Don’t listen to naysayers | #30
Listen to yourself, not the one who don't support you
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So, I want to share what has happened to me in the past and still happens now.
Okay, let’s start with this. Till my 6’th class, I was a straight-A student. I used to always get marks above 90-95%. But after 6’th, the downfall started. I started losing interest in my studies and it became difficult in learning concepts and formulas of science and maths. I never took the effort to understand the concepts of all subjects as I never found my studies interesting. That’s how our educational system works. It’s not updated, not meant for education (wait for now I am wont talk about the system). Due to that, I was verbally abused by my some of my classmates. I got one of my worst marks in my 9’th. Classmates in 9th told me that I will never pass and come to 10’th, I would be a failure at life, I would amount to nothing, etc.
So what happened in 9’th?
As I told you, I almost failed that class, I never took those bullies seriously. Yes, I doubted myself but didn’t take them seriously. I always listened to them from one ear and removed them from another. It was hard at the start, but I started building the habit to neglect them. I somehow passed in 9’th. Then the pandemic hit the world in 2020 and I had started with 10’th. And the great part was, though the board exams were cancelled, I scored 3-4% more than him in the final.
In one of my past newsletters, I shared a poem which I wrote in 9’th about the feelings I had about what I mentioned above. You can read the poem here.
Today I realized that today I have made a stronger mindset to handle naysayers from incidences. I still struggle at times, but I’ll try to make it stronger. In content creation too, whenever I tell others about the content I make, I get a lot of criticism from some people who say that why I am making such content, I should focus on my studies, I should prepare for exams like UPSE. I just nod my head and left.
Just don’t listen to naysayers and focus on your work and the people who support you.
Weekly recommendation
Kunal Shah is a great mind and here Kunal spoke about how he started his business, why India needs to change its mentality about everything, and how time is pursued wrong in India
In this together,
Pranav ✌️
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