Why you should read Newspaper? Reading newspaper is a very important and indispensable part of UPSC preparation. Since you are deemed to become a civil servant, you should be thorough with the current happenings. As you read newspapers not only you get to know what is happening in and around you but it also shapes […]
Active reading is a technique that is often used by students to deeply engage with the concepts and ideas from important text books. This is a method of reading with the intention of summarising the most important information by engaging with said content through the following 5 reading strategies. Pseudo Skimming: Pseudo Skimming is a […]
As an UPSC aspirant, not only do we have so many syllabus related books to read, but also series of tests, and multiple revisions to do. Many of us after seeing the heading of the article would have thought, who has the time to read all these? But before you start looking at the curated […]
Self-discipline is about leaning into resistance. Taking action in spite of how you feel. Living a life by design, not by default. But most importantly, it’s acting in accordance with your thoughts – not your feelings.- Samuel Davies. Change is the corner stone of human condition. Without change, we would stagnate and perish as creatures who are incapable of change or evolution […]
Competing with lakhs of participants and clearing all the three stages of the UPSC examination feels like crossing over a hill but in reality it is very much possible to climb and conquer if fed with ingredients in proper proportion. Let us see how you can tackle answer writing by measuring those ingredients properly which […]
An aspirant preparing for UPSC Examination wonders at times why is the subject Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude there in the syllabus? Based upon which quality or knowledge does the examination want to evaluate me? Do I really have those? How do I get those values in my work, speech and deed? To rightly quote with, […]
THE LBSNAA SERIES-II MORNING PHYSICAL TRAINING AND THE HORSE RIDING Physical training or PT (as we call it) reminds us of our school days when we used to get ready with the PT uniform to the school assembly grounds and stand for 20-30 minutes under the summer sun and the winter fog stretching under the […]
The Pomodoro technique was invented by Francesco Crillo. The story goes that Crillo had a tomato shaped timer that he adored and used to keep his studies on track as a 1990’s college student. This system which he named “Pomodoro” has been the crown jewel in the repertoire of almost all Productivity Pundits and Time […]
Motivation is what gets you started; Habit is what keeps you going. Have you been working hard and still don’t see yourself stand out of the crowd? And, despite aiming for the stars, you find yourself just revolving around the old average ways? It even seems quite challenging in establishing certain habits from the start […]
The first thing you need to ask yourself is if you want to quit social media or not. An influential factor is how important are your goals in relation to your time and attention? If you know that you value your goals and that your time is scarce and precious, you will be able bring […]
