Grade 8&9 students

If you got all 8's and 9's (or all 9s too) in ur mocks/the real thing if you've done already WHATS THE SECRET, what was ur routine, motivations, plans, study methods??? Help a girl out.
And I know you're probably gonna say active recall/ spaced repetition but HOW. In my mocks I learnt all my flashcards but I got the same scores as the previous year