Dear Aspirants,

            Success is not lying as near as you visualise, but it is not so far as well if you avoid that shadow. So, never fall prey to that illusion lying between you and your goal.

            Millions of youth consolidate dreams and desire to become civil servants, many lacs appear in this examination every year, but only a few hundred get through it. So, the matter to consider here is what different thing those few hundred do to crack this prestigious examination. The civil services exam is a multi-tier competition that run through a cycle of almost one year. So, there are three fundamental attitude that every deserving aspirant has to maintain during the entire journey of preparation.

            The first attitude is the Courage: the courage to leave behind all other opportunities and to enter into all cycle despite having a degree of uncertainty. Every year, around one million youth show this courage to prepare for this exam.

            The second one is the Commitment: that requires the sacrifice of social life and serious engagement with the process. Out of one million, only about 5% of the aspirants do really show the required level of commitment.

            The third and the absolute attitude is the Consistency in your preparation throughout the journey. This quality draws the line of demarcation between selected candidate and
non-selected but capable aspirants.

            The selection in the civil services examination lies over the justice you have done to process of preparation and the most pertinent way of doing justice is to enjoy the process without being over-desperate for success.

            One of the basic thing that every aspirant should keep in their mind is “Knowing what is irrelevant is equally important as know what is relevant for this exam”. Further capacity to unlearn is equally required as the capacity to learn. So, at this juncture, the guidance from an efficient mentor is quite helpful. A personalized guidance, while considering every aspirant as unique in nature and capacity is the most promising approach in this preparation. A guide can’t push you over the path of success, but he/she surely can channelize your potential and efforts into the right direction.

            So, with best wishes, I hope for all success with flying colours.

Mr. Kundan M.

    (Mentor, VVR-IAS Geography Optional)