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for SSB I went through some personality related blogs written by Sir and dis-

cussed the issues with him. I left behind the fear of failure and decided to en-

joy my SSB experience.

AFSB, Mysore, Day 1

I found the reporting was around 180. I did well in OIR. In PPDT I could write

only half the story before we were queued up for the discussion. My story

was very simple and I started the narration but within 30 sec I was asked to

stop. Discussion was a fish market situation. I managed to put across a few

points without getting involved in shouting. 77 candidates were screened in.

Day 2

I did well in the psychology test. I completed all the TAT stories before time

(wrote simple routine life related stories: no big ideas or big achievements)

and all the WATs and 46 SRTs. I had already prepared my self- description

and was able to write it in time.

Days 3 & 4

My GTO performance was unimpressive. I was giving points and was open to

others’ opinions. In PGT I hardly got any opportunity to implement my ideas

because of the over-enthusiasm of others, but I contributed ideas. I was not

thinking about my performance but group effort. At the end of Day3 I felt

that I would not make it and spoke to Sir. He told me to continue doing the

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