Once a person asked Gautam Buddha, 'Lord if everything is predetermined, predestined and influenced by Bhagya then why should I work?'. Buddha replied that may be because possibly your destiny says that you'll achieve your dream only after working hard. Moral of the story is hard work has certainty. Bhagya has no certainty. The harder you work, the luckier you become. When you wish something from depth of your heart then the whole world conspires to help you achieve the same. Luck can take you from level A to level B in the process. But one need to put immense effort to reach to the level A first.
The two abused terms in the process of the examination are "luck and talent". These two are extremely important for a person's selection. However, these are in no way superior to the third factor which is karma.
If we look at luck, it plays a huge role in deciding the course of our future. You are born in an upper middle-class rich family is in itself the grace of luck on you. You are reaching home safe is also to an extent luck. Whatever is having a tinge of uncertainty, is explained by the logic of luck. However, in UPSC's preparation, no one knows and no one can predict on other person's luck. A person who was born in Rickshaw puller's family may clear this examination. Where did his all bad-luck evaporate then? Similarly, a most talented, widely appreciated fellow may fail the exam repeatedly due to one or other reason. Why didn't his good luck and bright stars come to his rescue? So moral of the story is stop harboring over something of which no one is sure. Rather focus on the what is under your control and inculcate this belief that your luck is on your side. It helps. If you start believing in your ill-luck, then you are anyway half finished before even making a beginning.
Second is talent. Talent is the most useless thing in this world. It is a sort of discouragement. One may wonder how? If you are talented then you get things easily without putting much effort. In such situation, one does not work hard enough to prove himself. You are anyway achieving what you wanted to achieve without putting much effort. But in the process, you miss out on what you were capable of achieving. And the day you start failing, which happens to everyone, you are finished. Because you have not practiced enough to work hard. As far as civil services preparation is concerned, talent may come handy in reducing your effort. However, given the scale and size of examination, one may still be required to put substantial threshold level of work before making it to the list. There is a greater number of the talented underachiever than talented greats in our surrounding. For example, Vinod Kambli is considered one such underachiever. The things achieved through talent or Bhagya may not appropriately prepare you attitudinally for the job in hand. You may have gifted aptitude and intelligence but remember psychological research has proved it that attitude is largely learned. Those who ride high on the talent and Bhagya, often miss this learning.
The most solid and profound foundation of the future is laid "Hard work". This is specifically true with respect to Civil Services preparation. Nothing and nothing beats hard work. Pass, fail, success, defeat all become irrelevant once you know that you did your best. The hard work can help you in developing the required attitudinal strength. It gives you confidence and belief which you can transfer to other walks of life as well. In addition, it imparts enough knowledge and skill that one feels motivated and relieved on the eve of the exam. There are many candidates who feel anxious, concerned, or tensed in the exam. The best way to kill all that is hard work. Luck may shine once or twice. Hard work may not shine once or twice. But in the longer walk, hard work beats talent or luck.
However, if the talent combines with the hard work, guidance and luck then no one can stop you from doing the impossible. Case in point is Sachin, ABD and Virat Kohli. Having said all this, I must admit that selection in UPSC is not hinged on any one factor alone. It is hinged on all three combined. You luck should mix with your hard work and talent to make your dream true. And if I were to rate them in order then luck would precede hard work and talent. But of the three, hard work has greater concomitant benefits which helps us in becoming better human being as well. So hail hard work.
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