Category: Mindset/Psychology

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The Barbri Regret: Is It Really Working for You?

Bar exam results. Tens of thousands across the country face them time and time again. Hope and despair, rinse and repeat.

You endure the onslaught of “aww… you got this” and “I’m sure you passed!” for weeks and months. Like can we just agonize in PEACE?

Waiting is the hardest part. Anxiety, excitement, and uncertainty squirt into your heart every time they think of the moment of truth. Uncertainty is being locked in a padded room alone with your hopes and worries.

Then… the ruthless truth. This is the result of all your work, condensed into one phrase: “You were not successful on the exam.” Someone out there deemed that your efforts weren’t enough.

How do you face your family and friends? How do you face yourself?

You want to “trust the process.” But does something need to be changed?

"The more I review, the more I realize what a waste of time the big bar prep programs are. . . . Never will I 'trust the process.'"
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How Do You Become Confident in Your Bar Prep?

Are you panicking? Feeling crazy like a possessed head of lettuce (which doesn’t even make sense because it’s just that crazy)? Feeling stuck and overwhelmed?

If so, these are perfectly valid reactions to the daunting task before you. You’re not alone in feeling this way!

It’s OK if you don’t feel confident about your bar prep. As a guy, I can understand being pressured to “be confident” and “be yourself.” That kind of advice is so vague and misleading I don’t even know where to begin.

But if you want to rant to me or ask me for “any advice?” so you can somehow receive a magical response with the one weird trick that will solve all your problems and make you feel a little happy for more than three minutes… If you’re hoping for that feeling of confidence to be infused in the form of a green-juice smoothie…

Cease.

That’s not happening today. This is a letter to the you who is willing to develop confidence in your bar prep.

If you’re not ready or willing to generate that feeling from within yourself, you can come back to this later. Or never—who says you need to feel confident with your bar prep anyway?

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