My Last Mains and Public Administration experience

Hi friends,


Just got over with the Public Administration exam today. I was getting bit emotional yesterday while revising the entire stuff. I was just thinking that these Pub admn. topics which are so close to my heart, i will not have to study them ever again. This is my last UPSC attempt and my fourth Mains. It may sound really ridiculous. I know that. However, this sorrowness is coupled with joy that I will have freedom to explore the world other than UPSC.


For the past 4 years, i have been so entangled in the studies , that i got very less time to explore the fun outside the four walls of my room. I am very excited to join the NADT, Nagpur coming December.


The pattern of UPSC's questions have left the candidates baffling. Today, i was surprised to see the short notes being compulsory (3 out of 3). But, that was fun. I wrote some interesting answers leaving nothing to be added. Since , this was the last Mains for me, i made it a point that i write and include everything somewhere or the other in the answers. But, don't misinterpret me for redundant practice. I obviously wrote the relevant points at the relevant places.


From RTI to transparency, accountability, customer orientation, openness, Wada na todo abhiyan campaign, Jaankari project, Bhaagidaari Project, I and II ARC, Hota committe, Yugandhar Committee, Y.K.Alagh Committee, NREGA, PDS, PMGSY, 6th Pay Commission, Fayol, Urwick, Likert, McGregor, Lord Nolan, Administrative Reforms, Disaster Mgmt, Hyogo Framework for Action, 73rd Amendment Act, Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, IRDA, SEBI, MCI, AICTE, Linking Pin Model, Code of ethics, Decision Making, Kautilya, NPM, E-Governance, Citizen's Charter, Conference of Chief Secretaries (1996), Conference of Chief Ministers (1997), Social Audit, Development Administration, Robert Chambers, David Korten, Public Policy, PRIS, PPBS, HILASOO, PSU failure, Fiscal mismanagement, Article 74,78,85, 285, 289, 280, Finance Commission, Judicial Activism, PN Bhagwati, Judicial adventurism, PIL, Cash for Query scam, Ninth Schedule, Ram Jawaya case, Shamsher Singh Case, Max Weber, Pub Admn-Dichotomy, NCHER etc etc etc etc etc....i tried to prepare a good mixture of the stuff i had in my mind. Rest, the marks will reflect the success of this mixture. Hope for the best..:)


On 10th is Sociology, my last exam. Hoping for a changed pattern in this exam as well. I am prepared for the bouncers. Lets face it.


Have a good day..!!

Leadership Quotes

"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not." - ANDRE GIDE


"The most powerful weapon on earth is the Human Soul on fire." - FERDINAND FOCH


"If people knew how hard i worked for my mastery , it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all." - MICHELANGELO

5 Fast Tips for Accelerated Leadership

1. Build out technology free spaces so you can get your best thinking done.
   
2. Do difficult things since those are the opportunities that build your capabilities.
   
3. Delete victims from your personal orbit as their mediocre thinking is an infection.
   
4. Get fit like a pro athlete.
   
5. Invest in improving your mindset, performance and leadership skills through seminars, audio programs and a relentless diet of excellent books. Learning is the antidote to change.

Courtsey : Robin Sharma

Thank you

Hello friends,


I am really pleased to get so many emails from the aspirants having multiple doubts. I am convinced that my Interaction Session with the Sociology Students at Vajiram was of some help to them. I thank all of them for appreciating my efforts.I have tried my level best to answer everybody's query. So many changes have taken place in my life since the time the final results were announced (6th May 2010). 


I have remained busy throughout and often did not get time to get back to many of the students. The major event that happened was my Engagement Ceremony. Now, the prelims results has been announced and my conscience says that i should be busy with nothing else other than my studies. 


I just want to apologise to the aspirants who desparately wanted me to post a write up on "Sociology Preparation" . Many aspirants wanted me to detail out my strategy in Public Administration. I had not been able to do that due to paucity of time. Now , just 2 months to go for the Mains. 


I appeal to all of you writing the Mains this year to get ready with all your arms and ammunitions .

FIRE !!!

The Tale of two fields

Once, there was a pristine green field that was alive and lush, amidst the extraordinary bloom of Springtime. Next to it happened to sit another field. This one full of weeds, dirt and rough edged stones. A testament to mediocrity. And an acute lack of care.



Through the operation of Nature's laws, the seeds of the weeds from the mediocre field were slowly blown over to the lush field. And so, day by day, the once stunningly beautiful one - with once awesome potential - succumbed to the influence of it's low-grade next door neighbor.



Before the season was through, there sat two fields. Both completely overcome by weeds. 



The leadership lesson for you and I (in this world that aches for real leaders): your influences and environments matter. The people you associate with will infect your thinking. The content of what you read/watch/listen to will affect your game. And the things you surround yourself with will determine whether you work at wow. Or end up at a field called mediocre.

(Courtesy : Robin Sharma)

Leadership Thoughts

• "A champion is one who gets up when he can't." (Jack Dempsey )

• "Great things are not accidental. They must certainly be willed." (Vincent Van Gogh )

• "The things you are most resisting are the things you most need to do."

One of the challenges for anyone dedicated to expressing their leadership best is dealing with the chattering voices of naysaying critics. As a matter of fact, the more brightly you shine in your work and the more quickly you innovate and the more excellent you become, the more foulmouthed critics you will attract. It's just part of the game. Emerson said it brilliantly: "Great people are always misunderstood."

Leadership isn't a popularity contest. Leadership is about having the bravery to do what's right versus what's easy.

These are great Leadership thoughts to ponder over which are close to my heart. Its not easy to get up and run after falling down. But the great Leaders do. And that is what makes them what they are. Different.

Cheers..

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