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14 Dec 2021, 23:46
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Dear GMAT Forum Members,
I have a situation that I need to please get quality guidance.
My GMAT verbal score is very poor and I really need to be reading for an hour daily.
My challenge I'm having is finding time to read over and above my available time post work hours.
Here's my current schedule:
1. I wake up at 6:30AM and I finish an hour ride, run, or swim (I'm a triathlete)
2. I get to work by 8:30AM
2.5 I go to the gym for 30 minutes during lunch time and then eat lunch for 30 minutes
3. I leave work by 6:45PM
4. I go home and eat dinner by 7:45PM.
5. From 8-10PM, I focus on the actual GMAT.
I am a Sales Director at my firm and I ideally want to spend 1 hour reading "during" work hours, but I don't want to be reading RC passages not related to my job because I'm in an open cubicle, it's going to be so obvious that I'm not doing my day job! I'll get fired!
I have a few questions:
1. Is anyone spending the daily 1-hour reading during work hours? How do they do it?
2. If I'm going to read, can I just read articles/topics related to Sales/business that doesn't make it obvious that I'm messing about at work?
3. I know the GMAT uses historical and scientific passages. Are reading these topic areas important? When should I read those? During my content building post work hours?
4. Which "business sites" can I read that has relevant job-specific topics that are closely related to the materials on the GMAT? Mckinsey? Economist?
I am a Sales Director that sells electronic components to my local markets in ASEAN.
I'm always VERY keen to learn topics about:
1. Sales
2. Marketing
3. Industry specific news. Can I read Mckinsey articles? Is that representative?
4. Improving efficiency at work
I don't want to be reading "general news" because, again, it's not related to my job! Everyone can see my screen.
What does everyone here do to really make the most of their reading during work hours?
I have a situation that I need to please get quality guidance.
My GMAT verbal score is very poor and I really need to be reading for an hour daily.
My challenge I'm having is finding time to read over and above my available time post work hours.
Here's my current schedule:
1. I wake up at 6:30AM and I finish an hour ride, run, or swim (I'm a triathlete)
2. I get to work by 8:30AM
2.5 I go to the gym for 30 minutes during lunch time and then eat lunch for 30 minutes
3. I leave work by 6:45PM
4. I go home and eat dinner by 7:45PM.
5. From 8-10PM, I focus on the actual GMAT.
I am a Sales Director at my firm and I ideally want to spend 1 hour reading "during" work hours, but I don't want to be reading RC passages not related to my job because I'm in an open cubicle, it's going to be so obvious that I'm not doing my day job! I'll get fired!
I have a few questions:
1. Is anyone spending the daily 1-hour reading during work hours? How do they do it?
2. If I'm going to read, can I just read articles/topics related to Sales/business that doesn't make it obvious that I'm messing about at work?
3. I know the GMAT uses historical and scientific passages. Are reading these topic areas important? When should I read those? During my content building post work hours?
4. Which "business sites" can I read that has relevant job-specific topics that are closely related to the materials on the GMAT? Mckinsey? Economist?
I am a Sales Director that sells electronic components to my local markets in ASEAN.
I'm always VERY keen to learn topics about:
1. Sales
2. Marketing
3. Industry specific news. Can I read Mckinsey articles? Is that representative?
4. Improving efficiency at work
I don't want to be reading "general news" because, again, it's not related to my job! Everyone can see my screen.
What does everyone here do to really make the most of their reading during work hours?
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15 Dec 2021, 00:42
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Finding good "learning" time can be an issue. I sometimes suggest to full-time working students to take sessions, for example, in the early morning before their shift.
My GMAT verbal score is very poor and I really need to be reading for an hour daily.
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My GMAT verbal score is very poor and I really need to be reading for an hour daily.
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17 Dec 2021, 02:54
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Hi Piyush,
Thanks for posting your question. I think many people struggle with this exact same issue.
To be honest, when I look at your schedule, it does not look like GMAT is a priority for you. Is it?
For most people, 8-10pm is not a good time to try to learn something new.
If improving your GMAT verbal score is a true priority, I'd highly suggest using some of that precious early-morning time. Could you go to bed one hour earlier in order to wake up one hour earlier and thus find the hour you need?
Also, do you listen to anything when you are training for triathlon? OK, maybe not when swimming, but when running, you could listen to high-quality podcasts on topics that could come up in GMAT RC/CR but that you're not so familiar with.
(What this exactly includes would depend on your own weaknesses - but some topics to consider could include astrophysics, biochemistry, zoology/animal behavior, US legal system, insurance, controversies in the humanities.)
It's not the same as reading BUT it could help increase your familiarity with previously foreign topics, making a passage in that area less stressful to approach.
To address your specific questions:
Would it help to print out the readings instead of having them up on the screen?
If you want to read about topics that are directly relevant to your work, that's great for your work-related knowledge! But are you currently uncomfortable reading about those topics in English?? If they are already in your comfort zone, let's not pretend that more reading in those areas will make a big improvement in your verbal score.
Let us know what you think.
Bright wishes, Jennifer
Thanks for posting your question. I think many people struggle with this exact same issue.
To be honest, when I look at your schedule, it does not look like GMAT is a priority for you. Is it?
For most people, 8-10pm is not a good time to try to learn something new.
If improving your GMAT verbal score is a true priority, I'd highly suggest using some of that precious early-morning time. Could you go to bed one hour earlier in order to wake up one hour earlier and thus find the hour you need?
Also, do you listen to anything when you are training for triathlon? OK, maybe not when swimming, but when running, you could listen to high-quality podcasts on topics that could come up in GMAT RC/CR but that you're not so familiar with.
(What this exactly includes would depend on your own weaknesses - but some topics to consider could include astrophysics, biochemistry, zoology/animal behavior, US legal system, insurance, controversies in the humanities.)
It's not the same as reading BUT it could help increase your familiarity with previously foreign topics, making a passage in that area less stressful to approach.
To address your specific questions:
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Are you in a working situation where you could be interrupted at any time, or people can come look over your shoulder at any minute? You want to have good blocks of high-focus time where you can deeply concentrate on the readings and dig into anything you don't understand, make notes of any phrases or vocabulary that are unclear, etc.
Would it help to print out the readings instead of having them up on the screen?
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Well, do you have real problems when you get RC passages that deal with business topics? I kinda doubt it. You especially need to read in your areas of weakness.
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How do you currently perform on those types of passages? If they are a weak area, then you absolutely should practice reading them. As mentioned above, 8-10pm is not a great time to ask your brain to do new things.
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Key thing to figure out here is which topic areas represent weaknesses for you. The Economist is a great resource for many topics, and McKinsey research is another excellent idea. But the point would be to read about things that you know would be a problem for you if they came up today on the GMAT.
If you want to read about topics that are directly relevant to your work, that's great for your work-related knowledge! But are you currently uncomfortable reading about those topics in English?? If they are already in your comfort zone, let's not pretend that more reading in those areas will make a big improvement in your verbal score.
Let us know what you think.
Bright wishes, Jennifer
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