Uncertainty has a way of causing a brain-freeze. Inaction comes most naturally as a reaction to something unknown and possibly horrific. But my not having written for a while wasn’t inaction. I was simply busier than ever. The lockdown has been a magnificent challenge. It has forced, naah inspired, us at MBAGuru to learn new things, practically every...Read More

It has been one of the most challenging weeks for us at MBAGuru.  It has been one of the most exciting weeks for us at MBAGuru. The challenge is external – it is not something we created, or have control over. The only thing we have control over is how we respond to it. The...Read More

So, you have your college/job and your CAT preparation, your club activities and the upcoming exams. And possibly much more on your mind. Managing time is an uphill task? Here’s one way to look at it. Our most precious resource is not money, but time. That’s the only thing with a limit on it. Even for CAT!...Read More

I last wrote to you about the Top-2 Test to assess your priorities. And I hope you have made an effort to re-prioritize things and realign your efforts with your goals. But how do you stay committed to your priorities? How do you stay at it in the face of so many distractions that you...Read More

Whether you have begun your CAT 2020 coaching in the right earnest or not, here’s a simple test to get an idea of your chances of success at CAT 2020: 1. Try listing down all the important things you want to do over a finite period – in this case, say the next 1 year....Read More

Most of us want 99 Percentile in CAT. And many of us believe we can’t get it. We lay the blame on lack of ability, average past academics, our CAT Coaching or some other ‘uncontrollable’ or ‘luck-based’ factor. The one truth we don’t face is that becoming really good at anything requires you to do the...Read More

As your CAT Coaching and/or self-prep progresses, there will be several phases you will go through and several inputs you will get from your faculty members over the next 10-11 months, there are two things that you must always stay focused on. These are the 2 things that will allow you to extract even the last drop from your CAT...Read More

Some lessons for your CAT Preparation can come from your experiences in other areas. You have been running along nicely for a while. You come across an obstacle that seems unsurmountable. You have solved the last 10 questions with minimal fuss. The 11th one, however, just doesn’t seem solvable. You have crossed the Easy and Intermediate...Read More

Pause your CAT Coaching or self-prep for a moment and consider this. You know the basic numbers – over 2 lakh aspirants will appear for the CAT along with you. But who will you be competing with? When I see a young parent worrying about her kid – “He is behind the kids his age”, I actually smile. So,...Read More

CAT-2020 and T-20 are quite similar in one aspect. If you watched the last few nail-biting T20Is between India and New Zealand (or that fabulous Australian open final between Djokovic and Thiem!) you could well be wondering about what could have been! And although a 5-0 scoreline suggests otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken much to...Read More