How I overcame challenges to achieve my ambitions so far.
Challenges are part of a daily process for everyone but referring to the famous words from Rocky Balboa “Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give, it's about how many you can take and still keep moving forward.” Instances have propped up far and often in my life when I felt that it might have been the end of the road, that I have hit a wall but I would like to refer to a quote from yet another one of my favorite movies, Tintin, which says that when you hit a wall, you push through it. Being the grandson of a colonel of the Indian Army, resilience and determination have always been my strong suit but there have been times when I have faltered too. Taking up one such instance, I would like to highlight that my results in the 12th board exams were terrible. Not because I was not prepared for the exam but because I wasn’t prepared mentally for the circumstances that I was put in. About a week before the start of the exams, I was diagnosed and admitted in a hospital with a severe case of Dengue. I was discharged a couple of days before my examinations started but the break of flow provided to be disastrous for my mental state and I completely broke down during the exams. This coupled with the results that followed dented my self-esteem and self-belief for years to come although I did manage to do amicably in my engineering entrance exams. I lost faith in myself and my capabilities. But I have always been blessed to have found the best of mentors at the best of times and also the trust of my family that no matter what, I would come through. It took me years to figure out that my belief lay not in my marks or results, but in my abilities which I trusted myself to have. It was with this newfound outlook that I could excel in my internship at Aricent, when the offer letter got delayed; my eLitmus exam and then my MBA entrance exams. Looking back at it, if given a chance, I would like to rectify my mistakes back then for sure, but even that chapter of my life taught me a valuable lesson and maybe I wouldn’t be as positive and vibrant in any situation today if I had not faced those tough times back then.
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