Trauma Effect

(Door Knock) May I come in Sir? (RR) Come in. GM sir. (RR) GM Please have your seat. Thank you sir. (RR) Can I have your resume? Tell me something about yourself. What is an OS? WAP for bubble sort. What is your short term and long term plans?

GM contest chair, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, this was the placement scenario, which I had to undergo as part of campus recruitment process. I managed to answer almost all the questions fired at me by the m/c gun being the interviewer. However, when the final list was out my name was nowhere. You name the company my name was not there. Accenture, IBM, HP, Cognizant, etc I did not make it. My Self-morale, self esteem, self-confidence dipped like Bombay Stock exchange, however my experience to encounter failures increased like Obama’s popularity. This was the time when Martin Luther King words echoed in my mind- “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”.

How many of us here use a body spray/deodorant? (Rise of hands) What happens when you use it .It smells great, wow over a period of time, it wears off, and next day you smell lousy again, that is of course, if you did not use the “axe effect” My dear friends most times also motivation does the same thing. It lasts for about 24 hours and slowly wears off.

Most of my friends, parents motivated me not to lose hope and never give up. Soon I realized that the only way to come out of this trauma was self motivation- a burning desire that drives us every day to change the world and the destiny. It is our desire for a better life, better growth and better future.

I have nine company rejections under my belt which does not sound good thou but, I am equally intelligent as my competitors are. All my friends were getting into a company and I wasn’t getting anything. I used to go until the final round and then kaboom. Trust me it one of the most weirdest and pathetic situation you can ever be in. It is like bungee jumping from the tallest building Burj Khalifa but without the harness. I was dejected depressed and devastated with the placement process. In order to cheer up myself and others who hadn’t got placed I created a community called USA- Unemployed Students of Amrita which initially had lot of members on board but now the count is reduced to just 20% of which I am a part of. I will definitely transform from USA to ESA before I graduate. I know there is some company out there who is willing to experiment this masterpiece.

Since I was failing in every company I sat for, on a lighter side my father said if you fail again don’t call me “dad” ok. My IBM interview was awesome. The results were out. My dad called at night to find out what my result was. I said sorry da Punuswami, I failed raa macha. However, my dad didn’t discourage me instead he said that’s ok don’t worry tera number b aayega. He repeated Winston Churchill words “Never (3) give up”

During the placement scenario, I just realized one needs to take and digest completely these trauma pills, namely hope positive self-talk and positive visualization to come out of trauma with flying colors.

Hope-Never ever lose your hope. With hope, you can achieve tremendous amount of results and scale the ladder of success.

+ve Self talk- Say I will do it and I must do it come what may. Talk to yourself the way you want to be, not just the way you want to be at this moment. Remember, you may be present here purely by accident. Nevertheless, where you are going in the future will be purely by design.

+ve Visualization- See yourself recovering day by day. Remember, all improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures. See yourself as the best continually and say I’m just “awesome”

My dear friends if you digest these 3 trauma pills hope, +ve self talk and +ve visualization I am sure you will win all the battles. I have digested these pills completely and the next time I go for an interview I will definitely get the job.
My motto is “Dream big, achieve bigger live life king size”. In the words of BRIAN TRACY, “The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best” CC