How to Develop Personality for Interview?

Be Your Own Teacher

Preparing for the UPSC is an extremely time-consuming process that is made even more challenging by the aspirants' lack of time and the syllabus's constant expansion.

  • Given this, reliance on a single mentor, teacher, or even piece of coaching class material won't help you cross the finish line. You should become your own instructor, someone who can ask questions as a student and provide answers based on research and study resources.
  • Adopting this dual-role preparation strategy will boost your confidence while also assisting you with subjective research. If you inculcate this habit, in the long run, you will get into the mode of self-study to solve any question that arises in your mind about any topic.

Stimulating Life

  • Leading a stimulating life is important. Of course, you have a grand goal, i.e., clearing the IAS exam. Let this goal be your motivator.
  • Let your mind always be working. Never stay idle. Solve puzzles and brain teasers in your spare time. All this will shake you off your sleepiness.
  • Allow yourself to unwind: You must relax before the day ends in order to maintain your wellbeing. Yoga and meditation routines include a number of breathing exercises that assist you in connecting with your untapped energy, making them extremely beneficial for your body and mind. It aids in mental and physical relaxation, and after some practise, you might be able to experience a greater sense of connection to the world around you.
  • Go for a walk: After a long day, it is crucial for you to go out and get your body moving. We are sure you have heard this many times, but taking a walk can really benefit your body, mind, spirit, and boost your self-confidence to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle. In order for you to be more productive in your endeavour, you need to make sure you include a little walk- time in your routine.

Overcoming Failure

Overcoming Failures

  • Reframe Your Goals: Reframe failure by changing your goals first. You will never officially "fail" if you expand your aim to include learning anything new because there is always more to be learned.
  • Uncover Your Story: When we take failure personally, we inevitably connect the failure to a larger narrative about who we are. We interpret failure to mean, among other things, "I am not talented enough," "I will never succeed," etc. When you are extremely unhappy about a particular failure, pause and consider your beliefs about the circumstance. Find the big, enormous, exaggerated story you are telling yourself about this specific failure and try to decimate it. Try to distinguish the facts from the tale.
  • Surrender and Feel the Fear: Because we don't like feeling afraid, many people let their fear keep them from moving. However, if you simply allow yourself to experience the dread as it arises, you'll realise that it vanishes swiftly and the situation suddenly feels more manageable. The next time you feel yourself becoming anxious or frightened that something won't work out, find a quiet place to sit, set a timer for two minutes, and begin to take deep breaths.
  • Ask Three Powerful Questions: The best response to perceived failure is to ask oneself these three powerful questions:
    • What did I learn from this situation?
    • How can I grow as a person from this experience?
    • What are three positive things about this situation?
  • When you first attempt to list three positive things about the “failure”, your mind may be very resistant. But if you stick with the exercise, before you know it, you will see a new opportunity that can come out of this “failure.”
  • To conclude, 'Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts'. And remember, ‘If you think you can, you can’. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

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