the seeking desire

Hi Friends As mentioned in my earlier posts, Yoga and meditation are very important for a sharp mind and a great personality, which is free of stress and anxiety. It would not only help you keep your cool during the exam time, but will work wonders in improving your concentration and analytical power, which are so crucial for an exam like the GMAT. I am uploading a video from the Isha Foundation, which describes Yoga for beginners. This video covers basic Yogic practices that can help you bring centeredness  within yourself, and usher a greater control over your body and mind. It is about 1.5 hours in duration, and covers a few basic Yogic practices, but if you don't have that sort of a time at a stretch, you can watch just one practice per day, and practice that for the day. I need not emphasize upon the importance of doing this. I have myself been regularly doing these practices for more than 10 years now. If you have any questions, post them in the comment section. You...

You must have come across people who put in similar amount of efforts, are equally motivated, study from the same source, but one succeeds and the other does not. Though there are a variety of factors that influence this, but one of the prominent factors that I have observed is the ability to pay attention to something for a slightly longer duration of time. In today's world, attention deficiency is turning out to be one of the biggest concerns that humanity faces, and the worst part is that most people don't see it as such. They think multi tasking is a great achievement. It has been clearly shown by modern medical science that the human brain cannot process two things at a time with full capability. It will divide its attention into 2 halves, and you will perform mediocrely  in both the tasks. For example, you sit down to study Sentence correction in GMAT, but after studying two examples, you are tempted to check your e-mail, whatsapp, visit a forum, watch an insp...

Whenever we are doing an important piece of work, and it gets a little boring or stuck, there is an immediate urge to check the smartphone for something we are looking forward to, be it that message from that special one, the number of likes on the recent FB post etc. This is due to release of dopamine in our brain, which gives us a feeling of having achieved something. But the problem is not just of that little time wasted. Infact, we immediately realise that we should get back to the job at hand, and generally, a significant time is not wasted in quickly checking that message. But the greater harm is in the following 2 ways: 1. The continuity of thought in coming out with something creative gets lost. Once the wave is broken, the progress in coming out with a solution to the problem gets hampered. 2. We get a bad feeling about wasting the time. This disturbs the peace in the system, and the body and emotions get agitated. You scold yourself for having looked at the cellpho...

Hi All.  I recently scored 750 on the GMAT (Q51,V40,IR8,AWA6). I have personally experienced that getting a 700+ score on the GMAT can be very simple only if 4 things are appropriately taken care of.  GMAT has been unnecessarily complicated, and as with anything in the technological age, has seen much pomp and show. Marketing is taking precedence over matter and quality.  The 4 things that you should take care of are: 1. Strong basics and appropriate practice. 2. Giving a few mocks before the real exam. 3. Preparing an examination strategy  4. Working upon your nerves so that all that effort does not go waste. As you can see, 2 points are for the all the knowledge you acquire, and 2 points are for the strategy and execution. Well, that should also be the weightage you should give to these two parts.  Before we go on to discuss these 4 points, I would like to point out few factors that result in an unnecessary struggle and a low score. They ...