I cannot recount the number of hours I have spent in ABG’s Planet fashion during my childhood as my one stop for all my clothing needs. Growing up, pantaloons became my next favorite spot for all my clothing needs and the its diverse collection still attracts me back to its stores till now. I truly believe that dressing good gives you a sense of self-confidence and pantaloons has had help me achieve the same till now. Now, coming to a b-school , one of the pre-requisites is that of owning a business suit and Allen Solly come to my help in my search of a suit that not only fit me perfectly but also boosted my confidence and since then, I have fallen in love with its collection of business formals.
How you overcame Challenges to achieve your ambitions in life so far-Tanushka Sikaria, XIMB
I have always been a reserved and a shy person from my childhood. This nature of mine, I think stems from some personal loses early on in my life and from body image issues. One of my ambitions in my life was to get into a good b-school. And as we know, the process of getting into a good b-school is quite grueling with group discussions, group activities and personal interviews.
Now being an introvert, I generally kept to myself, did not socialize much either with the people from my college or with people from my coaching institute. I kept to myself only for a big part of my life and as a result made more acquaintances than friends. During group projects also, due to this reservedness and the fear of being judged , I kept my ideas to myself even though they would be genuinely good or was unable to make my voice heard .Getting myself heard, in a group setting, was one of the hurdles I constantly faced throughout my school and college life.
Early on this year, starting my preparations for the interview process, I knew I had to learn to put myself across, to make myself heard or my dream of getting into a good B-school this year would come to end during the first round of the process itself ,i.e., in the group discussion round itself. And hence, to confront my fear of public speaking and to go out and socialize more, I forced myself to go and talk to my batchmates and socialize with them. Initially, this was very awkward and seemed like a huge task to me but as time went on things normalized and I got a little comfortable in socializing with people. To confront my fear of public speaking, I joined an oratory club dedicated towards helping its members become better speakers. As for my fear of group discussions, I tried to sit in as many group discussions I could with various institutions. This, mega going out of my comfort zone was really frightening and heart-warming for me and did put a strain on me but in the end this activity helped in realizing my dream of getting into XIMB.
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