- this
one almost goes without saying --
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you've got to know what you're studying for.
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Go to the Cisco website --
this is the old ICND1 exam --
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grab the exam topics from
there, and then print them out.
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You know, highlight them.
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Now, they're broad.
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But at the same time, they
focus you and say, "Okay, well,
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here are the topics that you need to study.
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Take notes on that.
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Print out," "Oh, I feel good about
this; I'll study more on this one."
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It gives you that focus.
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Second point is probably
the most important of all --
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whether you're reading or
listening to the material,
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you need to approach it with
a different mindset.
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You're not just here to absorb,
you're not just here to absorb.
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You've got to need to pass that.
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"I'm not an absorber."
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Say that with me.
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"I am not an absorber.
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I am going to take this material, and
I am going to teach it to somebody."
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I'd say that this is the most important thing
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because this is what really
gears your mind to learn.
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When people, you know, meet me
and they're like, "Oh man, Jeremy!
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You're so smart; you've got
all these certifications!"
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And I'm like, "Oh my goodness!
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If I could just tell you how not smart I am."
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It's just -- I have a totally unfair advantage,
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and that is I've done a whole
bunch of classroom training.
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And there is something about getting in front
of a crowd of people, who you know are going
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to drill you on every single topic that
you tell them, with all kinds of questions
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that you may not have even thought of -- that
will motivate you to learn that material.
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So, you're nervous enough to be standing
in front of a whole crowd of people.
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But when they're asking you
questions, you don't want to be, "Uh...
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I don't know.
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Uh..." So when I'm studying,
I'm looking like "Ooh, ooh!"
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I'm thinking not just of the
material that I'm learning;
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I'm thinking of what questions
somebody might ask me on the material
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that I'm learning, because
I've really got to know.
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And I'm like, "Man, if I'm standing in front of
the room -- and I've never set this up before --
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I can't explain to people how to set this up,"
so I'm doing it, I'm testing out everything.
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So, I'm encouraging you: have that
mindset because I've tried studying
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without that mindset, and it doesn't work.
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I tried to learn VMware.
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I really wanted to learn VMware,
because Cisco's so partnered with them.
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But I wasn't planning on teaching a classroom.
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I'm just like, "Man, I really wanted
to learn how to work at VMware."
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So, I got the book.
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It's funny, I say that.
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I'm turning around like "Where is it?"
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Like, "There it is, right on my shelf!"
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And that has been where it's been.
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You know, I try, I'm sitting in bed.
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I'm doing the nod thing.
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"Oh... I'll study that more tomorrow."
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It totally is not motivating to be an absorber.
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You are not an absorber; you are a teacher.
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So, you're going to teach somebody.
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And even better if you can
find somebody to teach it to.
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Get married if you're not married.
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You know; your spouse makes a great student.
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So, absolutely.
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Last nugget I recorded was on
building a lab environment --
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I really encourage you to do that.
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I suggest, at this level, doing the
physical gear, having that in front of you,
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whether you want to set up a call manager that's
CUCM, Cisco Unified Communication Manager,
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if you're doing Voice Over or whatever
-- assemble your own world and set it up.
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Route your internet connection.
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Last night I mentioned enough on
that; it's a hugely valuable thing.
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Gauge your level of knowledge.
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There are three levels of knowledge
that I would say you can have for topic.
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Can you describe it?
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Can I explain to somebody
what VLANs are, for example?
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Can I configure it -- meaning okay, I know what
it is and I can set it up pretty proficiently --
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or can I go beyond, you know, doing the
step by step of like VLAN5 name, sales.
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You know, doing the step by step configuration.
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Do I actually know how to troubleshoot it?
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That, I would say, is the
ultimate level of knowledge.
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Because now I know not only how to
configure it, but also know where to look
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if things are going wrong,
and all the show commands.
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So, gauge your level of knowledge
for each one of those things.
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Now, I will tell you -- I'm not
saying you have to be at this level
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on every single topic before
you take the exam --
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but I would say the more
you can know the better.
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And you know going in what your weak spots are.
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I have not passed every exam the first time.
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I would say, by far, not passed
every exam the first time.
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It's a great feeling when you do.
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Even if you scrape by, you're
like, "Whoo, I passed!"
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But I will say that, if you go in and don't
know what level of knowledge you have,
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if you miss the exam, you're going
to walk out having that feeling
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of like throw the people the papers in the air.
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"I don't even know what to study, I don't know."
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But if you pre-gauge yourself, you know, print
out that exam objective list, you say, "Okay.
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Describing common networking applications,"
well, you can't configure that one --
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something you can configure
somewhere in that area.
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Enable NAT.
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"Okay, I'm good.
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I feel good about enabling NAT: I
can describe it, I can configure it,
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and I even know how to troubleshoot it."
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That way, if I come out, I know what
level I'm at on each one of these topics.
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So, this one: stick to the
day, schedule study time.
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I wish that view [phonetic] would change
the policy for everybody, including me,
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that allows you to reschedule the exams,
because it becomes a someday thing.
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My wife and I always joke.
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We drive around the city, and Wells Fargo
has this billboard "Someday" campaign
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where all these dreamy-looking people are up
there like, "Oh, someday, I'll own a car."
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"Someday, I'll take a vacation."
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Like implying, like if you bank at Wells
Fargo, you just magically get all these stuff.
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So, if you reschedule the exams, it becomes
one of those "Oh someday, I'll take that test."
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But, oh! The job -- work a couple
of extra hours, and then the kids.
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Oh. we took a vacation.
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Oh! Now, I forgot the stuff;
I've got to study again.
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You just keep bumping the exam,
and you never end up taking it.
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So, when you set the date, stick to that.
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I mean, even if it hurts.
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Like, schedule it two weeks
out, budget your time.
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If you're getting there, "Oh, I'm not ready!"
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I mean, put the pressure on.
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Don't reschedule it.
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Stay up late, 2:00 AM and keep studying.
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Get there to where you do the exam.
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And I'm telling you -- from
myself, because I get lazy too.
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If I know, "Ah, I'm just going
to bump the exam next week.
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I'll do it.
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I'll get to it.
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I'll get to it" You know, it's the end.
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You'll never get to it.
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Practice exams.
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A lot of people say, "Should
I go buy practice exams?"
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If you got them -- maybe you bought a package
or something, and they came with it or something
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like that -- but they're so expensive.
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I'm more of the opinion of
like, "Yeah, you know what?
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Go take the exam, and they're some great
practice because, it's about the same price
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as the practice exams that are out there."
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So, if you got them, sure.
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Use them. They're definitely a great way
to test your knowledge -- that's great.
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But I wouldn't go out and
invest a lot of money in them.
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At least that's my opinion on it.
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Last one. These exams are tough, I've told you.
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It's... a painful process at
times, to go through these exams.
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You will kick the dog.
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You will be upset.
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You'll yell at people on the freeway on
the way home if you ever miss on the exam.
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It is a very disappointing experience.
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But it's kind of like, "You know
what, it happens to everybody."
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There are people that are like,
"Hey, I passed the exam, first time!"
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And I'm like, "Oh, that's good."
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And, it really is a great feeling if you pass
the exam the first time, but not everybody does.
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And I want to make sure that I explain
to you that it's geared that way.
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When Cisco creates the scores, the passing
scores of these exams, they do it on a curve.
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Like, if they suddenly realize, "Whoa!
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Everybody's passing the exam," you're
going to see that score going up, up, up.
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Cisco has a mark.
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They're like, "We have to have a certain
number of people fail this exam."
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Because you know what, otherwise,
it's not a valuable certification.
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It's too easy.
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Everybody's just able to wing past it.
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So, know that these are very difficult exams.
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With all that being said, I'd like
to wish you good luck and Godspeed
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in this Cisco exam, and your
entire Cisco career.
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I hope this has been informative for you,
and I'd like to thank you for viewing.
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