Challenges
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” - An honourable excerpt from the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Life is unfair, but the ones who persist when the odds are stacked up against them are the ones who triumph over life.
The challenges in my life may not seem monumental or my failures so humbling to others, but to me those have been my entire adult life experience. My parents are well educated, hence it has been a fervent desire of my father to make sure his children were too. With his inspiration I have decided to take up a management course from an IIM and set down to prepare for my CAT in the year 2014. However, I couldn’t reach up to the percentile cut-off set for that years’ admission process. Hence, I decided to work for a few years and gather work experience and then attempt CAT again. So I took up the examination again in 2016 and 2017 wherein I scored lesser than the previous attempts continuously.
I was devastated and very much depressed, but with the help of my family and friends I was able to bounce back. I made a decision to quit my job and work on the preparation of the exam. And this time I scored better than ever and I am currently studying in IIM SIRMAUR. It took me five long years and four grizzly attempts to finally get here, which I am sure is just the beginning of the journey. More than anything in these five years, I learnt to build up my faith in God and resilience to stick to my goals no matter how long it takes or how ugly the process may seem.
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Siddharth Yadav
My name is Siddharth, which means a person who has accomplished his goal though I am working on it. I was born and brought up in Delhi and I do not have any siblings. I reside with my parents who are Government servants by occupation. Father being a PGT teacher (English) and mother is Supervisor (Physical Education). At a young age of 8 years, I started performing Yoga Asana, which was a part of the school Curriculum. I brought laurels to my School securing 2nd position at Inter school competition. Recognizing my talent, I was encouraged to participate at the State Level where I bagged 3rd position. Simultaneously, I was selected for 29th National Yoga Championship in Chennai in 2004. Things which I learnt from Yoga Patience Determination Discipline I not only learnt these three qualities but also implemented in my life. As far as my education qualification is concerned, I secured 85.2% at Senior Secondary Level and 73.4% in High school with Science Stream. My fascination towards Computers led to my graduation in computer Science from Manav Rachna College of Engineering, Faridabad that is affiliated to MDU, Rohtak. Multimedia technologies was my subject of Interest, as it comprised of hardware components of a computer system and their functioning. The love for PC games can be deduced by my Interest in computers. I won several competitions at college level in PC gaming during Fest. I earned many friends irrespective of their incorporation in different courses and streams during this tenure because of my resourcefulness and efficacy. Playing sports like Cricket and Basketball has always resulted in better communication and strong relationships.
It is motivating to see ABG has influenced a lot of people. It seems your hard work paid off as you are now a part of IIM Sirmaur. All the best in your future endeavors.
10 Jul 2019, 07.31 AM
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Shree chandra Yadav
It's is a very good article.keep it up so your good thought can motivate others also
10 Jul 2019, 10.18 AM |
Y.D. Sharma
It’s is a very very beautiful article.keep it up so your good thought can motivate others also
It’s is a very beautiful article.keep it up so your good thought can motivate others also
10 Jul 2019, 10.52 AM |
Vivian Nutulapati
SRM alumnus Ex-Infoscion MBA student at IIM SIRMAUR
Thank you
11 Jul 2019, 08.59 PM |
Nilesh Gothi
Student at IIM Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh
Good one Vivian. Keep it up man
10 Jul 2019, 08.24 PM
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Vivian Nutulapati
SRM alumnus Ex-Infoscion MBA student at IIM SIRMAUR
Thank you
11 Jul 2019, 08.59 PM |
Jayaram P M
Living my life to the fullest!
A really nice article :)
11 Jul 2019, 04.19 PM
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Vivian Nutulapati
SRM alumnus Ex-Infoscion MBA student at IIM SIRMAUR
Thank You
15 Jul 2019, 05.31 PM |
Puneet Singh
Very motivating!
11 Jul 2019, 04.24 PM
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Vivian Nutulapati
SRM alumnus Ex-Infoscion MBA student at IIM SIRMAUR
Thank You
15 Jul 2019, 05.31 PM |
Vamsi Turaga
Student at Srm university
Very honestly written. It's amazing to see you living your dream by being a part of IIM Sirmaur. As Randy Pausch says it, "it's important to have specific dreams. Dream big. Dream without fear." All the best!!
11 Jul 2019, 04.44 PM
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Vivian Nutulapati
SRM alumnus Ex-Infoscion MBA student at IIM SIRMAUR
Thank You
15 Jul 2019, 05.32 PM |