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What are those natural abilities and skill sets required to be AIR 1 in the UPSC CSE?

What are those natural abilities and skill sets required to be AIR 1 in the UPSC CSE?

I would like to express this beautiful thought with utmost sincerity that no aspirant who is willing to appear for the UPSC civil services examination can prepare for the AIR 1. However, some of you or the rank 1 holders might not agree with this statement.

What are those natural abilities and skill sets required to be AIR 1 in the UPSC CSE?

I would like to express this beautiful thought with utmost sincerity that no aspirant who is willing to appear for the UPSC civil services examination can prepare for the AIR 1. However, some of you or the rank 1 holders might not agree with this statement. This is because at first, you should be willing to give your 100 percent and imagine further that your 100 percent will be far greater than the other candidate’s 100 percent. It is what it is because it is not only an all-India examination, not an all-India competition, it is not even that you are going to compete with the whole nation. Your actual battle is with yourself that you must have to war better every single day, try bettering your inner strength, try bettering your current position and that are all the expectations from my side. Keep remembering that if you are making yourself better every other day then, you already are better than everyone outside. I have seen some people who are performing continuous efforts in their better performance out of which, most of them are extremely humble, very skilled, and well-driven people. They have all their eyes for the details, they are totally committed to the task that they have opted for. These kinds of people are aware of the richness of the content, the richness of confidence, and the richness of humility and self-respect which have already led to creating a big difference. 

Rather than this, the other exceptional traits that an individual aspirant can carry through the journey of the UPSC are:

A student that is driven by their own ambitions will never give up on achieving their goals. Nobody except you can produce outcomes for you, whether it's at school, college, or throughout the preparation.

Objectives are your ultimate source of motivation if you are motivated by them. No matter how challenging your aim may be, you will still reach it if you have the will to do so.

Do whatever you do with commitment, or don't do it at all, it is as simple as that.

Don't accept anything less than what you deserve or the AIR 2.

Give priority to even the smallest aspects, anything might be significant.

Respect the time you have and use it as efficiently as you can.

Be your best competitor and critic, exhibiting this as the last but not the least quality. 

Thank You.

My Best wishes are with you.