The seminar is based on my first book Academic Excellence, the synopsis of which goes as follows This book is a modern day fable about achieving Academic Excellence. The protagonist is Amish Sharma, a city born teenager with all the resources a student would need to be successful. He was living the ideal teenage life with great friends, cool gadgets, lots of fast food and a family that loved him and met all his needs. He never really gave too much importance to Academics. Exams scared him and thus he stayed away from school. Everything was going great until one day his final 10th grade exams turned up. His lack luster attitude throughout the year, affected his performance and he failed a subject. His life then took a big turn around. The school wanted him to stay back a year. This left him devastated. He pleaded and finally after passing a re-test, he was allowed to go to the next standard. He decided that this was never going to happen to him again and thus began his transformational journey to find the best in himself and achieve Academic Excellence. He meets Neil Shah, a great student, with a portfolio of achievements that made him the ideal mentor. Amish decided to find out how Neil did all he could, so that he too could find the best in himself. What follows is a life changing conversation between these two students, where Amish finds out how the best students achieve Academic Excellence. He learns many well-kept secrets of the best students from Neil. The book is divided into four main parts 1. 7 Steps to becoming a subject topper and falling in love with your subject. 2. Mastering your exams. 3. Understanding Student Topper Mindset and Physiology. 4. 11 Reasons why the best students become better.

1. Abhishek, Fall
in love with
your
SubjectsJ

2. HELLO
THERE
I
have
something
to
tell
you

3. You
are
the
best
YOU…
there
will
ever
be.

4. PART 1
7 STEPS TO BECOMING A TOPPER

5. STEP 1- TOPPERS’ BELIEVE
• I
believe
I
have
GREATNESS
within
me.
•
I
believe
GOD
made
me
a
perfect
ten.
•
I
believe
I
am
a
SCHOOL
TOPPER.

6. Abraham
Lincoln’s
Belief
system
HE
BELIEVED
IN
HIMSELF
WHEN
THE
WORLD
TAUGHT
HE
WAS
A
FAILURE.

7. 6 QUESTIONS TOPPERS ASK
THEMSELVES
1. Why are you here today?
2. What is your current academic position (in %) ?
3. What is the topper’s academic position (in %) ?
4. Do you know what you specifically desire?
5. Can this become your life mission over the next
year?

8. STEP 2 – TOPPERS’ MODEL
EXCELLENCE
"If you want to be successful, find someone who
has achieved the results you want and copy what
they do and you'll achieve the same results.”
-Anthony Robbins

9. What you can model from a
Topper
BOOKS
TUTORS
EXTERNAL
REFERENCES
NOTES

10. STEP 3 – TOPPERS SET GOALS.
1. Decide
your
‘DAILY
FIVE’.
2. Write
it
down.
3. Set
specific
small
goals.
4. Ideal
Day
and
Ideal
Environment
.
5.
Space
your
goals
out.
6.
Set
Varied
Goals.

11. DAILY FIVE
TITLE
–
TARGET
AND
LONG
TERM
PERSPECTIVE
MOTIVATIONAL
QUOTE
–
I
WILL
BE
A
TOPPER
Goals
1.
Concentrate
in
school
2.
Finish
assignments
and
homework
at
school
3.
Do
1
Chapter
of
Math.
4. Do
1
Chapter
of
English.
5. Finish
1
theory
chapter
in
Economics.

12. Why Toppers are Master Goal Setters?
1. IN
THE
CLASS
• No
specific
goal.
• No
visualizaWon.
2.
AT
THE
BOWLING
ALLEY
• Specific
Goal
• Clear
VisualizaWon

13. STEP 4 – TOPPERS VISUALIZE
• Developing
a
Big
Picture.
• Add
energy
and
emoWon
to
that
vision.
• Conduct
yourself
like
a
topper
today
to
become
one
tomorrow.

14. STEP 5 – TOPPERS’ IMPLEMENT.

15. “ Picasso did not wait until he was Picasso to
paint like Picasso.”

16. HOW TOPPERS IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE
STUDY PRACTICES?
1. SELF STUDY

17. 2. NON TEXTBOOK RESEARCH-

18. 3. SUMMER AND HOLIDAY LEARNING

19. 4. CLASS TIME STUDYToppers participate actively:• BEFORE CLASS
• DURING CLASS
• AFTER CLASS

20. STEP 6 – TOPPERS’ REWARD
THEMSELVES
‘The best way to overcome procrastination is
to reward yourself constantly for small
accomplishments.’

21. Toppers learn how to celebrate even
the smallest of achievements.

22. WAYS TOPPERS’ REWARD
THEMSELVES.
• At
the
end
of
an
hour-­‐10
minutes.
• At
the
end
of
three
hours-­‐
30
minutes.
• At
the
end
of
a
day-­‐
Take
the
night
off
aer
daily
5.
• At
the
end
of
a
week
–
Go
out
with
friends.

23. STEP 7-TOPPERS’ REVIEW AND
REVISE
How much are you willing TO LOSE before you become a
SCHOOL TOPPER?

24. TIPS
FOR
EFFECTIVE
REVIEWING
1. Check
if your test and exam results are
appropriate.
2. If not, which subject are you lagging behind
in?
3. Re –DO and strengthen the first SIX steps of
becoming a topper for this subject.

25. Why is Constant Revision your fastest
way to TOPPING YOUR SCHOOL?
• END OF THE DAY.
• END OF THE
WEEK.
• END OF THE
MONTH.

27. PRASHANTH
SRIDHAR
2009-­‐2010
COMMERCE
TOPPER
IN
BAHRAIN
PERCENTAGE- 94.2 , ECONOMICS - 99

28. PART
2
MASTERING
YOUR
EXAMS

29. 4 GOLDEN RULES OF EXAM
PREPARATION
1. Start Early in the day, week and
year.
2. Do many Practice Papers and
Tests.
3. Do what is essential and then do a
little more.
4. Timing writing your papers
effectively.

30. TOPPERS THINK BEYOND NORMAL
STANDARDS , SO DID ROGER BANNISTER!

31. WHAT DO TOPPERS DO ON EXAM
DAY?
• ANCHORING – A TOPPER TOOL FOR SUCCESS.
• TOPPERS ALWAYS HAVE A ‘I WILL GET A HUNDRED’
ATTITUDE.
• ON EXAM DAY TOPPERS HAVE A POWER HOUR.

32. 4. TOPPERS REVISE EXAM PORTION ‘ONLY ONCE’ THE
EXAM MORNING.
5. BEING ULTRA- POSITIVE AND SPREADING YOUR
POWERFUL STATE.
6. TOPPERS HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY MATERIALS
AND DO NOT WASTE ANY TIME .

33. ‘ Go into an exam like you have nothing to lose and
you will see Magic happening.’

34. TIPS TO WRITING YOUR EXAM
LIKE A TOPPER.
• REVIEW TIME.
• FOCUS ON EACH QUESTION SEPARATELY.
• PRESENTATION COUNTS!
• COMPETE ONLY WITH YOURSELF.
• WATCH THE TIME

35. WRITE
YOUR
EXAM
IN
THE
SAME
WAY
PICASSO
PAINTED
HIS
PAINTINGS

36. PART
3
TOPPER’S
MINDSET
AND
PHYSIOLOGY
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‘Toppers understand the POWER of their
SUBCONSIOUS MINDS and thus
‘CHOOSE THEIR THOUGHTS WISELY.’

37. Effective Study Practices.
• MEMORY SKILLS –
- Blow things out of proportion.
- Think of subject matter in action.
- Use Mnemonics and Examples.

38. • SPEED READING
5
STEPS
TO
EFFECTIVE
SPEED
READING
-­‐ Use
your
fingers
as
pointers.
-­‐ Focus
on
the
larger
words.
-­‐ Scan
the
whole
passage
before
actual
reading.
-­‐ Understand
the
general
meaning
of
the
passage.
-­‐ Avoid
Reviewing
of
sentences.

39. • MIND MAPPING
- Create a central Image focusing on the
central idea you want to remember.
- Draw Thick branches then multiple smaller
branches coming out of the first branch.
- Use one word per branch
- Make it as colorful as possible.

40. CASE STUDY 1
IMMANUEL AMRITA RHEEMA
GULF TOPPER 2010-2011
98% IN 12TH , 97% IN 10TH

41. CASE STUDY 2
PRASHANTH SRIDHAR
COMMERCE TOPPER BAHRAIN 2009-10
94% IN 12TH , ECONOMICS - 99

42. ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDIES
• Toppers’ learn to balance EXTRA- CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES and ACADEMICS.
• Toppers’ ASK for help.
• Toppers’ say ‘NO’.

43. HOW TOPPER’S DEVELOP A
STRONG PHYSIOLOGY?
• TOPPERS EAT HEALTHY.
• TOPPERS EXERCISE REGULARLY.
• TOPPERS GET REGULAR SLEEP
.

44. PHOTO COLLAGE

45. Creating my ideal topper
environment……….

46. MY ROOM

48. My Study Table

49. DAILY
FIVE

50. 30 DAY ‘I
AM A
TOPPER’
CHALLENGE

52. POEM BY
ROBERT
W.SERVICE

53. Visualizing Big Dreams…

60. We were all born toppers!