Page 165 - Failure to Triumph - Journey of A Student

My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

How to Emerge From the Shadows of

Failure?

It is very easy to say "try, try, and try till you succeed", but it is equally difficult to actually do it. I have
personally met many SSB aspirants who just couldn't take it anymore. Well, maybe they were not
suitable for the defence forces or they just bluntly gave up. Yes my dear friends, this article is
especially for those who gave up despite having few more chances up their sleeves.

You were so optimistic at your start, you thought you are the perfect officer material but as the day
went on, the optimism gradually transmogrified into pessimism and you eventually went in to
inordinate darkness.

Now let us understand why does this happen? What are the ways to overcome it?

1. CHECK YOUR MOTIVATION: - How motivated are you towards donning the coveted uniform.
Over a period of time, your motivation levels suffered a great diminution. Probably this was the
reason you gave up.

2. WHY DO WANT TO JOIN THE FORCES: - Was it just another dabbling attempt or you really wish
to serve the nation. We all have different reasons for joining the forces, if that reason is strong
enough you shouldn't be quitting any soon.

3. HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF: - Do you have enough faith in your abilities? Do you see
yourself as a winner or as a dilettante? An officer never thinks lowly of himself, he is filled with high
spirits all the time.

4. HAVE YOU GOT AFFECTED BY THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS: - Your friends, peers, family
members, all have started pulling your leg. You have become a butt of jokes. This is why you have
lost hope and surrendered. If this is the case, you have all the more reason to prove your detractors
wrong.