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Lesson 10
Preparation of SSB Interview

As the SSBs focus on qualities, it is only humbug to think of a laid down syllabus and making a
formal and time-bound preparation. Any one who assures a short term and yet a sure short preparation
of SSB interview is only deluding you. It is impossible to wear a mask of military officer for a long time.
No one sanes these qualities is shrewd enough to outsmart the scientifically evolved and time proven
techniques. Let us not forget that the main agent for inculcation of the qualities is your environment;
specially the schooling from middle to secondary level. Deprivation causes irreparable damage to the
personality. Once time and opportunity is lost, retrieval is impossible.
How This Book Can Help You ? You may, then, ask the justification of any formal guidance for
SSB. What is the fun of consulting an expert or going through this book if nothing substantial can be
achieved ? Let me assure you that it is possible to train the mind, gain control over emotions and give
desirable direction to thoughts and improve the expression by motivation and sustained effort. The
human mind has enormous capacity and tremendous flexibility. It is still possible to ‘gain’. We with
growth become more mature, more understanding and more absorbing. As mature persons, we may not
learn much by ‘conditioning’, which is the main method of learning during the early stages of life. We
as adults have higher level of motivation and learn by repetition, practice and social desirability. An
adult has better developed cognitive faculties and grasping power. With these things in our favour, we
can modify our behaviour in the desired direction with conscious efforts. This book, I am sure, can be
of tremendous help to any motivated reader because for the following reasons :

The book lays stress on long-term rather than a It dispels the doubts or misgivings about what
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short preparation for SSB. is desirable and what is not ?

Instead of dwelling on commercial phrases like By cautioning the readers against the possible
3 ‘positive-appraoch, initiative, leadership pitfalls in various tests. 4
qualities’, it explains, how such qualities can
be inculcated.

By neutralising the effect of wrong advises It will reduce your reaction time as various
5 given by quacks in the field of SSBs coaching. tests have been explained with clear and 6
objective instructions.

By inducing consistency in your
performance.
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Watch Your Thoughts
Watch your thoughts, they become words
Watch your words they become actions
Watch your actions they become habits
Watch your habits they become character
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny —Frank Outlaw