Doing fun work may feel like you're granting yourself a present after doing hard work. This is the second tip. The third tip has to do with tests. Throughout our lives at school, we take thousands of tests, but we don't often stop to consider good test taking. The best test takers don't plow through their tests without cease, answering one question after the next as it comes. First, they read the whole test quickly. Second, they focus their attention, keeping their concentration on the material they know best, answering quickly because they are confident.