As it is said, our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength and character. Challenges are a part and parcel of life. A life without challenges will be too boring and uninspiring. Challenges test your resilience towards difficulties or unknown situations. They makes us wiser and improve our capabilities along with adding an experience to our life. The most important thing is to challenge ourselves to greater heights. Each challenge that we set for ourselves helps us to become better than earlier.
Recently, the challenge that I faced was taking admission in a reputed B school, basically the top 20 in our country. The challenge was two-fold: 1) since I was working in a big 4 with lot of work pressure, I had to prepare for competitive entrance exams along with my work; and 2) I was on a certain back foot compared to other aspirants because I started it little late as compared to other aspirants. But I was determined to secure my future in a reputed B-school. Hence, I applied full concentration in order to succeed, despite performing well at my work.
The challenges I encountered were that I had to allocate appropriate time for studying for the entrance exams as I was unable to join any classes being at the remote client location. For this, I developed a time table so that I do not lag behind in any of the things. Also, there is a certain stigma surrounding the level of competition and difficulty of entrance exams. To overcome this challenge, I decided to compare my current performance only with my past performance and not get bogged down by the score of others. In essence, I decided to compete with myself, I set targets for each mock so that I could improve every time. Also, I was determined to perform better than those aspirants who had similar background as mine and work experience. So effective planning and organizing my work helped me overcome my hurdles and finally helped me take admission into T.A.Pai Management Institute, Karnataka.