Every year brings around some amazing International sporting events. The last Football & Cricket World Cups. The Tokyo Olympics a couple of years ago. And the CWG games last year. All these events serve as another reminder of some of the most important lessons of life. Some of these lessons are as important for your...Read More
So, what is the main purpose of your CAT preparation? If you are finding it tough to express it in a few words, let me try and help you get there. What is the purpose of practice matches before a big series/tournament? What is the purpose of rehearsing several times before the actual event? It...Read More
There are imagined problems, there are real problems, and then there are epic ones. Quant in CAT is a bit of all of these. Despite being equal in importance to the other 2 sections in CAT as far as CAT preparation is concerned, the QA section ends up getting a lot more attention (focus, anxiety,...Read More
As you continue with your CAT preparation, the role of mock CATs (AIRCATs at MBAGuru) begins to gain importance at this stage of your CAT prep. As an enthusiastic CAT aspirant, you may have access to multiple test series and therefore, find yourself flooded with a huge number of tests available for practice. A question...Read More
When you think about how to prepare for CAT, you evaluate yourself, right? And you think you know? You think you know what is it that you are not good at? And many of you probably think you are weak in Quant in CAT? Let’s say you think you are bad at X (X could...Read More
Let me start with a simple question. What is the one habit that can change (it for) you and enable you to make the most of your CAT Prep. This question has its roots in the book ‘The One Thing’ by Gary Keller. I first read it a few years ago. Counter intuitive at first,...Read More
Most of us KNOW the right things to DO. KNOWING is easy in almost every sphere of our life, including preparation for CAT. We know the importance of discipline. We know the value of focussed effort. We know the need for motivation. Knowing is so easy that we know which bowler should have bowled that final over....Read More
I can understand if you feel that I use a lot of examples from sports in the context of CAT Prep. I am guilty as charged on that account. But I really can’t help shed light on the similarities that could be a source of learning for every CAT aspirant. Sometimes a fantastic sportsperson gets...Read More
We understand why a school football team has a coach. Or why we send a kid to a tennis or a chess coaching academy. There is a need to learn the basics in both these cases – as could be in case of a majority of CAT coaching takers. Beyond the Basics: Pause here and...Read More
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