About the Book
Stress. Anxiety. Dread. Failure. Procrastination. Demotivation. These are all words that come to mind when we think about exams - and they're EXACTLY what The Ultimate Guide To Exam Success will help you to overcome! This book was created to help YOU achieve your ideal grades in the least stressful way possible; to enable you to not only excel in your exams, but to stay mentally and physically healthy in the process.
Written by Kam Taj, a Cambridge graduate and expert performance coach, UniAdmissions is pleased to be able to offer these professional tips and tricks to beat the exam system and optimise your performance. Kam himself went from failing his A-Level Further Maths mock-exams to graduating from the University of Cambridge in 2015 with a 1st Class Degree in Engineering - and by using the 8 Principles outlined in the book, you can empower yourself to achieve exam success regardless of your past performance.
But be warned! There's a LOT of content in this book. Why? Because we've tried to make it as USEFUL as we can - and we KNOW that whatever your challenge, you'll find what you need within it.
The 8 Principles outlined in the book are:
Time-Management: Overcoming procrastination, increasing productivity, effective prioritisation & planning tools.
Study Tools & Techniques: Tried-and-tested studying tools & techniques from Oxbridge students and top secondary school teachers.
Mind-Management: Understanding anxiety, pressure, low motivation and self-doubt; and teaching you 8 powerful techniques to manage & overcome them!
On-The-Day Performance: Making sure you do your preparation justice on Exam Day!
Physical Activity & Movement: How to integrate exercise into our study routine no matter how busy we are (including Kam's own personal trainer-approved workouts!)
Nutrition & Hydration: How small diet changes and staying well-hydrated can take our exam performance to the next level!
Sleep: Why everyone keeps telling us to 'get enough sleep'...and why they're actually right!
Support Group: Who we should surround ourselves with to help us succeed, both academically and personally.
Through his coaching work, Kam has successfully shared these tools with 14-year old students and 20-year old first-year Cambridge students, through to accountants and lawyers studying for their professional qualifications. This book contains all the lessons you need not only to ace your exams, but also build the foundations that will propel you to greater success in the future!
To find out more, or to book in for a tutorial with Kam, then visit
www.uniadmissions.co.ukAbout the Author:
Kam Taj is a
performance coach, speaker and author. He graduated from
University of Cambridge with an Undergraduate and Master's degree in the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (2011-2015).
During his studies, he consulted for various engineering firms, taught English at a school in China and started his own small-scale life coaching and fitness business. After graduation, he worked as a management consultant at Roland Berger until July 2016, following which he left to start his own personal & professional development company.
Since 2016, Kam has worked with top UK schools and universities to empower students with the tools to manage their mental well-being and optimise their performance. He has also delivered talks and workshops on stress management, resilience and performance optimisation at multinational accounting (Moore Stephens), engineering (Mace) and law firms (Slaughter & May).
When he's not working, Kam can be found on tennis courts, basketball courts or training on his gymnastic rings. He has backpacked around China, South America and South-East Asia. Kam's intention with this book is to empower students to get the best out of themselves, while dealing with the worst of themselves - just as he had to do when he was younger.
