Page 4 - Failure to Triumph - Journey of A Student

Preface

Defence services offers one of the most challenging and yet a meaningful career. A soldier is a
respected citizen of any country because he lives for the virtues of sacrifice, commitment and selfless
devotion. Ironically, though it is such a coveted profession, there have been severe shortages in the

officers’ cadre of the armed forces. While most believe that talented youth do not want to join the
armed forces for lack of patriotic fervour, I realized during my tenure at Services Selection Board
(SSB) that this is not true. I have seen several bright young candidates failing in the SSB just because
he/she was not his/her natural self and was behaving in the ways described in the various books. This
prompted me to go through some of the books myself and also several internet sites on SSB. Having
reviewed them, I realized how unfounded were these contents. Most books are written by people who

have not been associated with the SSB in any way and hence the books are clearly misleading.
Almost all internet sites are moderated by candidates who once appeared in the SSB and do not know
the science behind the selection process. This prompted me to write a book and share my insight with
all the defence aspirants. I have not provided any tips to fool the system because I firmly believe that
the system cannot be fooled. All that I have attempted is to bring out the relevance of each task and
given tips on what to project and how to project it. I urge all the readers of this book not to replicate
the stories or any other ideas from here. Instead understand the underlying principles and prepare

hard to face the SSB. I reiterate that there is no shortcut to success. Only systematic practice and hard
work will help.

I set on the journey of writing this book sometime in May 2011 with a leading publishing house
agreeing to publish the same. It had taken me over six months to complete it and this journey was full
of learning. In the very first year, my work found instant acceptance in the market and a lot of students
were benefiting from it.

I owe my sincere thanks to Jaico Publishing House for agreeing to republish my work. I also owe my

sincere thanks to my wife and children for their unflinching support and cooperation without which
this could not have been possible.

I hope this book continues to help all the defence aspirants!!!!

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