My story of getting into IIT , The secret to achieve all your goals.

Ever wonder why you don't feel like doing what you wish to do. You can certainly feel a lack of conscious control in such situations. What is happening after all why can't you control your actions. 

As we all know our actions are governed by our brain , but it has two subdivisions one which we can access consciously and the other which is deeply hidden away from our consciousness. Yeah this subconscious mind is responsible for almost 95% of our brain controlling most of actions. It never sleeps works around the clock making sure our body functions properly. Ever thought how you read , speak , write , drive , walk , stand, hold a cup while having your caffeine etc so effortlessly without worrying about anything, its subconscious behind the scenes which makes it possible. Essentially it is what we are and our very lives depend on what our subconscious is doing. 

We are survival machines and our brain mechanisms have evolved through evolution and they are programmed to do what they are told to . Subconscious mind does not have a reasoning of its own , we reason through our conscious mind and the results are impressed on our subconscious . And our subconscious work around the clock to full fill its master's commands. It meticulously controls most of our actions thus driving us towards what we feed it. Its like a computer which takes input and does everything in its power to accomplish what its told to do , works just like a computer algorithm , optimizing our actions for results. It all makes very much sense , why we feel so out of control sometimes. 

So how do we take control of our life. We can harness the sheer force of our subconscious , we can leverage its fierce power to accomplish the tasks its told to do. Our life depends on what we feed to our subconscious. So how to take control of our subconscious mind. 

Its what we believe drives our subconscious. How are we going to build confidence in ourselves in such a negative world. The answer again lies in the infinite intelligence of our subconscious.

If you are lucky external factors may give that trigger , which happened with me , when i was in class 4 or 5 i did decently in a SOF olympiad , actually it was nothing that i did ,just having a class rank of 2 away from all competition is nothing( seriously yeah there was indeed competition in class 5th also)

But its impact was very far-reaching , my friends , my parents indeed appreciated me , which was the stepping stone of my belief . Next year i did better , strengthening my belief.

But then i went to BVM nainital , for some reason that i did not understand they were not conducting these exams , i was really disappointed with how less they cared about these things. No doubt we don't learn much academically in schools. Those days were complete fun , without any worries ,  no pressure, i made a lot of great friends . But all the time that belief i had was strengthening , my subconscious was always at work. There we used to have 3 month winter vacation , yeah you heard it right 3 months. 

Being completely free just as nowadays i devoted some time studding , but what was making me do it , the subconscious was at work. 

This confidence helped me a lot in my JEE prep in class 11th-12th , i just kept following my institute without much conscious effort. All the time my subconscious ensured my survival. This is my secret , how i got to IIT , the belief i had payed off. All those little appreciations from my friends at BVM , their belief in me paid off , i love BVM.

So i just keep on continuing with the same belief. You posses power far beyond you realize. This making of subconscious takes time and conscious effort and your work is done , your subconscious will take care of the gory details.  

Some one has rightly said - Fake it until you make it !!!

One trick is to believe in your subconscious, that it is working day and night for you  , so just keep going and your actions will take you to your goal, get the input right and you will get there before you realize. 

This post has got too long, so i will make another post with the techniques that can be used to harness the power of subconscious. Till then stay tuned.