HSC CoWorks

Your HSC Vision is the future you want to create through your HSC and includes all of your goals, the rewards, the feelings and the benefits that will come from making your HSC vision your HSC reality. This is the first and most important student key behaviour as it provides the fuel to complete the subsequent 5 key behaviours and get the job done. Staying connected with your goals is crucial for maintaining the drive and motivation to study. Without this connection, tasks may seem meaningless and it becomes easy to lose momentum get distracted and procrastinate tasks.

Every student starts the HSC year with the same number of hours and days in the year ahead, however it is the students who utilise this limited time most effectively that will remain in control of their HSC campaign and achieve their best possible results. Being a strong planner requires students to be proactive, break tasks down into smaller chunks and take consistent action to complete these smaller chunks to ensure they don’t become overwhelmed as the due date or exam gets closer.

What are the three key points when it comes to being a successful planner in your HSC year?

Top HSC students know the foundational content that makes up each of their subjects inside out. Top HSC students are not vague or uncertain around their foundational content, their brain is ‘fired and wired’ and ready to go. In order to train your brain with the content, skills and confidence you will need to perform in the exam room it is critical that you incorporate exercises into your daily routine to hardwire the content. Getting highly familiar with your subject content (quotes, techniques, facts, formulas, definitions) is your responsibility and if you are serious about a great HSC result, daily revision is required. 

‘Without struggle there is no progress’.

As humans, it is natural that we gravitate towards comfortable and familiar behaviours; this inclination is not simply psychological but is rooted in our early survival instincts. While the comfort zone provides a sense of security and routine, it limits growth and skill development, especially when it comes to preparing for the exam room.

Top HSC students will spend the majority of their study time pushing their comfort zone to expand their capabilities and skills so that they are ready for any and every question. They have prepared their brain for the challenges of the exam room by operating outside of their comfort zone on a regular basis.

It’s not intelligence or talent that brings success, but the determination to overcome challenges, maintain focus, and relentlessly pursue goals.

Grit is your passion and perseverance towards achieving your goals. Whether you are trying to conquer your HSC, finish your University degree, build a business or climb the corporate ladder, it is your Grit that will allow you to rise above. If you are to achieve your goals in life you must stay committed to your vision, day by day, week by week, month by month and know that every setback, obstacle, challenge and mistake along the way is an opportunity to learn how to do it differently so you can achieve the result you desire.

There is only one person who can make an HSC Vision into an HSC reality and that of course is you! By taking responsibility for your own results you are in the driver’s seat of your HSC campaign and by the time you start University you will be ready for the additional responsibility. Without taking full responsibility for achieving your goals it is inevitable that excuses and blame will be a part of your HSC campaign. Blame and excuses are the enemy of progress because they are giving control of your results to external factors. ‘My teacher doesn’t like me’, ‘I didn’t have enough time’, ‘it’s not fair’,‘I need to finish my notes before I can start the assessment task’. If this sounds like you, then it might be time to re-position your approach to your HSC Year.