The day before the Prelims is often marked by the familiar feeling of having “butterflies in the stomach.” In simpler terms, it is a mix of nervousness, anxiety, and anticipation about a significant event — in this case, the all-important UPSC Prelims examination. These feelings are natural. However, it’s important not to let them spiral …
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In a hall brimming with intensity, wisdom, and unwavering determination, our aspirants were blessed with life-changing insights during the Prelims 2025 Last-Minute Guidance & Motivation Session at Insights IAS Bengaluru. Watch the session now ! Don’t miss the last minute guidance. ✨ Vinay Sir, Founder & Director of Insights IAS, reminded students of the bigger …
Hello Dear Students! The UPSC CSE MAINS 2022 Exam is nearly upon us! Do not be afraid. Be bold, be courageous! You have worked relentlessly for months or maybe years on end for this golden opportunity! Watch this short video message by Vinay Sir to learn what are the things to remember if you …
Importance of ‘Consistency’ – Why you MUST Stay Consistent! No matter how much talented you are, how much hard working you are, how much smart you are – if there is no consistency in your preparation for this exam (UPSC civil services), you will either fail or unnecessarily prolong this journey making it stressful, burdensome …
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MOTIVATION For UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2019 (By Insights Team) By now you might have already revised so many things; or you may want to revise so many things. You might still be telling yourself that you could have solved few more tests or revised few books once again. You tend …
MOTIVATION Looking Back at My UPSC Journey I was blissfully working in an MNC at Bangalore after graduating in B.Tech Computer Science. My school friend started giving UPSC Civil Service Exam (CSE) and the idea of ‘Let’s try’ started in my mind. I thought about a month whether I should take up IAS exam. …
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Some people don’t even make new year’s resolutions. Having tried and failed to live those resolutions, they tell themselves that it’s better not make any – why to make resolutions when time will take care of everything? For any IAS aspirant, the only new year’s resolution (year after year) is to clear this exam – …
Motivation: Overcome Failures and Try to become a Topper Failures, small or big, affect us all. They dent confidence. They derail our routine. They create self-doubts. They instill fear. Well, that’s negative part. On the other hand, they make us strong. They teach us valuable lessons for life. Failures make us realise that there are …
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No matter how hard we work, how well we are accomplished, occasional (for some regular) dose of motivation is required to help us keep going. Despite reading so many things about Art & Culture; Environment; Current Events, you might still feel less confident at the end of the day. Some of you might even feel …
We recently received few emails where aspirants have expressed their fears about preliminary exam – 2015. Any new change will not be accepted without apprehensions and fears. The new changes brought by UPSC to the civil services preliminary exam have given rise to many speculations regarding the nature of question papers, their difficulty and competition …
You are watching lots of movies; you are reading lots of other stuff – news articles, novels, magazines etc; you are on phone most of the time; you may be quarreling a lot with girlfriend/boyfriend, parents and siblings; you are daydreaming a lot; or you may be just sleeping too much. But you are not reading …
……………………………………. Found this fantastic brochure on how to never give up in life. Although the caption reads entrepreneur, I am sure the same rules can be applied to an IAS aspirant as well. I won’t be a staunch optimist and say that everything would be a smooth sail for you nor will I be a …
…………………………………………. I very well understand the need to procrastinate, esp when there is so much to read and so little time. The thought of sitting for more than 8Hrs a day in front of the books is a little nauseating and it doesn’t really help to find a new subject or a not so favourite …
……………………………………………………….. It’s true! I am not bluffing here or trying to feed you some fake motivation. Trust me nothing ever gets easier in this world, things are as hard as they used to be. But again something does change, yes it does and it seems like I am defeating my earlier statement. But that change …
……………………………………………………….. I have no idea why a Winston Churchill quote has fire in the background and a motorbike in the front. Maybe that is the closest representation you get to hell :D. But I guess the quote says it all! It is tough, it is hard, esp when the exams get near but you got …
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………………………….. What I think I’ve been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions. – Roger Federer (5 Inspiring Federer Quotes) I understand it sucks, I know it hurts to keep going on even when you feel the pain, to know that you …
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…………………………….. 1) Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Every day counts, every moment counts, not one of the experiences you are going to have in life is ever going to come back. Make the best of what you get, there will always be lots of things …
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……………………………………………………………. It was quite a thrilling match if you watched yesterday and I really hoped Federer would win, but well, its all in the game. I have always been inspired by Federer and to see him lose wasn’t the easiest thing. I was reading a little more about him and came across this thought. People …
………………………………………………………….. I have often heard people how challenging the exams are and why they are not able to get there right to the neck of the competition. I agree that you might not have the same amount of resources that everyone else has, you may not have the same fall back options, you may not …
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………………………………………………………………………………………. It is natural to look at something hard and say that it is impossible. People told it about the 4 minute mile. Long ago, it was considered to be impossible to cover 4 miles within a minute, it was supposedly the barrier for people to run a mile within a minute, only till one …
