Pause your CAT prep for a moment and consider this.
Jo bhi tumne abhi tak CAT ke baare mein baar suna hai, broadly kya suna hai?
“Bhai, CAT bada tough hai!”
From YouTube ke gyaan-ganga-gurus to mummy ke WhatsApp forwards, the most frequently occurring phrase would have been — “Competition bahut zyada hai.” Aur haan, sahi bhi suna hai. 3+ lakh aspirants har saal CAT dete hain for a piddly number of seats that you can count on your fingers and toes (in hundreds, bro 😉)! But the real question is:
Tumhara asli competition kaun hai?
Woh topper jiska mock score hamesha 99+ percentile aata hai? Ya hostel mein tumhara padosi jo 5 coaching apps and test series ek saath chala raha hai?
Spoiler alert: It’s YOU vs YOU.
Kahani shuru hoti hai yahaan se 🧠
Papa’s ever green favorite duel of his son vs Mr. Sharma’s son, “Mera beta kitna peeche hai Sharma ji ke bete se…”
Beta toh theek hai, papa khud hi comparison karne mein gold medalist nikle! 😂
This patterns keep repeating in our lives — bachpan se leke college tak, bas race hi race. School mein marks ki race, coaching mein percentile ki race, Insta pe followers ki race.
Aur CAT mein?
Same story. Har koi same tareeke se padh raha hai, same mocks de raha hai, same ratta maar raha hai.
But what’s the real catch in this mad rat-race?
Competition ka asli problem 💣
Our focus almost always is: “Usse better karna hai.”
But real growth happens when you think: “Kal se better banna hai.”
Agar tumhara online CAT coaching ya self-study tumhe genuinely better bana raha hai — not just rank-wise but thought-wise — then bruh, you’re on the right track. ✔️
Warna toh bas tum bhi wohi kar rahe ho jo sab kar rahe hain — aur fir soch rahe ho result alag kyu nahi aa raha?
Change your mindset, change your percentile. And change your life. Simple.
TL;DR (Tum Log Dimaag Lagao 🤓)
CAT is tough? Yes, but your real competition is only with one person – YOU!
Sab ka raasta follow mat karo. Apna raasta banao.
Focus on getting better every day, not just scoring more.
Choose offline or online CAT coaching that helps YOU improve against yourself over time, not just copy-paste toppers’ routines. Ensure the same even if you have taken the courageous decision of self-prep.
About the OG behind this gyaan drop:
Deekshant sir ne CAT ke sab sections mein 100 aur 99.9 %iles ko itne casually crack kiya hai jaise log bun maska khate hain. IIT Delhi + IIM Cal ka combo, cricket ke fan, aur part-time mein full-time lyricist bhi hain. MBAGuru ke har student ko direct access milta hai un tak via mail aur Telegram — matlab motivation ka jugaad toh full tight hai.🔥