How I overcame challenges to achieve my ambitions in life so far.
I strongly believe that the first step to overcoming hurdles in life is accepting your shortcomings. No one is perfect; some may be further along than others in certain aspects of life but they probably lag behind somewhere else. At the end of the day, we are all works in progress and personal growth is only possible when you accept this, identify your weaknesses and resolve to work on them. These are your stepping stones to achieving success in life.
For me, for most of my life, one of my strongest weaknesses was being an introvert. For all those raised eyebrows, let me assure you, my weakness isn’t my introversion, I am still an introvert but I no longer see it as a weakness. I have gone through the process of realization, acceptance, and the need to improve. Like any other MBA student, I see myself in a managerial post in the future. That would require interacting with many individuals in many ways as a critical part of my life. Not just that, socializing is an inherent part of human existence and to skimp out on it is, in my opinion, to lead an incomplete life. Of course, I didn’t always believe so and a major part of overcoming this obstacle was changing my attitude towards it. Once I had the desire to change, to grow as a person, I started taking active initiatives. I took a personality development course, started reading up on articles that helped me change my way of life in subtle ways, started genuinely being interested in getting to know people and connecting with them. And then when I was sufficiently out of my regressive state of mind, I took a plunge-I chose to take up a market research role where I had to interact with different kinds of people as an integral part of my job. I took this opportunity to better understand the things where I lagged behind-understanding body language, non-verbal cues, observation skills and much more. This has made me much more confident and prepared me for competing in a B-school environment. I realize that I have come a long way but I also realize that I have a long way to go.
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Karthik Hari
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16 Jul 2019, 09.32 PM
Subramanian Sudhakar
I salute your self-confidence, focus and determination wishing you good health and the best of success in all your endeavours…..God bless
17 Jul 2019, 08.53 PM
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Maitreyee G
Maitreyee Ghadigaonkar, XIMB, MBA-BM (2019-21). I am an economics and statistics graduate from Mumbai, currently pursuing an MBA in Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar. A reader at heart, I am passionate about books, experiences and learning new things.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate this :)
18 Jul 2019, 12.28 AM |
Vatsal Ananthan
Amazingly drafted towards pin point perfection with accurate selection of words.
18 Jul 2019, 05.16 AM
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Maitreyee G
Maitreyee Ghadigaonkar, XIMB, MBA-BM (2019-21). I am an economics and statistics graduate from Mumbai, currently pursuing an MBA in Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar. A reader at heart, I am passionate about books, experiences and learning new things.
Thanks!
18 Jul 2019, 08.24 PM |
Richa Nevatia
Very well written. Your journey has been commendable.
21 Jul 2019, 10.22 AM