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Be a keen observer Dil se

V.L.J. SHANTI

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CLARITY OF THOUGHT: Observing things helps us have a clear picture of our requirements.

S.D.M. Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala: For a foothold on academic and career plans, students should take all the care and keep consulting known and knowledgeable persons. A constant check is necessary to see that our aims and objectives ar e firmly in our own interests and are not at all ill founded.

Such clarity will emerge when we keep moving with others. A kind of group activity is what helps students in their bid to do well not just in examinations but also in cultural activities, job interviews and also in their real careers. The test of their excellence at various forums will stand to give them a definite edge over others. While encouraging students, their teachers should also personally ensure that the morale of their student teams will remain high. It really keeps things going.

However promising one may be it is ultimately exposure and experience that count in the final performance of things. Indeed we go through good and bad phases, but it is an understanding of others that helps you in getting a correct picture of things. This positive appreciation prepares you for great things in life.

For a better understanding of surroundings, we should keep close observation of things happening around. Keen observation is what great writers and thinkers were known for through the ages. This one faculty is enough to strengthen our firm understanding of life and have a clear picture of people in our minds. It is with this faculty that great people achieve unbelievable things. As students, we have to make strong efforts towards nourishing this observation skill.

Even the biggest things start from small sources, they say.

It can be reaffirmed by any number of examples. Some start their lives in utter poverty and go on to enjoy the peak of prosperity by sheer dint of their merit and hard work. What is merit without a hard working nature? It will never stand independently.

When on a mission to do something important, people should have an impartial outlook and a robust idea of seeking to help improving things rather than finding fault with what is happening around. As we are on the threshold of life and ready to launch into careers, we have to ponder over all important aspects that may or may not affect us in future.

This will come only when we keep checking with other well-informed people whether what we are aspiring for is proper or not. There lies the key to a bright future.

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