This document provides advice and guidance for adolescents on managing stress and being successful. It discusses the opportunities available today but also the distractions. Some key points made include developing a strong sense of self and identity during adolescence, finding positive role models, managing stress through meditation and exercise, studying effectively through scheduling and minimizing distractions, developing healthy self-esteem, and parents providing support through encouragement not pressure. Memory techniques like SQ3R are also outlined.

1. TVR Academy
Dinamalar
Jeyuthu Kattuvom
Dr. Mahalingam Kannan

2. Blessings from Lordess Madurai Meenakshi

3. Today’s +ve scenario
 Lots of Oppurtunities
 Various careers
 Indians on Demand
 More information regarding
oppurtunities
 Career development programs
 Jeyuthu Kaattuvom
 But…

4. Today’s –ve scenario
 Lots of entertainment
choices
 Cinema
 Television
 Internet
 Permissive Parenting
 Lack of positive role models
 Deteriorization of values

5. Stumbling blocks for success
 Adolescent age
 Diversions
 Media
 Family problems
 Physical problems
 Diseases
 Fatigue
 Stress
 Exam Fear or Anxiety
 Parents expectations

6. Adolescent age
 Adolescence – latin root word
adolescere meaning “to grow to
maturity”
 Very important period of life
 It is a transitional period
 Adolescence is a problem age
 Search for identity
 Time of unrealism
 Peer group influence

7. Solution to A. Age
 You are neither a child nor an Adult.
 Do not behave like either.
 Realize your responsibilities
 Seek parents / uncles / aunties help
in finding your identity.
 Clarify values
 Aspire for emotional maturity
 Avoid unrealistic aspirations

8. Meditate

9. Do Yoga

10. Pray regularly

11. How to study effectively
 The law of mass effect
The amount of information you
remember is strongly correlated
with the amount of time you
spend learning.
 Attention without tension
To learn most efficiently, you
need to concentrate without
being anxious

12. How to study effectively
 Set an exclusive room for study
 Choose your best time of the day.
 Study regularly. Don’t cram at the
end of the year.
 Schedule your reading tasks &
follow them without fail.
 The Assorted sweet box approach
– Variety
 Take notes – revise them regularly

13. Mind Maps
Studying
effectively
Get down to
work
Variety – the
chocolate box
Organize
Short periods
Use your best
time of day
Reward
yourself
File your
work
Pleasant
environment
Schedule
tasks
Remember
benefits
Salami
Purposeful
study
Finish the
sessions

14.  Chunking – break the
information into small pieces
 Using cues – to remind you of
what you want to remember
 Relating – the new information
to what you already know
 Making sense – of the new
information
 Reward yourself –for every
successful study session
How to study effectively

15. How to avoid fatigue /
sleepiness
 Do not compromise on night
sleep – normal time = 6-8 hours
 Afternoon nap of 30-45 mts.
 Drink sufficient water
 Take light vegetarian food

16. Nutrition for Stress
Management
 Plenty of fruits
and vegetables

17. Watch humorous movies, cartoons

18. Self Esteem : Key to success
 SELF ESTEEM is defines simply as
a realistic, appreciative opinion of
oneself.
 Realistic means that we see
ourselves accurately & honestly,
neither inflating nor deflating our
strengths.
 Appreciative means implies positive
feelings of liking & accepting.

19. Healthy self esteem
 Healthy self-esteem is not about
becoming self-centered and
insensitive to others.
 Rather it enhances the "people
skills" that encourage others and
build healthy relationships.
 Healthier your relationships
better is your self confidence.

20. Self-Esteem Roller Coaster
With practice you can level out this roller coaster ride to a more
comfortable baseline. Then you can have unconditional
self-esteem
Healthy
Self
esteem
Unhealthy
Self esteem

21. Your sense of self-worth
1. Is my worth based on...
 How many friends I have?
 My level of education?
 My income and material
possessions?
 My talents or achievements?

22. Your sense of self-worth
2. Is my worth based on
society's view on...
 My gender?
 My appearance?
 My friends ?
 My physical or mental abilities?
 My religion?
 My caste ?

23. Your sense of self-worth
3. Is my worth based on...
 My generosity?
 My tolerance and respect?
 My sense of social justice?
 My honesty?

24. Role of Parents
 Encourage the children
to give their best effort
 Increase the
effectiveness of studying
and writing
 Provide them conducive
environment for studying
 Take care of the
students’ health

25. PLEASE DON’T…
 Compare them with others
 Scold them for occasional
relaxing / oversleeping / TV
 Give heavy food
 Increase their anxiety / fear
 Intrusive / nosy
 Watch TV during exams

26. How to increase your Memory
 SQRRR SYSTEM
 SURVEY
 QUESTION
 READ
 RECITE
 REVIEW
 REMEMBER

27. SURVEY
 Gather the information necessary
to focus and formulate goals.
 1. Read the title - help your mind
prepare to receive the subject at
hand.
 2. Read the introduction and/or
summary - orient yourself to how this
chapter fits the author's purposes,
and focus on the author's statement
of most important points.
 3. Notice each boldface heading
and subheading - organize your
mind before you begin to read - build
a structure for the thoughts and
details to come.

28. SURVEY
 4. Notice any graphics - charts,
maps, diagrams, etc. are there to
make a point - don't miss them.
 5. Notice reading aids - italics, bold
face print, chapter objective, end-of -
chapter questions are all included to
help you sort, comprehend, and
remember.

29. QUESTION
 Help your mind engage and
concentrate.
 One section at a time, turn the
boldface heading into as many
questions as you think will be
answered in that section.
 The better the questions, the better
your comprehension is likely to be.
 You may always add further questions
as you proceed.
 When your mind is actively searching
for answers to questions it becomes
ENGAGED IN LEARNING.

30. READ
 Fill in the information around
the mental structures you've
been building.
 Read each section (one at a
time) with your questions in
mind.
 Look for the answers, and
notice if you need to make up
some new questions.

31. RECITE
 Retrain your mind to concentrate
and learn as it reads.
 After each section - stop, recall your
questions, and see if you can answer
them from memory.
 If not, look back again (as often as
necessary) but don't go on to the
next section until you can recite.

32. REVIEW
 Refine your mental organization
and begin building memory.
 Once you've finished the entire
chapter using the preceding steps,
go back over all the questions from
all the headings.
 See if you can still answer them. If
not, look back and refresh your
memory, then continue.

33. REMEMBER
 THE INFORMATION YOU
GAIN FROM READING IS
IMPORTANT.
 IF YOU JUST "DO IT"
WITHOUT LEARNING
SOMETHING YOU'RE
WASTING A LOT OF TIME.
 TRAIN YOUR MIND TO
LEARN!!!

34. Avoid stressing yourself
 Stress
 Affects your memory &
concentration
 Makes planning and
decisions difficult
 Makes you tired
 Reduces your immunity
 Makes you pressurized

35. “If not you then
who…
If not now then
when…
You are the reason
for your success”
All the best…
Take care we love
you