Perfectionism is one of the biggest causes of failure in UPSC preparation.
You create a plan for the week, you try to follow it, but sometimes the plans break down. No plan survives reality. so you feel all is lost because you couldn't study according to plan this week. (1/n)
You create a plan for the week, you try to follow it, but sometimes the plans break down. No plan survives reality. so you feel all is lost because you couldn't study according to plan this week. (1/n)
You are already thinking about failure and the next attempt because of one slip. You feel I haven't been able to read all 150 articles in all the 365 newspapers of the year, so I won't clear the exam.
you want to give up this attempt because you couldn't read a couple of ncert books or one subject is not yet done or you haven't completed all the tests and so on and so forth. you want to give up even while the exam is months away.
This may seem like it happens to someone else, but it happens to most people, especially when they start out preparing.
But there is one thing you need to understand about UPSC exam. Nobody scores perfect 100%. In fact, the top ranker hardly gets 50%. You don't need completion.
But there is one thing you need to understand about UPSC exam. Nobody scores perfect 100%. In fact, the top ranker hardly gets 50%. You don't need completion.
That elusive sense of closure you are seeking from your school or college days does not exist in UPSC preparation. it will only lead you astray.
Nobody is capable of being a robot and studying 365 days a year 15 hours a day. That just doesn't happen.
Nobody is capable of being a robot and studying 365 days a year 15 hours a day. That just doesn't happen.
All your competition are human beings. They all fall. But whoever gets up quickest and keeps running wins the race.
There is no such thing as perfection. There is only excellence. It is when your today is constantly better than your yesterday.
There is no such thing as perfection. There is only excellence. It is when your today is constantly better than your yesterday.
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