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Neale Donald Walsch has said, “Life begins at the end of our comfort zone.” The auditorium of St. Karen's High School reverberated with the quote as Mr. Rahul Srivastava, ‘a proud alumnus of St. Karen's High School 2009 batch’ an IAS officer securing All India Rank 10 in Civil Services in the year 2022 was felicitated by the School Management, Principal, and Vice Principal. He had an interactive session with the students of Class 10, 11 and 12.
He asserted that even Class 10 and 12 results hold importance as they are a marker of our sincere efforts in our school days and they provide confidence at the time of disappointment later on in their lives. He stressed the fact that classroom teaching is always very valuable. When asked about maintaining a time table, he stated that being consistent throughout the year following his weekly time table helped him achieve his goal.
According to him, social media can provide us knowledge if one uses it judiciously. He firmly stated that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. He believed in self-study rather than taking coaching to help him to prepare for the Civil Services.
He stressed on the fact that it is always better to have a long term goal. He shared that internal motivation is more important than the external one as there's the possibility of losing it. He strongly believes that a combination of humility and gratitude can work wonders. He advocated to be fairly confident about oneself rather than being over or under confident. He reiterated the fact that doing yoga, meditation or any other physical activity for forty five minutes can be helpful to nurture a healthy mind within a healthy body and helps to release stress.
The intelligent questions asked by the students impressed him and he believed that there are many Civil Servants in the making. He expressed gratitude to all his teachers at St. Karen's High School who had taught him some invaluable values which he still cherishes. Time flew but the session ended with many students still holding many queries in their hearts. They are definitely going to cherish the memory of the interaction in their hearts and be benefitted by it.