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The Single Skill You're Missing to Pass Your Exam That Nobody Teaches

The Single Skill You're Missing to Pass Your Exam That Nobody Teaches

Update: 2025-12-12
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Ever walked into an exam feeling completely ready…and then suddenly your heart is pounding, your mind goes blank, and even the easy stuff looks like it’s written in a foreign language? 🤔

If that sounds familiar, you’re gonna want to listen to this!

In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on the other side of taking those professional exams — the part that’s not in specs but can tank your performance and make months of hard work and sacrifice go down the drain if you don’t get it right.

There’s a single skill no professor and no other exam prep course provider out there teaches…but every FE and PE test-taker needs!

We dive into what that other side of passing your exam is, that single skill you need to get it right, and the tools and frameworks you can use to actually (and easily) do it. 😉

If you blank out, rush through questions, or panic yourself into silly mistakes when taking your FE, PE, or CFM® exam, this episode shows exactly how to undo that pattern.

Give this episode a listen and walk into your next exam with a calmer mind, a clearer plan, and way more control than you’ve ever had before. 👍


🧠 TUNE IN TO LEARN:

  • The Biggest Non-Studying Obstacle We Hear From Students
  • What "Composure" on Your Exam Really Is
  • The Problem of Labeling Yourself as "Bad at Exams" (+ What to Do About It)
  • What Test Anxiety Really Is...And The Only Way to Get Rid of It
  • What to Do the Week Before the Exam to Build Composure
  • How to Spend the Day Before the Exam to Avoid Sabotaging Yourself
  • What to Do in the Morning of the Exam to Make Things Go Smoothly
  • The 3x3x3 Exercise to Calm Yourself Down When You Face a Tough Question
  • The Triage Test-Taking Strategy to Stay Calm While Taking the Exam
  • The Self-Talk Script to Use When Anxiety Spikes During the Exam
  • The Mid-Exam Reset You Need to Do to Show up Sharp for the Second Half
  • How to Keep Composure With the (Increased) Test Anxiety as a Repeat Taker


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🖥️ OUR REVIEW COURSES:

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The Single Skill You're Missing to Pass Your Exam That Nobody Teaches

The Single Skill You're Missing to Pass Your Exam That Nobody Teaches

Isaac Oakeson