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POSITIVE
MINDSET MAKES ‘IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE’: Positive attitude plays a very important
role for qualifying NET exam. This is because most of NET aspirants misunderstand
that NET is a very difficult exam. This has created negative mindset and I have
seen most NET aspirants are never confident about qualifying NET. Having
negative attitude while preparing for NET can be the biggest hurdle in clearing
NET.
In
my last 14 years of NET counseling, I have seen that students with positive
attitude have cleared NET in a very short time. On the basis of my experiences
in last several years of NET counseling, I have discovered a magical formula to
clear NET. The magical formula is: Clearing NET requires “80 % positive
attitude and 20 % smart workâ€Â. I will explain the sort of ‘positive attitude’
required to clear NET in this section, while the meaning of ‘smart’ work is
discussed in preparation of paper I, II and III.
Let me begin with an incident that happened few
days back. After completion of semester exams, two of my M. Sc. students came
to meet me in concern with preparation for NET exam. They were very much
interested in clearing NET exam and were in dilemma about preparation as there
was just a month left for NET. The first question they asked me was will it be
possible for them to study and qualify NET if they study for next 30 days? I
looked at them and asked if they really wanted to qualify NET. Both of them
nodded their head and said they will be very happy to qualify NET just by
studying 30 days. I replied saying that they can definitely pass NET in 30 days,
if they put in the best of their efforts. I suggested them to take rest for couple
of days and then come back to me as they were quite exhausted after their
semester exams. While they left my office, my colleague who witnessed this
event was surprised and asked me whether I was kidding at those students. He
said that students prepare for NET for years together and still they are unable
to qualify NET, and how can you assure them that they can qualify NET in 30
days. I replied him saying that it is really possible to qualify NET in 30 days
provided that they follow the smart study method. I am sure that all of you might
be surprised at the time span that I stated for clearing NET exam. Believe me
that NET is a very easy exam and you can qualify that employing proper
strategy. Qualifying NET is just like opening a big 7-lever Lock. Imagine that
you want to open a big 7-lever Lock. There are two ways to do it. One difficult
way is to hit it with stones and open it. This is time consuming way and even
if you hit lock with large number of big stones there is no guarantee that you
will end up opening it. Another simple way is to get a key of that lock and
just open it in a short time with very less efforts. Let us apply the same
analogy to the different methods used for opening NET lock (clearing NET).
There are two study methods namely, hard study method and smart study method. The
hard study method (is just like opening lock by hitting stones) involves reading
hundreds of books one after the other which is being followed by most NET
aspirants. This method helps to gain a lot of knowledge but can not assure
success. The second method, called smart study method (opening lock by using
key) involves reading few books and developing a strong rational thinking
ability. This requires less time and always leads to success. I am sure that
you would like to know about smart study. In my last fourteen years of NET
guidance, I have noticed that 70 % of students who fail NET are those who are
highly committed hard workers. At the same time, it was surprising to observe
that 70 % of students who have cleared NET have never studied very seriously.
You will agree with me that many students who have cleared NET were very
ordinary and still have managed to clear NET. On the contrary, many gold
medalist, brilliant students and highly committed hard workers get repeated
failures in NET exams (This fact has led me to conclude that hard study won’t always
lead to success). As per my opinion, the reason for such a contradictory observation
is that clearing NET requires strong rational thinking ability. Some students
have strong in-borne rational thinking ability. They manage to qualify NET on
the basis of whatever knowledge they have (Ref. Many of my students have
cleared NET in appearing but have failed in their semester exams). Most of us
have this ability but many of us are unaware of that. As this ability cannot be
developed by reading books alone, many of very talented, hard working students cannot
manage to qualify NET. The rational ability can be developed by solving large number
of MCQs based on the syllabus. I have seen that most of NET aspirants spend a lot
of time in studying the theory and very less time in solving MCQs. This fact
creates hurdles in clearing NET. The exact meaning of smart study method is given
in Preparation of Paper I, II and III on this website. You can see it for
further details.
There
is something that is more important than smart study which is required to clear
NET. I think it is almost impossible to qualify NET without that. It is
positive attitude. I feel that it is
almost impossible to qualify NET without positive attitude. Herein, I wish to
tell you about the sort of positive attitude required to qualify NET. I believe
that if you are highly dedicated towards your studies and if you are preparing from
more than one year and in spite of that you are not able to clear NET then
there is likely to be a problem somewhere. It is necessary to check where the
problem is? I always suggest students to introspect; in the case they got
repeated failures in NET. The most common thing that I have observed in
students who got repeated failures is their negative attitude towards this
exam.
If
you have got repeated failures in NET, I suggest you to evaluate yourself
through the questions that I have asked in the next part of the discussion. It
may probably help you to find your problem in clearing NET. The first question
that you should ask yourself is: What is your attitude towards looking at life?
A) Optimistic or B) Pessimistic If answer is optimistic, then you are
definitely going to qualify NET in next attempt. This is because optimistic
people believe that “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.â€Â
The problem with Pessimistic people is that they are negative towards everything
in the life. There is a phrase in English that “I never saw a pessimistic
general win a battleâ€Â. Thus, we need to be optimistic not only towards life but
also at NET exams. I want to tell you the extent of negative attitude some NET
aspirants have. I remember one of my students (who did a lot of hard work for
NET) met me just before entering into NET exam hall. When I asked him about his
possible performance in the NET which was going to start just after some time,
he nodded his head saying no. He said “I will not be able to clear NETâ€Â. When I
asked him why he feels like that, he replied saying that “He could not complete
his studies satisfactoryâ€Â. He wanted to have my blessings and thus touched my
feet requesting me to pray for his success. I gave him my blessings. Looking at
his negative attitude, I thought that neither me nor god will help him to qualify
NET, as he himself declared that he was not going to clear NET (I have seen
most NET aspirants with the same feeling). I felt very pity at my student, since
I read the book SECRET which is all about Law of Attraction. The book says that
there is something called universal energy whose work is to fulfill your every
wish. The hypothesis of the book is that if you bring any thought in mind no
matter whether positive or negative, the work of universal energy is to help
you achieve that. This belief is based upon the idea that people and their
thoughts are both made from “pure energy”, and the belief that like
energy attracts like energy. One example used by the proponent of the law of
attraction is that if a person opened an envelope expecting to see a bill, then
the law of attraction would “confirm” those thoughts and contain a
bill when opened. A person who expects cheque might, under the same law, find a
cheque instead of a bill. Strange to believe, but it really works. I have used
this method and seen miracles happening in my life. Now let us see how this law
worked on my student. When he said “I will not be able to clear NETâ€Â, the
thought went to universal energy and universal energy got a message that the
fellow wants to fail in the exam and thus universal energy said â€œà ¤¤à ¤¥à ¤¾à ¤¸à ¥Âà ¤¤à ¥Ââ€Â.
The energy started working in a manner so that student fails in exam because he
thought of failure. I did not know the performance of this student in NET exam
but I received a call from him after couple of months saying that he has failed
in the exam. Initially, when a Ph. D. student of mine, Mr. Sharan Khanapure (a
great energy expert), told me about the book Secret and the hypothesis, I
thought he was kidding. I wondered how one can make things happen as per one’s thoughts.
I did not believe him. Let me tell you about myself. I was very pessimistic in
my life. My day used to start with negative thoughts and it continued till I go
to bed. There were lots of negative things happening in my life. When Sharan
told me about thoughts coming into reality, I realized that whatever negative
things happen in my life were the result of my negative thoughts. Prior to this
thought, I use to curse God for every negative thing that would happen in my
life. I thought why not to try the secret book formula once. I thought of
trying Secret book formula in my life. I decided to change my thoughts and live
my life with positive attitude. Initially it was difficult because my mind was
used to negative thoughts for last 35 years. How could it change suddenly? But
when I tried thinking positively, I was surprised to see positive results in my
life. All things started happening as per my thoughts. I have seen most people
filled with negative thoughts and negative emotions. Most of these people have
always got negative results in their life because their thoughts have turned
into reality. Thinking positively brought miracles in my life.
One day I decided to use this formula on
students appearing for NET exam. I formed a small group of NET aspirants who
were repeatedly failing for last several years, in spite of very good study. I suggested
them to start thinking that they have cleared upcoming NET during their
preparation days. Some of the students argued saying that just imagining such
things will never help them in qualifying NET. But when I convinced them, they agreed
saying that were tired of appearing for NET repeatedly. They thought that when they
have done so much for clearing NET, why not to try this formula. I did
experiments with them. They started imagining that they have cleared NET. When they
agreed, I told that imagining alone will never help; they will also have to
feel the happiness of clearing NET within, while they imagine that they have
cleared NET (Manifestation). They agreed for that as they were ready to do anything
for clearing NET. I could easily recognize the impact of these thoughts on
their life. Each day when I use to meet them, they seemed more and more
confident. Finally, they went to NET exam. The miracle happened. When they went to the
exam, they were asked most of the questions from the books which they have
read. They were happy with their performance. They met me after the NET exam
and told me that they continue the same thoughts till results are declared. At
the same time, they also told me that henceforth they will be always positive
toward each and everything in their life. They promised me that they will
always live in hope than in despair. Finally, result was declared and I was
happy to see that all of them qualified NET. This event taught me that positive
attitude can help students to qualify NET. Let me tell you what changes
occurred when these students started thinking positively. They 1) became
responsible, 2) started spending most of their time in studies, 3) started
enjoying their studies and 4) started living happily.
Thus,
I believe that being positive will help you to achieve anything in life. Thus
let us try to be positive from today. It is said “watch your thoughts; they
become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they
become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character;
it becomes your destiny.†Thus let us change our thinking style from today.
Don’t ever allow negative thoughts to come in your mind. Think everything positively,
at every moment even if you feel that it
is impossible. You will find impossible things becoming possible.