Sometimes a fantastic sportsperson gets a lot of flak for one bad performance. Just one off day in a match, or worse still, a trophy lost, many expectations and hopes shattered, and the entire past seems forgotten and the entire future hopeless. Being unfairly harsh because of one instance of failure is not right; although neither...Read More

I have been writing this piece around this time of the year for several years now because a lot of students I interact with share this query, especially around this time of the year. And it is interesting indeed as to how different the same thing appears when we see it from a different perspective...Read More

Efforts need to be consistent and linear. Even a 100m dash champion prepares year-round for those 10 seconds of excellence. Results are rarely, if ever, linear. For a lot of effort (& time) invested, you could see zero results. It doesn’t mean your efforts are worth zero. Just means the cumulative threshold of efforts (&...Read More

The short answer to the question above is – nothing and everything! ‘Nothing’ in the sense that anything particular you expect may leave you disappointed if it does not happen, and ‘everything’ in the sense that you need to prepare for all probable, if not possible, scenarios that CAT-2021 may actually entail. A test series...Read More

So many questions and concerns of so many CAT aspirants who reach out to me revolve around time management and discipline. And I try and answer those in several ways, trying to find a better way to explain each time. While everyone wants that final selection to a terrific B-School at the end of their CAT...Read More

This is a theme I have touched upon more than once in some of my previous write-ups. But I just cannot emphasize it enough. I will try to keep this short and I will probably take up the reason for why this WILL work 100% in doubling the effectiveness of your CAT exam online preparation, in one...Read More

In the first quarter of 2020, the entire world had locked down to varying extents in order to tackle the pandemic. Faced with something completely unknown, it seemed a prudent first measure for most nations. None of us could have possibly imagined a far worse scenario playing out more than a year later. But sadly, here...Read More

In some ways I am glad that when I was trying to answer the question “how to prepare for CAT” I never took the normal, typical, assembly line CAT Coaching that were the only ones that existed when I cracked the CAT. I feel a short snippet of my IIM B interview is relevant to your success...Read More

First, I apologize for not having written to you lately. It was probably a time for writing more, and not less.   But here’s the context: faced with fear and uncertainty, the human mind often just freezes. Action becomes impossible; sometimes people aren’t even able to scream when they want to.   This ‘brain-freeze’, happens...Read More

Some things are true for anything you want to excel at. Whether it is an art form or a sport, or for that matter, even your CAT preparation.   One, efforts have to precede results. You have to sow before you reap. You have to invest before you get returns. You have to start and...Read More