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Vritaanta Volume 2 Issue 1 August 2015

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24ZeitgeistDon‖t tell people yourdreams. Show them!Taken from the Director’s blog - Divya Bhardwaj shares how coming to SIBM was the right choiceThey say “Answers lie within you, make sure believed in me when nobody else did. I also had anyou end-up where you belong”. The journey excellent group of friends around me. I would be nostarted two years ago, when the yearn to one but for these people. So my first insight is tounderstand and passion to learn the other surround yourself with the right people and your jobside of world advanced within me. The gap and urge to is half done.be the part of a league was strenuous to bridge. I decidedto give it my all, for it is going to be now or never.The journey was extremely taxing, as I hardly used totake-out time from the dreary, juggling work, which wasmy high-priority. I was performing well on the job front,but I was not reveling in it. I realised that the time hadcome to make the most imperative decision of my life. Ithought hard and bravely, I decided to work hard andfight out against all odds to be part of the best B schoolin India.I started preparing for the entrance examinations duringthe first year of my job, but despite slogging day andnight, I barely managed to get 88 percentile as my SNAPscore. It was indeed a set-back, but I realised somehow,that there is still more to put-in before I could realise mydreams. As now I hold, when you are competing forsomething, it is never good to feel contended.After investing two years of efforts, the day arrived,Eventually, I arrived at SIBM pune, on 2nd June,<strong>2015</strong>.My dream was realised. The redemption was complete.But my experience had taught me that this is just theoutset. Looking back, my parents were a huge supportfor me. They stood by me through thick and thin. TheyThey say Everyone has an ego. At some point, yourego gets hit. The sooner it gets hit, the better for youMine got hit in 12th standard. What was till then aninfallible impression, got dashed overnight. I havelearned an influential lesson in life: “You are inferiorto none. You are superior to none. The moment youstarted thinking yourself as superior to someone youstart losing, similarly the moment you start thinkingyourself as inferior, you start giving up”.I would like to conclude by the enduring words ofEleanor Roosevelt-“The future belongs to those whobelieve in the beauty of their dreams”, arouse yourlight, manifest your dreams. Realise your worth !- Divya Bhardwaj, MBA I Marketing<strong>August</strong> <strong>2015</strong>

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