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A guy called Aspirant

6th July 6, 2011

Long long ago, there used to be a guy called “Aspirant”. He camefrom a modest middle class family in the suburbs of India. India is acountry known for its great intellectual capital and tough

competitive exams. Aspirant, like his other friends was a brightstudent who did his graduation from a fairly decent engineeringcollege. He worked for some time and realized that in-order to riseup the corporate ladder fast, you need to be an MBA.

So, what’s the deal in it? One fine morning when the sun was brightin the month of April, and the news papers were full of Ads by theinstitutes who train for MBA entrance exams, He submittedresignation to his cute looking HR. He called his old friends andshowed them the 7 figure salary to convince them to enroll for a

course in one of the Institutes for which the Ad said “ 3000 IIM callsa year” . That sounds great. IIMs by the way are Top notch B-Schools in India, where if you manage to get in, your life is like set. That’s what people believe. But I don’t. Let me edit my self , IIMs aredefinitely a place were if you reach and also if you have the rightattitude, then your life is for sure set. One more thing If you havethe right attitude then your life is definitely set irrespective of thefact that you study from IIMs. What a confusion right?.

Well no need to get confused. Mr. Aspirant with one of his friendfrom his home town, and 2 others from his engineering days, finally

come to a small place called Patel Nagar , in Delhi and get enrolledto a institute called “ Future Launcher” in short called (FL). Studybegins, new packets of study materials with slippery shining pagesthat smelled so new and fresh. Classes begin, teachers start the firstday with boost of motivation and a SWOT analysis of several B-Schools, that can make or beak your life. Aspirant, was a littleemotional guy he used to get motivated and de-motivated at thespeed of light. So with great motivation and energy all these fourfriends started making strategy for overpowering the demons of Quant, DI & Verbal.

In few weeks time, came the time of the first practice test, they callit FOCK-1,Fock -1, gave Aspirant the shock of his life, A bright student , whoalmost cleared IIT JEE , ended up getting some 78 percentile.Disgusted from his poor performance, He made a perfect plan thistime to secure not less than 99.999… Percentile. Oh sorry , forgot tomention here some thing, Mr Aspirant is also a charming guy andthere was a girl in his batch, kind of cute, and he happen to get anintroduction to her of course because of his studious elegance. Bothof them came little closer, and you know who is to blame? Yes, it’s

the “Number system” the deadly chapter in quant that comprises of almost 35 % of problems that appear in CAT. The girl had no idea as



importantly the killer instinct in you that’s going to make youthrough. Never ever have the feeling that just enrolling in anexpensive program, can be of immense help.

So the flow chart goes like this Plan > Organize > execute >Monitor . As the famous saying goes “Those who fail to planactually plan to fail” .Organize yourself to gain resources in terms of

time and study material. Don’t get bogged down by loads of booksand keep getting frustrated. Pick one reasonable study material,stick to it , solve all the problems and revise it. Execute the plan,because if you don’t execute, the plan and the time spent inmaking the plan is not even worth the paper on which it is written.Monitor your performance consistently by means of Practice tests

( FOCK tests ).

Before it gets tremendously boring, I would not like to stretch anymore. I would leave you with a thought of you, walking through the

gates of IIMs , wearing the T-shirts embossed with the logos of IIMsand living in the same campus and same dorms where once upon,the great people who make who’s who of the Industry spent theirmost wonderful time. And then with another thought of yougraduating with a degree from IIMs , with the best dream jobs anddream companies knocking at your door. Would you not like to givefew months to this most wonderful experience? If you have notthought yet. Its time you THINK and most importantly its time youprove your MIGHT.

My most famous line in “hindi stuffed with urdu”

"Khudi ko kar buland itna, ke har takdeer se pehlay

Khuda bande se khud puche, bata teri raza kiya hai. "

Mohammad Iqbal.

Good Luck…

All the characters of the above story arealthough fictional, but theircoincidence with a real case is highlywarranted.

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