OUR INITIATIVE STEP TOWARDS IAS VISION

How we are going to accomplish our Indian Administrative Service (IAS) vision? Where we should act to crack the most coveted services of India? The answer to this question will raise us above the simple, ignorant men. Below are answers to above questions:

Planning is an important aspect of initiation of training process. An intelligent “plan” is similar to creating a short-cut path towards a destination. Designing a plan requires complete understanding of resource availability – study materials, time, personal competence, examination schedule, etc., past achievements, and ability to forecast problems. An intelligent plan will be a guide map to our destination.

After conceiving a plan, we have “action” coming into picture. It is an act of travelling through our devised roadmap. When we travel (action), constantly we have to check the map (plan) to direct our movement towards proper direction. As we move along the route, “problems” intrude our efficiency of movement. Here, for tackling problems, we require enchanting character, high endurance, sheer hard work, commitment, unquenchable interest etc.

To perform perfect travel towards IAS destination, we need to concentrate selectively on three factors. The three factors are “Personal factor”, “Family factor”, and “Professional factor.” A perfect balance of the three factors helps us to attain the prefixed goal efficiently. From my perspective:

Personal factor: my character, my thoughts, my attitude, my competence, my knowledge etc.

Family factor: my family responsibilities, my family attitude, my family background etc.

Professional factor: my professional environment, my professional objectives, my professional capabilities etc.

But, personal factor requires special focus. Through, “Personal factor” we can bring about any change in family factor and professional factor. With reference to professional and family factors, we have less control. But, personal factor is completely under our control. As we know that, it is simple to propel us than to propel others to bring about change. Hence, to bring about favourable changes outside us, we should change favourably.

We end our motivation through a powerful quote: “Between every stimulus and response, we have every freedom to decide” – Victor Frankl