Challenges have posed themselves in every aspect of my life since I was a child. Their magnitude, severity and effect have been different in different stages of my life. The key to overcoming obstacles lies one’s attitude towards them.
In my school days I was interested in quizzing and wanted to be a part of the team in school. However, in my tries from 3rd to 5th standard I was always rejected because someone else was simply better. This became a source of stress in my young life and I knew that the quiz team was a mountain I had to conquer. I dedicated the entire summer holidays of my fifth standard in practicing and collecting all the knowledge I required to make it in next year. The dedication paid off and I made myself a permanent member of the team for the length of my schooling life. This taught me never to give up on myself. Good things take time and effort to achieve.
I have taken the learnings from my childhood and applied to every subsequent challenge that I have faced so far in life. One of the major ones was in the first job that I had after college. I was made to be a part of a client facing team within 3 months of joining the company. Building a rapport and trust with the client was a major task I was faced with in the first year in the company. It required a lot of extra hours and studying to get myself in a position where she started seeing me as an asset to the team and requested my presence in the meetings.
Challenges are a part of life and forces us to learn something new by pushing us out of our comfort zones to achieve greatness. I have tried to deal with obstacles in my life with a positive mind set and grit to achieve my ambitions.
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