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Preparing to tackle the GRE the RIGHT way for the new year

<p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><u><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Doing GRE the Right Way for the New Year</span></span></span></strong></u></p> <ol style="margin-bottom:11px"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The New Year is often a celebration of new beginnings &ndash; doing things differently. That&rsquo;s true for GRE preparation as well. But, before we dive into that, do you have any New Year&rsquo;s Resolutions that you want to capitalize on? </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Let&rsquo;s make resolutions that are actionable</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">&ldquo;I want to do a better job at my work.&rdquo; </span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">What exactly does that mean?</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Example: I intend to pitch new ideas to my boss once a month. </span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">&ldquo;I want to get into a habit of reading.&rdquo;</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Actionable resolution: I want to read 30 minutes a day (at least).</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The good news about a new year is that, psychologically speaking, we feel like we have a &ldquo;clean slate.&rdquo; </span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Do you feel like you have a &ldquo;clean slate&rdquo; at the beginning of a new year?</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">In terms of the GRE, if we have a clean slate, what would we do? Where would we begin?</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">&ldquo;Start with the foundation, get better at the basics.&rdquo;</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Actionable</b>: Identify our strengths and weaknesses. To do that, we have to use a measurement that actually identifies our strengths and weaknesses as they relate to foundation. </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>More Actionable</b>: We want to take foundation quizzes that measure both our quant foundation and our vocabulary foundation. </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Most Actionable</b>: Take the vocab check quiz on the website. If you haven&rsquo;t started the vocab mountain, take a test (30 words) that measures all 34 groups. If you are somewhere on the vocab mountain, take a test that measures your vocab knowledge from group 1 to the group that you&rsquo;re currently on in the vocab mountain. </span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/skill-building/generated/vocab-check" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline">https://www.gregmat.com/skill-building/generated/vocab-check</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Scenario 1: </b>You&rsquo;re new to GRE prep in general, you took the test covering all 34 groups, and you did poorly (and that&rsquo;s okay).</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Use either the 1-month plan or the 2-month plan. More importantly, TAKE VOCABULARY SERIOUSLY. It&rsquo;s not a joke. It&rsquo;s not optional. It&rsquo;s not voluntary. If your goal is a high verbal score, TAKE VOCABULARY SERIOUSLY. </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Watch the video: How to Properly do the Vocab Mountain</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">https://www.gregmat.com/class/how-to-properly-do-the-vocab-mountain</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Scenario 2: </b>You&rsquo;re NOT new to the GRE, and you took a test covering group 1 to the group you&rsquo;re on and you scored poorly.</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Start over. </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Watch the video: How to Properly do the Vocab Mountain</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">https://www.gregmat.com/class/how-to-properly-do-the-vocab-mountain</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Scenario 3: </b>You are new to GRE prep and you took a test covering all 34 groups and you did very well, 25+.</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hey, you&rsquo;re doing great! Keep doing that thing. </span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Scenario 4: </b>You&rsquo;re NOT to GRE prep and you took a test covering the groups you&rsquo;ve already gone over and you scored well, 27+. </span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">You still want to go through the vocab, but it might not necessarily be a priority. Maybe more of your focus should be on strategies. </span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Another actionable step (test our quant foundations):</b></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Arithmetic:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/1yNWtpatymwLQFDN7" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/1yNWtpatymwLQFDN7</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Algebra:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/Jbe9Y3MysMZSkmR89" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/Jbe9Y3MysMZSkmR89</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Coordinate Geometry:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/QX5NC8VzH41pema39" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/QX5NC8VzH41pema39</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Geometry:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/9U3bsaBzKVQmVBMAA" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/9U3bsaBzKVQmVBMAA</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Data Analysis Part 1:&nbsp;<a href="http://forms.gle/8MGpxzFJRvwaxKGg7" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://forms.gle/8MGpxzFJRvwaxKGg7</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Data Analysis Part 2:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/Fm2cdFF3YMShtfZV7" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/Fm2cdFF3YMShtfZV7</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Data Analysis Part 3:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/aMprYCJBH5TLGXmo9" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/aMprYCJBH5TLGXmo9</a></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Scenario 1: </b>You bomb arithmetic (less than 60%). </span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Don&rsquo;t take the other quizzes. </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Start the I&rsquo;m Overwhelmed Plan</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Designed to improve your foundation</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Scenario 2: </b>You don&rsquo;t bomb arithmetic and do pretty well.</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">You still need to take the other quizzes to identify your strengths and weaknesses</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Use the I&rsquo;m Overwhelmed Plan in a way that targets your weaknesses (you don&rsquo;t have to go through everything if it&rsquo;s not necessary). </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Example: </b>70% on Arithmetic, a 90% on algebra, a 50% on coordinate geometry, a 90% on geometry, and pretty low scores on the three data tests. </span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">In this case, this person could skip algebra and geometry in the I&rsquo;m Overwhelmed Plan and do everything else. </span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">I&rsquo;m Overwhelmed Plan Module Subjects:</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Arithmetic: Modules 1-3</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Algebra: Modules 4 and 5 (parts 1 and 2)</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Coordinate Geometry: Modules 5 (parts 3 and 4) and 6</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Geometry: Modules 7-9</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Data Analysis: Modules 10-12</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Scenario 3: </b>You did well on all the quizzes.</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>I would recommend using either the 1-</b>month plan or the 2-month plan and extracting more of the strategies and practice material rather than the foundation stuff. I&rsquo;m not saying skip the foundation stuff, but the main focus should be on strategies, untimed practice, and then timed practice. </span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Okay, our foundation in vocab and quant is solid (for both). What&rsquo;s next? What would a smart test taker work on?</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Awareness of the strategies. Can you recognize them by name and talk about them for like 30 seconds or so?</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Quant:</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Choosing numbers</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Making deductions</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Manipulating QC Answer Choices</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Simplifying QC Answer Choices</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Equal / not equal</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Backsolving</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Piece by piece</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Pattern Recognition</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Brute Force</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Calculating Extremes (minimums and maximums)</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Have a system</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Create an easier example</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The three skipping periods</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">CANNOT problems</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">CAN/COULD problems</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Sufficient Information problems</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Verbal (text completion): </b></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Pairing Strategy</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Math Strategy</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Time Contrast</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Block of 4</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Double Possibility </span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Infinite Possibility</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Previously Referenced</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Usage Strategy</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">EXTREME questions</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Panic strategy</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Easiest Blank first</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Rephrasing Ideas</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Verbal (reading):</b></span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Passages themselves</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Identify the author&rsquo;s main point</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Identify the primary purpose</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Rephrase/Simplify a sentence</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Identify a sentence&rsquo;s function</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Questions</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Identify the question type</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Detail, Inference, and Function (three main types)</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Rephrase the question</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Answer before looking</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Idetnfiy the &ldquo;scanning&rdquo; word or phrase</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Answers themselves</span></span></span> <ol> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Justify the right answer</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Eliminate the wrong answers for one of two reasons</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">It&rsquo;s contradicted by the passage</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">No evidence</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Bottom to top</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Be a car</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Yes/No</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Attack from Sides</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">So, in a nutshell, I&rsquo;m advising people to start their prep by doing the following:</span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Making sure their foundation is really strong</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Making sure they&rsquo;re aware of the strategies</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">My question for you&hellip;how many people actually do prep this way? </span></span></span> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Very few people start their prep this way, to their detriment. They&rsquo;re too eager to solve questions, like that is somehow going to magically improve your foundation and strategies</span></span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">It&rsquo;s a New Year. Do you want to do prep the right way? If so, really heed the advice above this line. It&rsquo;s going to make your life SO MUCH easier. </span></span></span></li> </ol>