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You study for months, mastering concept after concept, practice test after practice test, and then on the big day, in front of the test itself, you are so nervous that you psych yourself out.\u00a0 How to avoid this?\u00a0 This series of articles presents a few ideas that have the potential to transform your experience of performing under pressure, on the GMAT<\/a> and beyond.<\/p>\n

The Breath<\/h2>\n

This recommendation, at first blush, is going to sound like the oldest clich\u00e9 in the book: breathe deeply.\u00a0 Before you completely dismiss this, let me talk for a moment about neuroanatomy.<\/p>\n

The Autonomic Nervous System<\/h3>\n

Parts of our nervous system are under our conscious control: thoughts, skeletal muscle motion, etc.\u00a0 Beyond that, there are circuits that run everything over which we have no conscious control.\u00a0 This is the Autonomic Nervous System, which takes care of digestion, kidney and liver functions, healing, etc.\u00a0 The Autonomic Nervous System has two complementary sections: SNS & PNS.<\/p>\n

The Sympathetic Nervous System<\/h3>\n

The first is the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS): this is the system that revs us up in excitement, fear, or stress.\u00a0 When the SNS is activated, adrenaline & cortisol levels rise, heart rate increases, breathing becomes more rapid and more shallow, digestion & immune function & libido are inhibited, muscle tension increases, and blood is directed more toward the outer musculature (as would be needed in fight or flight).\u00a0 A little bit of SNS arousal is good every day, but prolonged SNS arousal with rare breaks, over the course of months and years, has potentially disastrous effects on long-term health.<\/p>\n

The Parasympathetic Nervous System<\/h3>\n

The second is the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS), the so-called Relaxation Response.\u00a0 When the PNS is activated, adrenaline & cortisol levels decline, heart rate decreases, breathing becomes slower and deeper, digestion & immune function & libido are enhanced, muscle tension decreases, and blood is directed more toward the inner organs.\u00a0 This state facilitates focus, concentration, recall, and insight.<\/p>\n

SNS\/PNS and Test-Taking<\/h2>\n

Of the two branches, which is more helpful on a big test like the GMAT?\u00a0 Well, to excel, you have to be energized enough that you are not apathetic or falling asleep, but beyond that minimal level of SNS arousal, you should be relaxed, in PNS arousal.\u00a0 There, your intuition has the greatest free play, and you will be better positioned to draw on your potential.<\/p>\n

The “On Switch” for the PNS<\/h3>\n

If you are in SNS arousal, how do you get to the PNS state? This is the magic of the breath.\u00a0 One can’t consciously direct one’s heart rate or cortisol levels, but by consciously taking slower and deeper breaths, that stimulates the PNS and all its effects. \u00a0This is one of the many benefits, for example, of meditation.\u00a0 The breaths have to be very big: comparatively short in-breaths that expand the whole belly & whole chest, and then comparatively slow out-breaths.\u00a0 If you practice this regularly, you will feel the effects.\u00a0 Practice sitting in traffic, in meetings, standing in line.\u00a0 Practice before (or during) a stressful discussion with your boss or lover.\u00a0 If you practice this skill enough to develop some proficiency in relaxing yourself by the time you take the GMAT, you will be giving yourself one of the powerful overall advantages you possibly could have.<\/p>\n

Mindfulness<\/h2>\n

Mindfulness is open-ended awareness.\u00a0 If I move through my life with mindfulness, I am curious, perceptive, and present to my present circumstances.\u00a0 To be mindful is to notice the often overlooked taken-for-granted details of everyday life.\u00a0 To practice the skill of mindfulness, one might, for example, try to notice one new thing on one’s way to work each day, or try to notice each day one new sight or perspective in a place you ostensibly know very well.\u00a0 Mindfulness can be externally focused on the environment, and can also be internally focused: how does my body feel right now? What is the quality of my breath? Are my muscles relaxed? What emotions are passing through me? What thoughts are running through my head?\u00a0 To be mindful is never to be too far away from such questions, never to completely lose track of the primary feelings of one’s self in the rush of outer events.<\/p>\n

Benefits of Mindfulness<\/h3>\n

In recent years, psychologists have amassed a small mountain of data demonstrating the enormous benefits of mindfulness practices.\u00a0 Jon Kabat-Zinn<\/a> is one of the leading authors in this burgeoning field.\u00a0 Several books & workshops are available that can assist one in developing mindfulness practices.\u00a0 Mindfulness practice can reduce stress, and increase both clarity and perceptivity.<\/p>\n

See also Mindful Test Taking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mindfulness and the GMAT<\/h3>\n

Consider for a moment your practice GMAT questions: how many times have you gotten a question wrong, only to go back and realize that you misread it or overlooked an important subtlety?\u00a0 Yes, that’s what many people would call a “silly” mistake<\/a>, and the truth is we all make more of those than we would like.\u00a0 What would it mean for your GMAT score if you could drastically reduce the number of those mistakes you make?\u00a0 If you develop a mindfulness practice, enough to have some familiarity with it before you sit for the GMAT, then you will be able to walk into that test and read each question with the same careful eye and open-ended curiosity you have been practicing elsewhere.\u00a0 Your mind will be clearer, and you will feel less stress.<\/p>\n

Of course, there’s a chance that being mindful of customers’ requests, mindful of connections with others, and mindful of cool-headed priorities in the heat of the moment might pay dividends in your career far beyond the GMAT. And, you’ll be happier.<\/p>\n

 
\nPart 2<\/strong>: Stress and Your Thoughts<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 3<\/strong>: Stress and Your Stories<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 4<\/strong>: Concrete Recommendations for Stress Reduction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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