It was the 5th
of December, the day the BCSE results were out. I was busy in the kitchen when
my friend called me and remarked, “You scored an aggregate of 75.07%”.
“Then you?” I
instantly threw the query.
“Well, I scored 71.34%”, came the rather low-spirited
response.
I could still vividly remember my feelings; the kind of
exhilarated world that I was plunged into. A sudden impulse of happiness and
triumph flashed through my spines. My face assumed a reddish tinge; a hue
triggered by the accelerated flow of blood to my face. But it triggered my tear
glands to know that my other colleagues being obliterated from the path that I
will be treading despite a fairly good performance.
No sooner people from BBS said they were on their way to my
place of dwelling. My mobile phone assumed the peak of its activity, indeed for
the first time in my life- pounding in messages and calls from many-known as
well as unknown. I shared my views and feelings to BBS, Kuensel and I aired on
BBS radio the following night.
It is to be borne in the mind of every individual that
success doesn’t come by default. It is a result of deliberate search and
well-defined action. If you say success is luck, then I shall reiterate that
luck is when preparation meets an opportunity. It is a blemish-free fruit borne
by the tree well nurtured or nourished. It is not by chance but by choice.
However, I regard my success in BCSE 2014 as only a
platform; a foundation upon which I can base my career. My real work begins
from now and not what I have achieved thus far. I am just done with the preparation
of a nursery bed and sowing my viable seed. I have a task as big as that of
ensuring all my seeds germinate and peep through the soil, nourish and water it
well, protect it from any biotic and abiotic stresses; provide the most
congenial conditions for the manifestation of its optimum potentiality; and cater
to its need through all the stages of its life.
So in line with the course of action that I have followed, I
would like to lay down the following lines;
Read the book, “The
Secret of Life” by Rhonda Byrne. It is available as eBook or in pdf version.
Suck the nectar that is in store in each page of the book and relish yourself
with the very essence of it. To quote a few lines inscribed in this book, “The
secret is the law of attraction! Everything that is coming into your life you
are attracting into your life. And it is attracted to you by virtue of the
images you’re holding in your mind. Whatever is going on in your mind you are
attracting to you”.
After all, everything
can be summed up and encapsulated in this single line, ‘Thoughts become
things’.
It is what we envision
daily in our mind that comes into reality. In fact, the title of the RCSC
Topper 2014 have I had envisioned daily for almost a year until it came out
into concrete reality. It was a latent energy embedded in my subconscious mind
that finally manifested to the world outside. It wasn’t by chance or by
accident.
Another thrilling book
that would propel you higher in your life is the ‘Master Key System by Charles
Haennel’. Read these two books and align yourself with its contents, and take
pleasure in reaping the benefits.
I would also recommend
the book, ‘Word Power Made Easy’ by Norman Lewis if you want to build up your
English Vocabulary in an exciting way. It will also boost up your level of
comprehension of each term you lope across. Simply knowing the meaning of a
word isn’t enough because it is equally subjected to deletion from the RAM of
your brain. So the known word(s) shall be reinforced by integrating and
reproducing in your own sentences.
Record your voice on
important issues. For instance, I recorded my own voice on the articles of the
Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan and listened to it until I had it
encrypted well down my memory lane. I did the same on so many topics like the
MDGs, GHN Pillars, Domains and Indicators and the like. Doing so, you can also
notice and reflect on the flaws in your pronunciation or speaking skills.
Watch in YouTube on the
topics which are difficult to understand from text and grasp the content
presented in the most palatable form in the videos. The Polymerase Chain
Reaction, which stipulated quite a hard effort from text, provided a different
dimension and an easy methodology in YouTube.
Meditate as frequently
as possible- cleansing and refreshing your mind; instilling in your
subconscious mind the firm desire or objective to be achieved. Reaffirm in your
subconscious mind the goal so that it manifests in reality to the world
outside.
Never deceive or be on
the pretext to mislead your friends. Often people have the tendency of telling,
“I haven’t started to study yet/ why to struggle so much? / I don’t know or
don’t have any information regarding this”. You are not going to benefit from
this in any way. On the contrary, it is going to kill your moral and inner
happiness because the guilt associated with it will do more harm to your
intellectual well being than good. Rather, always encourage others to delve
deeper and work harder.
It is always better to
make your own notes; framing notes in a way that will suit your learning
ability and habit. It will also do wonder in saving your time in revising.
Arrange notes in a chronological order so that you have it staked in correct
order in your brain for easy and faster retrieval when required. So make this
habit of note making cling to your learning process like a shadow.
Take tutorial classes
only if you feel the need to. Otherwise, it is not necessary especially youth
outside Thimphu and the financially constrained ones. Don’t worry if you can’t
afford to because I took neither of the PE and main examination tutorial
classes. However, I am not ruling out the importance of taking one. Taking it
and shedding your own sweat would be an extra boost to your performance.
Nothing to be worried
even if you are really weak, need tutorial assistance but don’t have anyone at
Thimphu to base your stay. I know many of the graduates struggle to find an
accommodation in the capital and they are deprived of some of the educational facilities
that city-dwellers enjoy.
If you find it extremely
difficult to manage yourself with your distant relatives or village people,
leap a step forward to visit the Department of Youth and Sports who will cater
to your study needs and provide free accommodation in their hostels. You will
also enjoy library facilities offering you reference books and past question
papers. In this way, you will be able to perfectly orient yourself towards
intensive studies and accordingly the desired result because you will get what
you have planted.
The secret ingredient of my triumphant tale have I
promulgated here. I shall not let it get desiccated and perish inside myself.
Rather, I would gift it onto the coming generations if it is of any sense or
significance to them. I shall be enlivened even if a single individual benefits
from my course of action. However, it is not to be generalized for every
individual will have their own technique or methodology of defining or
targeting for success. I only intend to motivate others to define their own
course of action for determining their success.
