I had an instructor, not at xjet, but he said something that I found really helpful and he told us that when we are doing our flows especially the first flight of day stuff that everytime you move a switch you should say in your mind, or out loud if it helps, "I see this, I hear this" so you know what it is that you are doing, and what you are looking for (EICAS messages, etc) so when you get in the sim or the airplane and something isn't correct you catch it right away.