“Confidence isn’t walking into the room with your nose up in the air, and thinking that you are better than everyone else, it’s walking into the room and not having to compare yourself to anyone else in the first place” ~~ Unknown
SSB is a battle and whosoever survives till last is the recommended candidate. Through the course of this special battle you not only need to show courage, but also other qualities that would be tested with time and various means. As you know SSB is service selection Board which is the recruitment board for the defence forces in India. It consists of very senior officers from the forces who are specially trained to get the best of the lot that comes in for SSB.
Confidence is something which comes with experience and knowledge. So if you are really a devotee of motherland and have the only dream to be defence personnel, get ready to gather knowledge for the same. It’s not at all difficult. In fact perfection should be in your habit because the OLQ’s that are evaluated are close to this only. The tasks the defence officers involve in are highly devotional and needs commitment to do so. Believing in your abilities will lead you to success path. It’s good to dream big but to convert into reality requires a lot of hard work and determination and hence the people who get selected finally have it in them.
Following are some of the points that will help you gather confidence:
- Good personality is sometimes the reflection of your thoughts. Also it is said first impression is the last one so , it you look good half of the work is done
- This means that you should maintain a good physique
- Also communication skills add on to the personality, so practice well before giving any exam as now day’s interviewers give special preference to it.
- GD’s are not a place of fish market but a place where sharing of ideas take place, hence gather knowledge and keep yourself updated with the latest happenings.
- Present yourself what you are because faking something requires extra efforts and it reduces level of confidence.
- While in PI establish eye contact and speak boldly. Also be clear to what you know and what you don’t because once the eye contact is lost it’s the signal that you don’t know things and are bluffing around.
- Confidence is something that needs to build up and it takes time.
I remember the below quote which reminds of the struggle before achieving success.
The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand. ~~ Robin Sharma
So expand your horizons and start the hard work smartly. Queries could be sent at [email protected]. Helping aspirants would be my pleasure.
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Jayendra Singh, Editorial Team
Jayendra is pursuing MBA from IIM Ranchi and is a die heart counsellor for defence aspirants. He was recommended in the first attempt for Indian navy UES entry and is willing to help aspirants to make use of his experience in this field.
hello sir,
I’m very much interested in joining the navy or the air force as a pilot. But i have few doubts…
1. I don’t know hindi…i’ll try to learn soon…so is it easy to clear the ssb without knowing hindi.???
2. what is a observer position…??? will they be allowed to fly an airplane or will they only be using the instruments in the plane and work as a crewmen…???
Sir English is very Important….
Hindi is not allowed there….