I met Himanshu a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was remarkable when I met him, back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most aspirants – color their life in black and white –\nGetting Selected means success, everything else means failure. This\ncategorization becomes rigid especially after every result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Himanshu was different<\/em>. When he thought he had\nfailed, he would do something<\/em> about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some people, who resolve to not quit<\/em> the exam after a\nfailure, actually quit working towards the goal – and merely keep writing the\nexam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Himanshu taught me that not quitting<\/strong> means not\nstopping the hard work<\/strong>. All throughout the year for the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He taught me that if you don’t quit – by which I mean<\/p>\n\n\n\n you can improve. He not only told me that. He demonstrated\nit to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He reached me again when he secured rank 44 last year.\nAnd made it to the IAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A big reason why people fail after<\/em> they fail is\nbecause of two reasons<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the past five years, I have met at least 5 people who\nwent to get under 50 ranks – who were only<\/em> able to improve ranks ,\nor make remarkable progress<\/em> in later attempts – thus altering their\nentire<\/em> life trajectory – only<\/em> because they would do stupid things<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They would begin afresh<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And its not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Himanshu, in his third attempt<\/strong>, for example, joined\nthe Forum Prelims Test Series. And he was not a guy who had failed in Prelims\nearlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had the ability to start afresh<\/em>. ( To be\nhonest, I do not have that ability, but thats another story, for later times.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n So last night when Himanshu messaged me, inviting me for the\nmost important social ceremony of his life – I asked him. You’ve gone through\nthis, why dont you write something. Its about giving back, remember<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n And he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And here is his message<\/p>\n\n\n\n Firstly<\/em>, congratulations to all those who made it to the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do prepare well for the interview and don’t stop until your\nday comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among those who have cleared, there are 3 kinds of people –<\/p>\n\n\n\n People of the first category<\/em> will feel a little\nrelaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People of the second category<\/em> will feel a little\nanxious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And those of the third category<\/em> would be out and\nabout by now, approaching different coaching centers for guidance for\ninterviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will post a detailed strategy which will help each of the\nabove 3 kinds of people (provided that they have a minimum of 25 days at their\ndisposal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steps: Finally<\/em>, think positively, don’t let your mind get\ncluttered with negative thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Condition your mind by repeatedly feeding positive things\ninto your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s it for those appearing for the interview this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, for the people who are having a bad life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First remember that you dont have a bad life. You just have\na bad day, or a bad week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its temporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please don’t worry even 1% bhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t judge yourself based on this exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ThIt has got several subjective elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In my first attempt, I got around 130 marks in the essay\nwithout working, while I got 60 marks in the essay when I worked very hard for\nit in my second attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I too struggled with this process of rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s very painful and shattering. It feels like one year has\ngone down the drain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But believe me, one who falls but keeps himself strong\nenough to work again, will win ultimately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s like a cricket match. One dot ball doesn’t decide the\nfinal outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rather, if you keep yourself standing on the pitch, on the\nnext ball you might be able to hit a four or a six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, it doesn’t matter how hard you are hit, what matters is\nhow hard a hit you can take and still keep moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know this pain is immense and I would not ask you to come\nout of this pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But make this pain your strongest strength and put the best\nthat you can, even if you have to go beyond your abilities, work day in and day\nout, whenever you feel lazy, just remember the pain of not finding your roll\nnumber in the list and you will automatically start working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Few famous quotes There is also a good saying which goes something like – Make your work ethic so strong that it eliminates fear of\nfailure from you. Sacrifice deviations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work so hard that you are able to bring smile on your\nparents’ face, because some things are priceless<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grind yourself<\/em> , burn yourself<\/em> by practicing\nmore and more, and I am 110% sure that you will come out with flying colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You know you will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for reading it. IAS Batch 2016, AIR 44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I met Himanshu a few years ago. He was remarkable when I met him, back then. Most aspirants – color their life in black and white – Getting Selected means success, everything else means failure. This categorization becomes rigid especially after every result. But Himanshu was different. When he thought he had failed, he would… Continue reading The Morning ( and Days ) after Mains Results – For Both Have’s and Have Not’s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,20,28,15],"tags":[178,175,159,179],"class_list":["post-14357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-preparation","category-motivation","category-preparation-strategy","category-toppers-story","tag-himanshu-jain","tag-interview-preparation","tag-interview-preparation-for-ias","tag-topper-story","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":397,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}by Himanshu Jain, AIR 44 , @riseoftitan, IAS Batch 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n#1 Install Evernote. ( 1\nMonth Free Premium Referral Link by ForumIAS Here<\/a>)
\n#2 Make a notebook called Interview.<\/strong>
\n#3 Create a note for each area of your DAF. For example, your state,\ngraduation, district, hobby etc.
\n#4 ForumIAS has released a compilation of interview transcripts. Read it and\nframe questions based on your profile.
\n#5 Write all these questions in the corresponding notes along with their\nanswers.
\n#6 Practise in front of the mirror for 30 minutes daily. You can use your\nmobile to record this. You will be very surprised to see the improvement in\njust 5 days.
\n#7 For current affairs, read newspapers, especially The Hindu and ToI,\nand make quick notes in a small notebook.
\n#8 Form opinions on current news items by asking yourself difficult\nquestions.
\n#9 One method to eliminate fear is by asking difficult questions,\nquestions that scare you, during mirror practice.
\n#10 Appear in 7 to 8 mock interviews and work on the suggestions that you\nreceive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong> 1. Those who think they can and those who think they can’t, are both usually right.
2. The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of failure.
3. If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n*Play hard or go Home.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nHimanshu Jain,<\/p>\n\n\n\n