Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Learning first hand
75 days to CAT, and today is the day I decided to look at the books that have the information needed for me to be able to give the exam.
Sitting in front of the screen, I sit there and read a few sentences. The first half till date has been pretty simple, because the authors of all the books have made the whole concept of studying for CAT very welcoming. Well, have covered only the introduction chapters till now, and still have ocean in front of me to dive into. Most of the CAT mentors today will be thinking reading my progress- “This person isn’t getting anywhere at the speed with which he is operating”. Well, we shall see.
Being all geared up to get to work, is I think the first step to achieve anything. Additionally, for the person that I have been- Always studying last minute, not doing the task at hand until the very end, being lazy, unfocused, unmotivated to do anything at all; starting for me is a huge step. I know I shall make it, because now I am doing this for myself.
I have removed the whole idea of being “motivated too”. There is nothing known as motivation. There is only the will, the will to prove to yourself, to your parents, to your friends, to the people that said “you can never do it”, anyone who never believed in you.
I never believed in myself. I never believed in my capabilities and my own self. So this is my mission to prove to myself that I can achieve what I want to; I can achieve all that I set my mind to.
In essence I say (and believe): I DARE TO DREAM. AND BECAUSE I DARE TO DREAM, I HAVE IN ME THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE MY DREAMS MY REALITY.
So, go on. Get ahead of yourself. You have been underestimating yourself all this while, don’t you think this is the time to make that inner voice that says- ” You can never achieve it/ You can never do it”- That inner voice/ that person that you want to prove to, that it is wrong, and so thus, do your best to prove to Him/Her that He/She is completely Wrong.
7 Sept- Whats new?
Nothing new as of now. I am a student/ working person, who is planning to give her CAT and GMAT this year. Now the question that arises all the time is, do I really need to do an MBA to be able to live a life free from the comments of my parents, to start my own business, to be able to make money and meet more people?
Some simple questions, but a life altering decision.
Why am I going to study for my CAT? Because yes, I don’t want to be nagged by my parents. Why, I am not saying that my parents are bad people, I am just saying, that because I am still under the pay check that they give me every month, I am obliged to work on what they think is right for me.
Not complaining, and thinking of other reasons, now I am changing my reason for writing the CAT. My reason for writing the CAT is meeting new people who will develop my ideas, and will help my come up with my ideas that I need to lift the cover of my Startup, and train myself in terms of my personal discipline and ethics to mold myself completely into the businessman that I need to be, and learn all that I cannot learn in the environment that I am in presently.
So, declaring- I am going to get into the top IIM. Why? Because I have kept my talents, my potential, my abilities at the lowest till date, it’s time to break-free. Don’t you think? Don’t you think that it’s high time we give our all for our own future?
So, how am I going to go about this? CAT is on 24th Nov, and I haven’t even started studying. So, lets start today. I will update my daily study, work, and my thoughts during this process, to keep myself motivated and let my readers know my journey.
Its 7th Sept,2019. I take 23rd Nov as my last date, so precisely have 77 Days to work and come closer to my goal.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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