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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

5. IT IS NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA: - Probably the officer who gave the closing address was right.
You are not suitable for the defence services. Suddenly you start thinking about Shah Rukh Khan,
Abdul Kalam and Rahul Dravid. They made a great career in their fields but were not suitable for the
forces. These are just soothing words, a religious defence enthusiast will never get flustered by
these euphemistic words, rather will go back, make amends and come back.

Yes, there is no denial of the fact that each one of us has different abilities and it is just about
identifying them. However, if you are crossing individual obstacles even in your dreams, then you are
a veritable defence aspirant.
Therefore, it all boils down to your determination towards achieving your goal. Listen to the voice of
your heart and take a final call. Whether to continue or to abscond midway. I am sure most of you
will continue.

How to Gather Ability to Be an Officer in

Indian Defense Forces?

“Ability is what you are capable of doing, motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines

how well you do it.” ~~ Lou Holtz. Joining Indian defense force is a dream which is lived by most but
fulfilled by very few. Not because people applying are not capable, but they lack motivation to
achieve. Some of them are dedicated, but lost and don’t know where to go to achieve their goals.
Some of them are there just for the sake of seeing the reality and check the myths that prevail while

others reach SSB center just because their friends might have filled the form and they are going. Do
you think such attitude works for life? When a person is thriving for success and knows where he

needs to reach and how to reach then only can he achieve it.
So before you make a decision of any consequence, make sure you are in your right and strongest
mind, feeling positive rather than sad, healthy not ill, full rather than empty, active rather than

tired. Motivation is highly needed
as it’s rightly said that even if you
have the ability but no motivation

you will feel the lack of internal
energy that pushes you to
achieve. Failures might be part of

your life, but they are necessary
to keep life moving ahead else life
would be monotonous with no

fear. People would stop working
hard if failure were not there. It’s
the fear of failure only that keeps

you motivated to achieve some
stand in life.