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Dear All,
Many students lose out in the battle
called CA due to FEAR.
Many give excuses, many narrate stories
of woe and many ascribe it to luck. But I tell you like the child who saw the Emperor
wearing no clothes and shouting in glee, “The Emperor is naked” that it is fear
which makes or breaks a CA student’s success in this exam.
If you carefully analyze the multifarious
reasons with a psychological angle, there lies beneath the student, a gossamer of
fear.
A CA student (for that matter anyone)
must write in bold letters
“NIHIL TIMENDUM EST”
àThis
is an ancient Latin quote and it means “Fear
Nothing”.
It pains to read news that some CA
student died or committed suicide. These are extreme cases of panic/fear reactions.
There are so many things much more
valuable and priceless in this world, than a mere pass in CA.
CA is a man-made thing. Look around
you and behold the whole magnanimous world we have which God created.
Someone commented that I should not
write the words “I” and express as if I’m doing a big favour to students.
I have
to use “I” because I’m talking to the beautiful budding souls here not some walls
or doling out notifications in the ICAI walls. Lot of these students have within
them a deep-seated fear…lot of insecurity. And this needs a strident and confident
voice and it may at times sound like trumpeter but nevertheless it is used as a
prod. If this Mythreya can succeed in life, so can I!
I have to however, use sometimes words
like “I do not have much time” due to my personal constraints. I do not expect any
gratitude or the like for anything that I do here. Nor am I doing anything great
or sympathizing with anyone.
However, I deem my day greatly satisfying
if I have removed the fear in at least one student... Given hope to one soul at
least…Touchwood!
And yes, if you have noticed, I used
the word “I” FEARLESSLY without seeking umbrage under mock humility.
STUDENTS! ARISE! AND FEAR NOT—NIHIL
TIMENDUM EST!—FEAR NOTHING IN LIFE.
A COWARD DIES A THOUSAND DEATHS
DAILY
ONLY A BRAVE MAN DIES ONCE BUT
LIVES A FULFILLING LIFE!
The demon called “CA Exam” will cower
before you. The walls of ICAI will invite you to the portals of membership and salute
you; you who are brave on the exam front. Great power lies within you. Realize this.
The moment you let go of this fact, trouble starts in your life. You give your freedom
to someone else or some other entity.
I can give you all a thousand tips
and suggestions and yet if you lack this basic substance called “bravery” within
you, then nothing would work.
Doubt is a sibling of this fear.
Doubting Thomas
checks whether Jesus really resurrected from crucifixtion
Analyze this emotion too. Jesus ascribed
the name Doubting Thomas to St.Thomas because He doubted His (Christ’s) potency.
(I'm not a Christian yet I love all religions and try to learn as much as possible.)
Many students are Doubting Thomas
and do not recognize the God within
themselves.
And for those who do not believe in
God, I tell you scientifically that the brain’s glial cells function the best when
one is brave. Glial cells are responsible for intelligence, connections, memory
and creativity.
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If the fear is for Texts
or reference materials --> OBLITERATE
that fear by consulting a few friends who have cleared and what they have used.
(Do not blindly follow them just because they cleared. Analyze vis-à-vis your situation
and intellectual capacity).It is not the book (any standard reference book is fine
for this exam) but your confidence level which is important.
·
If the fear is regarding
the current exam pass trend-->
DECIMATE it by working extra hard. Don’t resign to fate and think that the whole
world is conspiring against you.
·
If the fear is to write
both the groups; take it easy and write one Group.
·
If the fear is for lack
of time for studies; start studying from day 1 or wait till next attempt and study.
Heavens are not going to fall!
Tackle each fear logically. For too
much logic the anti-dote is emotionality but for too much emotion (fear being basically
a biologically dictated emotional response emanating from the amygdale portion
of our reptilian brain)--->
Logic is the anti-dote.
Logically train your mind to
analyze various scenarios mentally to tackle fear for any subject or exam.
Chalk out a written plan.
Immerse yourself in studies
and may be deprive your senses of its usual soft pleasures a bit.
Create a time-table, Weekly
and monthly deadlines that you should accomplish.
Nuke procrastination—be strict
with yourself, never postpone things till the last minute.
However, all is not logic. You
might draw the best plans and chalk-out the best strategy but then you need
to have the inner courage and the chutzpah to implement them. Then there are
some emotional ways too involved here.
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Talk
with your kith and kin about the stresses and strains of this course. If they
are understanding then they will surely help you emotionally.( Substitute “Kith
and kin” with friends or your beloved).However, do not over-do here. They can
only listen and offer a shoulder to cry but you need to fight this battle alone
and you can do it, I’m sure.
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Calm your mind and do self-talk.
What you talk to yourself is most important determinant for success in your
life than anything else. Don’t feed the cheap talk of fear/negative words/defeatist
thought to your mind. Give it the super vitamin called Bravery.
NIHIL TIMENDUM EST! ALWAYS BE ON VIGIL HERE.(24 Hours)
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Don’t interact with people with
a negative attitude, don’t see or discuss failure cases (yours or someone else’s)
too much. All this will feed in the poison called Fear.
Finally there are some biological ways
to solve this too:
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Take vitamins and minerals.
Deficiencies in this cause the brain to work on the reptilian brain of “flight or
fight” more than cohesive thinking.
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Take small meals through out
the day and remain energized.
Ø
Have 8 hours of sleep per day.
People who say they can get-by this number with fewer hours of sleep are losing
out on health (Even sleep debt recompense theory has been disproved recently by
scientists and on an average a human needs minimum 8 hours of sleep if not more).With
these days of internet usage, lot of sleep depravity cases come about in this modern
society. So get the forty winks you need preferably in the night when your human
biological clock aches to sleep.
Ø
Eat healthy food
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Exercise at least 3 times per
week to remain energized. Exercise need not mean ripping muscles from a gym workout.
It might mean even a small walk in the nearby park.
(Meditation and relaxation/visualizations
also help)
Ø
Keep health habits regularized.
When you follow what has been said
by me above, you will find that your fear vanishes and slowly you gain courage to
take up this challenge.
Fear is death, Courage is life.
---Swami Vivekananda
Students! Three cheers to Bravery!!
AYE!AYE!
Mythreya
P.S: Also see this URL:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-nature/emotions/other/fear6.htm
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