Secrets of Certification Success

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Paul Sr. Dwyer. Secrets of Certification Success

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Changing Marketplace

Challenge and Opportunity All In One

Watch out for the Tornado (It was me!)

You Can Duplicate My Results!!!

The Purpose of this Workbook

Important! You’ll need more than just this book

A Strategy That Works

21 Steps to Passing Your First IT Certification Exam

Review the Subject Matter

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Review and Test

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

Browse and ReTest

Step 12

Step 13

Step 14

Step 15

Schedule Your Exam. Step 16

Final Preparation

Step 18

Step 19

Step 20

Tips on Taking a Microsoft Certification Exam

Planning for Your First IT Certification Exam

Building Your Own Custom 21 Step Plan. Area of Certification

Your First Exam

Identify and Purchase Your Resources

Constructing Your Study Plan. Make a List of the Study Skills for Your Exam

Make a List of the Chapters in Your Study Book

Layout Your Study Plan Into a Grid as Below

The Most Important Component of Your Success

Avoid These Mistakes in Your Certification Quest

Taking Your IT Certification Exam with No Preparation

Pick up a Cram Book and Browse through it Before the Test

Use a Practice Test from SelfTestSofware or Measure-Up

Take a Relevant IT Course from a Certified Instructor (Live or Video)

Take a Bootcamp Course (Oracle DBA, Windows Server Administrator, etc.)

Buy a Braindump for the Exam You are Taking

The IT Certification Mindset

Your Journal to Success

The Fire of Desire

Faith, Belief and Confidence

Action – Row or Fly?

The “Secrets of Certification Success” 100 Day Challenge

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I started out in Information Technology in 1980 as a Fortran programmer. I worked in several industries including pharmaceuticals, banking, finance and brokerage. I saw the beginning of the mid-range computers like the VAX from Digital Equipment Corporation and I saw their decline as microcomputers came along and they became the servers and desktops we see today. I have seen an incredible evolution of software and I remember how IBM introduced OS/2. They tried to maintain a proprietary architecture but then along came Microsoft and the rest is history. I’ve worked as a software development consultant for most of the nineties and up until now.

In 2002 I became a Microsoft Certified Trainer and that was when I learned about the value of IT certification. I had an incredible stretch of success where I obtained a string of certifications in a very short time frame. I developed a process which I now call my “Secrets of Certification Success”. I did not begin working on the idea of turning “Secrets of Certification Success” into a book until 2005. My first attempt at writing this book and trying to market it was not very successful but I came back to it in January of 2011. About a year before that I purchased the DVD, “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne and I was introduced to the “Law of Attraction”. Sometimes this book is pooh-poohed as a bunch of new wave hocus pocus but one person in the video started me thinking about dreaming big and making that dream a reality. That gentleman’s name is Bob Proctor. His famous phrase is “Tell me what you want and I’ll show you how to get it”. He also became the starting point of many serendipitous connections.

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For you the reader I thank you for buying my book. My hope is that it will bring some of the happiness and good fortune you are seeking.

Paul Dwyer

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