Set your goal and commit to success -- Develop a plan for success : your GPS to bar passage -- Climb the bar exam mountain; transition from student to professional -- Reduce distractions, increase your focus, and manage your time -- Get and use quality expert help : reliable bar review courses, academic support faculty, and trusted mentors -- Enlist your troops and lose the naysayers : it takes a village of positive people -- Write and post your schedule; then adapt it to maximize productivity -- Practice tests : the heavy lifting -- The home stretch : eliminate distractions and embrace success -- Celebrate your achievement, and acknowledge and thank those who helped you (then set your next goal!) -- Why didn't I pass the bar exam? -- I feel like I was kicked in the teeth -- Rethink "failure" and use your previous experience as preparation for success.