Genius Ways to Crack UPSC Prelims 2025 in 21 days-MisFits IFS & Naman Shrivastava | 21 day challenge

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Summary

In this intensive and motivational session by MisFits IFS, the participants are urged to commit to a strict 21-day preparation routine aimed at cracking the UPSC Prelims 2025. Emphasizing the importance of discipline, continuous learning, and strategic focus, the seminar outlines actionable steps to maximize efficiency in the short time frame. Participants are encouraged to minimize distractions, engage live, and leverage MisFits' resources fully.

Highlights

Commitment to live participation could boost your score significantly. 📈💡
Frequent, redundant questions burden limited resources—follow channels like WhatsApp for updates. 📲🔔
Learning from structure changes in history (e.g., Marshall Plan analogy) can enhance revision. 🌟🗂️
Confidence and preparation in the last 21 days before exams are crucial for success. 💪⏳
Avoid unrealistically harsh study routines—balance study with activities like meditation and exercise. 🧘‍♂️⚽

Key Takeaways

Discipline is key—attend live classes to increase your marks by 20 to 50. 📚🎯
Avoid distractions: no social media, unnecessary video consumption, or redundant questions. 🚫📵
Strategically utilize the MisFits resources, focusing on core topics and efficient revision. 🧠🚀
Adopt a structured and consistent study schedule—10 hours of study, 1 hour of exercise. 🗓️💪
Prioritize clearing the CESAT exam to not miss the chance to write the mains. 🧩✅

Overview

Embarking on a 21-day challenge to crack the UPSC Prelims 2025, MisFits IFS offers a comprehensive and intense preparation strategy focusing on maximizing exam results. Participants are implored to attend live sessions, ask questions there, and avoid redundant inquiries via emails, leveraging the scheduled interactions to their full advantage.

The session underscores the need to eliminate distractions and focus solely on strategic preparation elements, such as essential study materials and effective revision techniques. Critical advice includes abstaining from social media, unnecessary engagements, and even dietary distractions, urging participants to maintain a tight, disciplined routine.

MisFits IFS also highlights the significance of preparing for both the intense CESAT exam preparation and the main exams. The strategy involves dedicating specific periods for exam-focused subjects while ensuring a holistic approach by integrating physical health and mental well-being into the preparation routine.

Chapters

00:00 - 05:00: Introduction and Importance of Live Classes The chapter titled 'Introduction and Importance of Live Classes' emphasizes the necessity of having cameras on during live sessions. It highlights that participation in live classes is crucial and should be approached with seriousness by all attendees. This requirement underlines the commitment expected from all students to ensure an engaging and interactive learning experience.
05:00 - 10:00: Team Limitations and Requests The chapter discusses the importance of participation and attention in class, emphasizing that students should keep their cameras on during online sessions to ensure engagement. It notes that if students have their cameras off, they may be excused from the class, regardless of the number of students. The focus is on fostering diligence among students.
10:00 - 15:00: Announcements via WhatsApp The chapter titled 'Announcements via WhatsApp' covers several key announcements made during a class. The speaker highlights the small size of the team at Misfits, mentioning the lack of a dedicated marketing, operations, and finance team. However, they do emphasize the presence of a strong legal team, which is important due to the nature of the world and the controversial content they deal with.
15:00 - 20:00: Value of Free Sessions and Structural Changes The chapter titled 'Value of Free Sessions and Structural Changes' discusses the limitations in support staff and the appeal to users not to send redundant questions via email. An example of such a redundant question is inquiring whether videos can be turned off in classes, which had been previously addressed.
20:00 - 25:00: Expectations and Penalties The chapter discusses the importance of following previously shared instructions and information, particularly regarding the availability and access to video recordings. Despite clear communication through WhatsApp and network meetings, repeated questions indicate a lack of attention or adherence to the given guidelines. This leads to frustration from the speaker, highlighting the necessity for participants to effectively engage with communicated expectations and adhere to stated policies to avoid unnecessary inquiries.
25:00 - 30:00: Handling Regrets and Anxiety The chapter emphasizes the importance of attending classes live for better understanding and performance. It suggests that attending live classes can significantly improve prelim scores by 20 to 50 marks. This advice is given even if no direct questions from these classes appear in exams like the UPSC prelims. The chapter seems to focus on how actively engaging in the learning process can mitigate feelings of regret and manage anxiety associated with exams.
30:00 - 40:00: Subtraction of Distractions The chapter titled 'Subtraction of Distractions' focuses on preparing students effectively for their exams by attending live classes. The instructor emphasizes the importance of attending these sessions to enhance the final score on exam day. The students are encouraged to ask all their questions during the classes to avoid unnecessary repetition later. The instructor insists on regular meetings for at least 21 days before the exam to ensure preparedness and clarity. Additionally, all announcements related to the classes will be communicated via a WhatsApp channel, streamlining the flow of information and reducing distractions.
40:00 - 45:00: Focus on Core Subjects The chapter discusses the importance of focusing on core subjects and emphasizes the use of efficient communication channels. It highlights the inefficiency of emails in delivering important messages and introduces WhatsApp as a more convenient alternative for sharing announcements related to class schedules. The narrator also mentions their busy schedule until June, implying a need for streamlined communication to manage their workload effectively.
45:00 - 65:00: 21 Day Strategy for Prelims The speaker discusses their involvement with various activities such as working with interview candidates, collaborating with investors, and being on the board of a foreign university affected by American foreign policy. Despite these commitments, they emphasize their dedication to helping the audience during a significant moment in their lives by conducting free sessions. This chapter underscores a commitment to providing guidance and support without charge.
65:00 - 70:00: Handling Job and Other Opportunities The chapter "Handling Job and Other Opportunities" begins with a discussion on valuing opportunities. It highlights the tendency of individuals and even countries to undervalue or not appreciate things that are given to them freely. This chapter appears to address the importance of recognizing and valuing opportunities, even if they are provided at no cost.
70:00 - 83:00: Revisions and Test Series Strategy The chapter discusses the tendency of individuals to undervalue free resources or services, as observed in educational settings. The speaker notes that if participants had paid for the classes, they would likely be more engaged and attentive, such as having their cameras on during sessions. This reflects on the psychological aspect of human behavior towards free and paid services, and the importance of creating value perception for better engagement.
83:00 - 90:00: Final Words and Next Session The chapter "Final Words and Next Session" provides a concluding insight where structural changes are deemed necessary for improvement. It's discussed that while certain financial plans like the IMFP (International Monetary Fund Plan) offer money freely, they require some structural adjustments to be made. A brief reference is made to the Marshall Plan, posing a rhetorical question about its significance or detailing in the discussion. However, the transcript cuts off before elaborating on this historical reference.

Genius Ways to Crack UPSC Prelims 2025 in 21 days-MisFits IFS & Naman Shrivastava | 21 day challenge Transcription

00:00 - 00:30 hello everyone hope you're doing well this goes without saying that it is extremely important that you all have your cameras on okay this is something that you know none of you signed up for if you are not serious
00:30 - 01:00 then drop off rely on recordings okay so next time onwards if anyone has the cameras off you can excuse yourself from the classes it doesn't matter if there are 30 students 3,000 students i want diligence from your end now before we begin with
01:00 - 01:30 uh today's class there are a few announcements I want to make the first is we have a really small team at Misfits we do not have a laborated marketing team operations team finance team legal team and we have a strong legal team can't deny that because of the world that we live in and the controversial videos that we
01:30 - 02:00 upload but coming back to the point that uh we do not have elaborated support staff so it is my request humble request please do not send us redundant questions via email going forward what do I mean by redundant questions this one redundant question could be an email asking can I have my video videos video off in the classes we just told
02:00 - 02:30 you you've got to have your videos on another could be can I get access to recordings the answer is absolutely not you mentioned this already on the WhatsApp channel right read through those announcements But listen carefully in these classes despite mentioning this on WhatsApp channel despite mentioning this in networking of nights still some of you are asking that redundant question
02:30 - 03:00 answer will not change so please attend these classes live and there's a reason also why I'm requesting all of you to attend these classes live attending these classes live can easily increase your score by 20 to 50 marks in your prelims and that's a huge huge score not kidding for prelims even if UPSC asks zero question from these classes still you will see
03:00 - 03:30 enhanced score on your final day attend these classes live clear everyone no one will bother my team with redundant questions and we will meet at least for 21 days before your exam ask me all the questions here number two all the announcements will be via our WhatsApp channel no
03:30 - 04:00 emails nothing with emails we are realizing you know some of the emails do not even get delivered whatsapp is much more convenient all the announcements about class timing class dates all of that will mention on the WhatsApp channel and I will not lie I need to tell you this my schedule is insanely busy until June i'm working with
04:00 - 04:30 interview candidates i'm working with few investors i'm on board of a university foreign university that's facing the brunt of America's foreign policy now but at the same time I also want to make sure that I'm here for all of you on the most important days of your life i'm doing these sessions free of cost all of you are here free of cost for these sessions i had no sort of reason to come here and talk to you
04:30 - 05:00 i'm seeing some of you been part of misfit for a long time so I'm doing this out of my goodwill i know some of you may ask you know why am I mentioning this time and again the reason is this what I'll tell you when people are given things free in life they do not value it that's the sad reality they don't value it not just people countries when given
05:00 - 05:30 things free of cost they don't value it so how do I change that with all of you if all of you were attending these classes while paying some money while paying some enrollment fees all of you would have your cameras on you will take me seriously but when it's free it's free you don't value it
05:30 - 06:00 so how do I change that you will have to make some structural changes right an IMFP gives money free of cost structural changes are required do you all know Marshall Plan what was it all
06:00 - 06:30 about after World War II Marshall Plan provided billions of dollars in 82 rebuild Europe but you have to structure and restructure economies your governance systems countries that did that they flourished look at West Germany greece received a lot of aid but didn't do much with that aid
06:30 - 07:00 collapsed so you will have to make some structural changes if you're attending these classes live so you cannot skip classes if you're skipping classes don't come next time and I'm telling you this time and again you will see an upward score of 20 to 50 marks if you're regular with these classes if you want to skip classes and
07:00 - 07:30 then attend write to my team pay some enrollment fees but if you are regular with the classes it's all free okay so some penalties should be there if you want recording write to my team they will do something but I will request you time and again attend free attend live and think about this thing from my perspective i work very hard on daily basis to design these lessons there is
07:30 - 08:00 opportunity cost for my time and if you are not attending these classes with diligence missing and skipping classes why should I have have these free sessions i will not be motivated so please attend these classes on daily basis archetta will monitor the attendance if you're missing these classes on your own please do not come for the next session okay you will have your names any questions up until now
08:00 - 08:30 anyone so there's a dropout fee in a way so if you miss the class and if you want to reattend it then it's not free will decide what's that cost I don't know any questions anyone up until
08:30 - 09:00 now has a question yes go Good afternoon sir uh thank you so much for providing me this opportunity i'm totally grateful uh I I have this problem like I am working so till two sometimes I can if I if you can allow me to join late like 10 to 15 minutes late because
09:00 - 09:30 sometimes okay is it just me or she's not audible not audible okay okay see the thing is uh I I've also worked in life in professional settings and I have also hired many employees i've also invested in companies that employ
09:30 - 10:00 people the thing is if you have the will desire you can do whatever you like you can talk to your boss you can segment your work accordingly there are so many things that you can do to structure your schedule additionally most of the classes will be closer to your prelim state and my expectation is before your prelims please take unpaid leave if paid
10:00 - 10:30 leave is not possible at least 1 month in advance take the leave otherwise uh and and I would request the same you know before your mains also i don't think anyone should have an issue with unpaid leave with paid leave yes your employers can have an issue but with unpaid leave you know can be so many reasons medical reasons family reasons they will not bother
10:30 - 11:00 you of course unless you're in the you know in there are some of you I think who are in the grade B police so in your case of course you know we'll make the adjustments but for all the others in private sector I think I'm dealt with many I've worked in many so I know how things work out
11:00 - 11:30 sui I'm audible sir yes yeah uh I work in the state government sir and uh uh there are some exams going on in our state and uh I have to be in the examination enter so I may be not able to join some of the sessions okay so of course you know I am not so harsh but I'm also reasonable so if you have such extranuating circumstances then of
11:30 - 12:00 course you can write to the team and we will make the adjustments but all the others you know who the daily work is to study if you are skipping classes for whatever reasons then you don't deserve my respect okay but of course if you are in the state governments if you are in civil services for whatever reasons you are not you know it's not possible to be in certain live classes and you can skip it or come late but recordings you know we cannot
12:00 - 12:30 provide okay because the benefit will be by attending live classes if you want recordings then of course there will be some charges it also cost us to you know upload it pay for the bandwidth pay for the storage space that's another reason having said this majority of sessions will take place before your prelims right now we just getting you
12:30 - 13:00 know introduced to the idea anyone else and we may change time depend I'll try to see if we can change time in time to come but for now this is what we're working at while watching the recorded videos uh I got some doubts I posted in the mail
13:00 - 13:30 and also talk about that okay up until now the questions around it's first thing and that's I think you just became part of the community so there are many folks with different backgrounds for the premium session so we'll tackle your issues separately in time to come okay now my question is the north
13:30 - 14:00 star that we're targeting north star of why are we Please have one thing ingrained in your brain cells from today onwards and there should be absolutely no doubt left if you are attending these classes and if you're meeting me on a daily basis or for one or for 21 days we're all here for one reason one reason one reason alone snatch every goddamn mark and every goddamn question that UPSC will
14:00 - 14:30 ask you in your prelims okay I don't care about mains i don't care about interviews my only focus right now is prelims improve my efficiencies over there of course many of you would have made innumerable mistakes already how many of you fall in that category living with those regrets that I wish I had studied things
14:30 - 15:00 timely prelims is just in May i'm already late how many of you in that category alina what's your story what's the regret sir um I have been working uh very diligently for five four to five months but I just
15:00 - 15:30 got into some personal struggles it affected my confidence and uh it's not just in a week daily or hourly basis i just started question my self-confidence worth yeah then I restarted uh around March but uh I don't know I I was always in a regret mode like I could have done that better i could have started earlier
15:30 - 16:00 okay so Alina has a regret mode that's fine Safle what's for what about you yes hope you are doing well because I saw the band and uh I was a college student back but uh like past month I have been consistent but uh before that I have not completed all the things so my regret is
16:00 - 16:30 that if I revised all the subject in time to I will have more time for the solving question okay Josh good afternoon everybody uh very similar situation sir i have been uh preparing for this exam for um close to one and a
16:30 - 17:00 half year now but uh like I've started enjoying the classes a lot but every class I do uh yes it just makes me feel that oh you know I'm understanding stuff but at the same time I just go into that guilt trip uh that I wish I had done my revisions properly this would have been so much easier for me and now that the exam is coming closer um I'm just panicking because I feel that I'm very slow at solving the questions and um my my syllabus is not getting completed
17:00 - 17:30 i've just finished economics right now so yes pretty much that before I forget this do not worry about the pace of solving questions right now for your prelims in mains that may be an issue but not in prelims take all the time that you need right now we'll discuss about the prelims day oriented strategies on the a couple of days before your prelims but for now do not worry about the pace of solving
17:30 - 18:00 questions anusha what about you so what with my baby yeah how is his name is Dave right uh no we have named him Adit as per numerology okay all right like uh entire day most of the time I have to spend with him and I'm not able to keep up the pace all right
18:00 - 18:30 fine and I think there are many others who are not raising their hands for whatever reasons it's totally fine what about you hello am I audible yes so basically sir I started late uh the during this January only I joined this right and now I'm feeling the heat because I have to
18:30 - 19:00 complete all the syllabus uh in one go i'll tell you one thing in writing and um none of you will be able to complete the syllabus be it for prelims be for me speed for interviews you all will feel underprepared at all the stages not just you many of your peers competitors they will all feel the same so please do not you know punish yourself for not for your inability to finish the
19:00 - 19:30 syllabus now let me tell you one thing very controversial it does not matter how well prepared your peers are it does not matter how well prepared your competitors are how much they have worked hard if they cannot remain sane in the last 21 days before their prelims they will fail even if you have wrapped up all the syllabus multiple times if you cannot remain sane for last 21 days you have a
19:30 - 20:00 terrible strategy you will fail there are so many examples of idiots who completed all the tests all papers entire syllabus they took all the useless crash courses raved about those crash courses still could not clear prelims why because they could not manage their anxieties on the day of the examination filled the wrong bubbles wrong
20:00 - 20:30 circles got anxious in insanely anxious on the day could not even answer the questions that they knew the answers for why did that happen because they started overthinking a few months before the examination why did that happen because they started consuming useless irrelevant information on YouTube your success in prelims will be dictated and decided by how you perform
20:30 - 21:00 for the 21 days we meet the 21 days we do not meet many a times and that's the story with almost all of you i know we fail when we are left alone in a room listen to this when we left alone in a room we fail because our human mind is very unique starts imagining
21:00 - 21:30 things we can't connect with folks who are in our situation start imagining things plan B plan C plan D perhaps that is the reason why I making sure for 21 days I meet you before the examination none of you should feel alone in that journey you will study in your own hours you will do all the
21:30 - 22:00 homework but no matter what you have to make sure that you're showing up in these sessions i will make sure that these sessions are not more than 90 minutes 60 90 minutes that's the duration that I'm aiming for but my humble request is attend these sessions live if you are rich pay money and listen to the recordings all the others attend live so coming back to our
22:00 - 22:30 northstar we're here to snatch every goddamn mark in our prelims and I can assure you with my hand on my heart if you can follow through on every advice every method that I talk about in subsequent classes you will sail through and none of you will you know will wrap up the syllabus but you have to wrap up things that I'm asking you to do that's important our focus will be to improve on
22:30 - 23:00 efficiencies and we all know what is efficiency minimizing the output maximizing the minimizing input maximizing the output think about this so many folks will study for 20 hours on daily basis but they crumble just a few days before the examination what's the point of all the hard work sincere work syllabus completion last few days are extremely
23:00 - 23:30 critical for exam cycle many of you and your competitors they will ruin their chance in the last few days and here in Misfits we will make sure your last few days are magical you will have that that incredible confidence before you look at the question paper that is what I want
23:30 - 24:00 every single person sitting in this class this zoom screen you all should be clearing prelims we will worry about mains after prelims you'll worry about interview after mains and the way we have studied at misfits and the way you will study from today onwards you will be trained for grander things in life so please let go of all the nonsense that is now there in your head on why you will fail going forward you need to know
24:00 - 24:30 improve things whatever mistakes you have made that's fine but going forward you have to now improve things i will not say that you know you just have to study for 5 hours day that's why you will succeed no you've got to take out time you don't have a lot of time left there's no magic wand that I will use over you but we'll all work together and as long as we can follow through on things diligently you will
24:30 - 25:00 succeed all of you and raise your hands so mistakes delays low confidence all of that is fine but now we'll focus more on process starting today you will make a few promises of course the first one you all know no social media at all no Instagram no YouTube no Twitter no stock markets all of that is a
25:00 - 25:30 distraction and we all know the reasons now why all of that is a distraction they've built a billion dollar company distracting you you will stumble upon so many substandard free videos on YouTube don't waste your time your peers will waste time let them waste time your goal is f to focus on two things number one focus on the core that
25:30 - 26:00 I will ask you and number two focus on the super core why 21 days in life if you want to grow and thrive focus more on subtraction not addition what do I mean by that i've discussed this in one of the classes what is addition addition is you know more resources more
26:00 - 26:30 books more classes subtraction is minimizing all those things you all know Warren Buffett right without a doubt one of the most successful investor in history he says that difference between useless people and really successful people is simple really successful people they say no to almost everything they focus on limited
26:30 - 27:00 things they do not waste their time chasing every opportunity they are not under obligation to attend endless marriage ceremonies before your exams they may say "No I have different priorities right now." So in simple words Warren Buffett is focusing on things that truly matter
27:00 - 27:30 so please ignore all the noise in social media please ignore all the noise through those useless crash courses that you may stumble upon you all may think those are magical courses i may take this no you will waste your time do not just subtract social media of course remove that subtract all the you know useless videos
27:30 - 28:00 but also subtract useless people from your life for the next couple of months at least people who bring you down people who drain your energy people who continue to doubt you all the time and you waste your time convincing them ignore them block them you can meet them after your prelims but
28:00 - 28:30 right now ignore them not needed anyone with that one-sided love nonsense right now do not engage in all that for a couple of months all what matters is what people who believe in you think of you i believe in almost all of
28:30 - 29:00 you i know if you can stay consistent with your routine if you can stay consistent for 21 days we meet there is no power on earth why you will not clear this examination subtract nonsense and this nonsense is everything from sugar to burgers to people to social media focus on limited things right now focus on misfits community that we
29:00 - 29:30 meet 21 days focus on your core routine anyone any doubts up until now promise one going forward subtract the nonsense if you want to talk write any email to us if you want to talk further engage in these 21 days classes these are the people who will understand you right now we're all aiming for a similar mission in
29:30 - 30:00 life 200 people that's it that's what we have today all of you should be clearing premiums think of reasons why you will clear problems from here on not the excuses done with excuses now think of reasons you can do remarkable things in past in in in one
30:00 - 30:30 month donald Trump won the goddamn elections in just couple of months you would have been in jail otherwise just a couple of months for us the task is just clear prelims in couple of months can't we do that now so there are two questions number one is that uh the kind of work that I'm doing the part part-time job that I'm
30:30 - 31:00 doing it's about spreading the information via Instagram uh so do you suggest me to take a break from that and the second thing is sir that um I do a lot of protest and I had stopped that but then I watched your class where we were talking about the farmers protest and everything and it suddenly reminded me again that what's the point of studying so much if I'm not able to contribute it anyway and now Uttarakand is going through a lot of problems we
31:00 - 31:30 could save one part of the forest but the other forests are getting cut down so I'm very confused and I have decided to go by whatever you say if If you think that I should be avoiding all of that right now I would do that uh but if you think that I can go and I can study as well um I would try to push in uh 100% for that but right now I do need guidance from a perspective which is not biased towards any one side okay so yeah I'm of the view right now is the time
31:30 - 32:00 that you sharpen your knife focus on sharpening the knife so that once you are ready you can then make a huge impact how will you sharpen the knife once you are occupying core position just imagine if you are already in civil services if you're already a member of parliament if you're already an IS
32:00 - 32:30 officer IPS officer IFS officer it's not just you you also have access to a lot of power power circles and if you have you know good ST in mind you can make huge huge impact even today I receive so many messages from serving is officers IPS officers talking about naman can you please talk about this issue that we're
32:30 - 33:00 facing half the work that I am putting across on YouTube it's all mentioned told discussed by serving civil servants and they're also helping me not all are useless breed not all have allless and you have spine so right now dedicate next few months in clearing prelims after that we'll dedicate few months in clearing mains and after that we'll
33:00 - 33:30 dedicate few months in clearing the interview once you are in civil services once you are part of the core the kind of impact you can make is much much much grander than the short-term protests that you may participate in i agree that is also important that is valuable but here my request would be you are at that age where you should sharpen your knife aim for the core
33:30 - 34:00 positions and it is a remarkable opportunity right now therefore subtract focus only on the core for now and of course in time to come once we are in those power centers we can of course collaborate we can also of course nudge policies but right now channelize all your energy into acquiring those positions of power we need good people in those
34:00 - 34:30 positions ran hello good good afternoon sir good afternoon everyone so my question is I will be giving my prelims in 2027 and not in 20 don't attend classes from from now onwards then I think this was said again redundant question this was said it right in the various
34:30 - 35:00 emails to all those appearing for the examination in 2025 prelims these sess are only for them all the others focus on the things that you're working on of course I would love to have as many people in classes i would love to see so many zoom screens but then you will not benefit much okay so currently focus on the core subjects that I have requested you all to study okay
35:00 - 35:30 ran anything else that you may want to add okay no this was the only thing I was confused okay and don't think you know your examination 27 you know will discard you no we'll be there with you also when your time comes but for now let's focus on your own core aspects that we have requested you to focus on sumit what's your question
35:30 - 36:00 yeah hello am I audible yes yeah good afternoon sir so till like before Jan I was preparing very well but because of some reasons uh I had to leave the preparation and take a job so I completed nearly 60% of the syllabus and uh just before 15 minutes I was thinking not to join the call because uh I was like totally in depression that I'm not going to give this attempt but like I'm pretty not sure
36:00 - 36:30 like because I've taken a job uh which started yesterday and uh I'm totally in a confused state which job is this as sorry which job is this so I'm working as a data engineer in a consulting firm right now which firm heavier though it's a startup I I was working before in Infosys I left that job in November just to start UPSC preparation uh I watched all the videos completed most of the syllabus uh but then in Feb my state of
36:30 - 37:00 mind it stumbled badly so I decided to give it a rest take a job uh we'll see what happens in that way but I'm still confused okay I want to Repeat a few things multiple times whatever has happened has happened now is what matters many of your peers competitors if they have performed really well for past 1 year 2 years but
37:00 - 37:30 if they discard these next 21 40 50 days they will ruin their chances also last few days are very critical when you are alone overinking thinking overthinking so many things now is the time when many of the coaching institutes they also you know do not take students but I want to make sure that I'm here with you in these group settings to ensure that you are calm composed calmness alone will improve
37:30 - 38:00 your score so whatever has happened has happened now is a new phase my request is do the homework that I may ask you to do and continue attending 21 days sessions live you will see a miraculous improvement in your prelim
38:00 - 38:30 performance and please do not be scared of your peers competitors if they're performing well right now what matters most are the last few days before anything what will I do of my incredible preparation in means if my if if I injure my hand before the examination what will I do of my incredible preparation in interviews if I'm unwell vomiting coughing all the
38:30 - 39:00 time and therefore more than 50 60% of your good competitors they will be eliminated in these last few days despite how amazing the preparation is for all the misfits that will not be the case because I know the relevance and importance of these last few days and that is why we've designed these
39:00 - 39:30 sessions puja what's your question coming back to by the way coming back to the previous question around u the job that you have taken in I do not know I mean how you managing it i have seen remarkable people they are managing their bosses very well they may work for 4 hours showcase the work that they've done for 8 hours works for them on the other hand I've seen people
39:30 - 40:00 you know who may work work for 2 hours but they gossip for 15 hours about the same work with their bosses with their colleagues they don't just go to office they also engage in active office politics and they bring back that politics back home so if you're thinking you know that's what's happening with you then please decide because you have to subtract a few things you can't be focused on everything right
40:00 - 40:30 now you may have to take certain risks could be about you know taking a sabbatical could be about taking the unpaid leave and 3 years down the line you may perhaps talk about this day the risk I took perhaps yielded results yes hi everyone um so I actually have this opportunity to attend the youth action
40:30 - 41:00 summit which is happening in Italy and uh it is from 1st May to 4th who's organizing this youth action summit uh sir actually the I think center of diplomatic advances of it like the Italy government itself is organizing it and I'm just you know like I'm not so one part of my mind is saying to attend it because it is about the policy making and uh this is what I really wanted to go into and my current job is not into this actually it is into the management
41:00 - 41:30 and everything so um I'm not able to you know make a decision over here that should I attend it or should I not because it's just a couple of days before the prere so that's the case okay so I so I think this what what do you have at that Harvard conference leadership conference you have such conferences it's fine for college students because they get the exposure there but now you should you
41:30 - 42:00 know focus on the core in life what what are you gaining by being part of these summits couple of days you will network with some people will forget you we'll talk about some solutions that will never be implemented of course you will get some certificates that will have no no
42:00 - 42:30 value so I think you have to now decide what is more important for you i can't be answering all these questions if you think that youth action summit is more important than you know being in civil services right now take a call but all I know if you can be in the Indian foreign services in couple of years just compare the life
42:30 - 43:00 trajectory the things that we're doing are hard and that is why they're more valuable will have more returns right now you may want to take the easy way out but please understand the easy things may not yield that that level of returns so it's now up to you what you want okay i can't be answering these
43:00 - 43:30 questions anyone else attending youth action summit you attended something similar right mascon in Paris uh no sir it was not something like that it was sort of an internship fellowship done okay so yeah what's the question yeah uh so I have two questions one is on the technical side i'm curious about how the
43:30 - 44:00 structures of these classes are going to be in general overall just so I could feel like just for preparedness of it and secondly um so with some like two months left for the um prelims and having completed misfits lectures at least once I've so okay to give you an account of um how it goes in the one week so there are some mock tests that uh institutes take for on on Sunday like every almost every Sunday and I've given two of them so are so um so it's like
44:00 - 44:30 the some topics that I come across on the mock test I choose to focus on that however my revision feels very random as in like on on the same day like I could be covering about agriculture society something that is new to me but then or something about disaster management it it feels very random and there's a lot of static information that I think is missing so like what what sources should I like what should I do to go about a more structured revision now let me clarify a do
44:30 - 45:00 things I'll address this question also in time to come um so you all will do so promise one is clear subtracting all the nonsense from your life could be anything that you may think could be your job could be people could be food could be lifestyle could be utan summit could be anything if you think it does not align well with my goals you don't have you cannot quit
45:00 - 45:30 your job okay so just you can ask me you know how can we adjust a few routine Don't think you know the job is nonsense so just kidding so promise one clear subtract the nonsense going forward second thing is u how many days do we have left i think approximately 69 68 days right i would have loved to meet all of you for 69 days but it is not worth
45:30 - 46:00 it because I do not want to reject your entire schedule i want those 21 days to be impactful days in terms of strategy in terms of how you look for the other days in terms of how motivated you feel all of that is important how good you feel so I meet you for 21 days but I want to make sure that you all attend these live classes for 21 days but rest of the days you have to do
46:00 - 46:30 things that I may ask you to do so number one thing is none of you will set unrealistic goals in mind no unrealistic targets what are these unrealistic targets for example I will sleep for 4 hours or 5 hours only like Modi G and it'll work for 20 hours like Modi G doesn't doesn't work even he doesn't do that he speaks
46:30 - 47:00 differently does things differently okay 3 hours he's doing podcast what work going to monipur yes that's work solving things over there that's work next freedman so you all will study for 10 hours i know it's a it's a high number but it's a
47:00 - 47:30 realistic target 10 hours daily that's it you all will work out for 1 hour and that workout could be walk could be badminton could be cricket you all have to do this on daily basis you all should meditate for 15 minutes you all will talk to your family have dinners lunches with your family 30 minutes 45 minutes 1 hour if they're demotivating you you
47:30 - 48:00 know then you can change the topic or tell them that I'm very well prepared this time i will clear it no need to you know sound gloomy in front of them otherwise it all quadruples and increases multiplies if you have any doubts questions we are meeting 21 days raise all those doubts with me i may have the solutions if you want to watch movies watch it watch the 30 minutes do all the
48:00 - 48:30 things but the point is you all will control your time algorithms will not control your time if you are looking and checking your WhatsApp or let's say of your phone scrolling endlessly in that scenario algorithm is controlling your time you are not controlling your time i want all of you to control your time if you can't control your own time how can you control or be in charge of a district or
48:30 - 49:00 embassy or India's diplomatic initiatives learn by controlling your own time that Swar should be there of course in the journey you know you will stumble upon some interesting movie recommendations note it down don't not watch it at that time have an assigned schedule if you're meditating innumerable thoughts will come i've not done this i've not done that i have to do this i have to do that it's okay no
49:00 - 49:30 make a note content writing it down and you will do all of those things after your 10 hours of studies are done now I will have a homework every time we meet okay so the first homework that I have for all of you is and we'll inform you of the next meeting on the WhatsApp channel i'm also working around my
49:30 - 50:00 schedule to make sure that I'm meeting you but right now for initial 1 month could be half as hard but over time you will have a proper schedule closer to your exam date so the homework is simple you will study for 10 hours how many of you are currently weak with Gart that paper two of GS I've done no preparation or week struggling with it
50:00 - 50:30 okay see for the next 10 days your task is simple you should be in a position to clear CESAT okay every morning you wake up you dedicate 4 hours for CESAT just for 10 days how will you do it day one you will
50:30 - 51:00 identify important topics that UPSC is testing and my advice would be focus on quant focus on mathematics part English I'm sure you all can it's it's simple if you are going through newspapers if you come from switch episodes you can make sense of it things but for next 10 days you have to identify 8 to 10 core topics that UPSC keeps on testing you could be number system could be progressions could be
51:00 - 51:30 probability could be permutation in combination could be time speed and distance every day you will become expert at solving those questions from those topics you all have access to chart GPT also it's free of cost talk to chart GPT if you're failing to get to a right answer how can I get to the right answer but the point is next 10 days you should be 100% confident in clearing the
51:30 - 52:00 cutoff for Cart The next time I meet you that should be out that issue after 10 days you will not spend more than 10 minutes daily on seat okay so after april latest by April let's say from 1st April onwards you will not spend more than 10 minutes on zart April entirely and may whatever time is left should be dedicated entirely for GS especially for subjects like polity
52:00 - 52:30 economics modern history from 1757 onwards that part ideally would want you to reread read before your exams so at that time I don't want you to be wasting time on seat every day will solve papers solve some questions just to have that brain cell ready think about this so many of your peers they will focus entirely on GS no worries they will all clear the cutff for GS but the interesting part is they
52:30 - 53:00 will not get to write means examination because they did not do the easy thing easy thing is to clear the cutff for CESAT so many folks get eliminated in that stage after your prelim examination many will be clearing the GS cut off but some of you will fail on the easy easy thing why because you did not practice cesat is very easy it's just
53:00 - 53:30 it's a qualifying paper of course like every paper there will be like let's say seven 10 questions that are unsolvable don't worry about that focus on the easy medium things but the goal should be you should be confident enough in the next 10 days that no matter what kind of questions UPSC you ask me seesat has sorted I will clear it starting today until next 10 days focus on seesat GS you will take care if
53:30 - 54:00 sees is your weakness please work on it after april you will not spend more than 10 minutes on daily basis on seesat You will spend 9 hours 50 minutes studying GS and 10 minutes studying Cart any questions anyone until now all of you raise your hand so that I can see your questions
54:00 - 54:30 sir good afternoon sir uh sir I've been doing the four subjects in cycle of four days and as of today I'll be completing the economics so sir should I start with science and environment or complete the three subjects okay now there are some subjects which I should not say but some
54:30 - 55:00 are useless subjects uh it's part of syllabus but that's useless for example a costbenefit analysis is not that high you're struggling with time okay so polity should be the focus economics should be the focus history should be the focus geography should be the focus environment is also very important should be the focus but science and tech
55:00 - 55:30 and all the other ancillary subjects art parts of art and culture don't stress too much about it and I'll tell you why and how to solve that also but focus on core i'll talk about all those things how to cover it but anyone any question on CEAT 10 days is what you have to dedicate on Cart all of these things you can do it on your own no coaching nothing is needed the testing basic things
55:30 - 56:00 step one you look at past 10 years papers identify the core topics that they're testing you on for mathematics to begin with note down the names every day dedicate 5 hours for that topic learn whatever there is to learn from easy to medium to hard practice it do that for other 8 n
56:00 - 56:30 topics i don't even think there are eight nine topics there like six seven core topics that keeps on testing you make sure you revise the past year papers many times UPSC will just change the digits concept remains largely the same okay do not over complicate your CE preparation you do not have to be clearing examination it's qualifying paper so treat it like a qualifying
56:30 - 57:00 paper qualify it but make mathematics your strength even if it's your weakness right now change the mindset testing basic level 10th class mathematics barring the 2023 paper but I don't think UPS will go down the drain now because there are so many Supreme Court cases okay so focus on CSR it's easy deal many will not focus on Anjali go to a question
57:00 - 57:30 okay think you can hear me
57:30 - 58:00 now anal you have a question no okay now I think for next few days sees will become your strength and if it's a strength already then good job you will still dedicate 5
58:00 - 58:30 to 10 minutes on daily basis solving like four or five questions daily now I think um Musan raised a question i think she made a comment that weekly basis she's appearing for mock tests again a controversial advice do not worry about those mock tests my advice would be pick up things that you can revise three times before your
58:30 - 59:00 prelims you will read things only those things that you can revise if there is something that you cannot revise don't pick it up it's a very very very very important advice that I'm giving you now what will happen is there are some lazy folks who will say that I will not pick up things because I cannot revise that option is not there you have to pick up what vision is test papers 30
59:00 - 59:30 35 how many are there anyone you want sir 35 are there 27 are released okay good so 27 are released whenever the other one comes in you will attempt those papers also your goal is simple before your May May 25th just give me a
59:30 - 60:00 second okay so before your May 25th 25th would be when you have your premium examination you should have solved those papers at least thrice three times doing it one time it's all the hard work you're putting in but not worth it doing it twice good job doing it thrice that is
60:00 - 60:30 what I want from each one of you you can cram things you can learn things you can make conjectures whatever that is you have to revise revise and revise those papers three times that's the task clear non-negotiable you will have you would have done your static you would have done your art and culture you would have done
60:30 - 61:00 your current affairs with those papers you will solve it exactly the way I have taught you in those recorded episodes what is that method that method is not that you pick up the paper waste your 2 hours solving it like 100 questions no you pick up one question dedicate 5 minutes to it first you will make a conjecture why what went right what went wrong check the answer if it's correct good job and
61:00 - 61:30 analyze still what went right if it went wrong analyze what went wrong learn the things learn the facts make a note of it do that for 100 questions paper one done doing papers in such format will not take 2 hours it may not take 3 hours it may take 6 to 7 hours and it's worth the time some of you may think you know I'm wasting my time no you're not wasting
61:30 - 62:00 your time dedicate six to seven hours solving the papers exactly the way I've told I've told you in classes if anyone has any doubt on it raise your questions here but solving those vision papers three times before your before your prelims that is non-negotiable ideally before you go on to solve those papers you should have completed your syllabus in economy polity history geography and environment
62:00 - 62:30 Because that's how and well you know then things will become interesting for you if you have not done those episodes yet there's no other way out you have to dedicate next 10 to 15 to 20 days completing those subjects from misfits even if you have completed misfits episodes even once it's good enough but you should have done that at least once and you go away
62:30 - 63:00 and then you move to solving these papers if you are struggling with episodes you have to on daily basis watch two episodes of polity two episodes of geography two episodes of economy two episodes of history do that activity on daily basis layer one will form switch episodes once you're done with it then you will dedicate your time solving the papers vision is 35
63:00 - 63:30 papers i know this may sound simple but this is a 100% sure shortsh short way to clear your problems sometimes these easy things are the reason why you will be clearing the examination you unnecessarily over complicate things yes many what's the question so uh during the second and third revision should we uh like sit with the
63:30 - 64:00 questions like we did first time or should we go through the uh notes of the first paper so what will happen is when you are solving the paper for the first time let's assume that you stumble on first question and um in that question you made a conjecture and you got it right but again but you learning something very interesting in that in that question so make a note of it if the second question that there's nothing new to learn cross it i will not revise
64:00 - 64:30 it so next revision should be all about learning new things from the same paper when you're solving the paper for the first time there are certain things that you know you will not revise it next time otherwise you're wasting your time revising reviving things that you know okay third time revision would be about again you know filtering the second time revision scenario should be the first
64:30 - 65:00 time you're solving paper it will take it will take you 6 to 7 hours second time you will solve the paper it should take approximately 2 hours third time you will solve paper it should take 10 minutes in fact one day before your examination you should be solving 33 question papers 10 minutes one paper 10 minutes second paper 10 minutes third paper quickly you are going two fusion tests okay but this will work out only and only if you have completed your
65:00 - 65:30 layer 1 of preparation with misfits episodes so misfits episodes are very very critical followed by these test papers and of course then 21 days of working with me conten what's your question hi sir good afternoon sir my first question was around the revision that you have clarified the second question is uh how should uh we balance the pqs
65:30 - 66:00 along with these 35 testes and what should be the priorities if you have completed your misfits episodes pqs are sorted already okay and for 21 days we will meet i may talk about other PQs do not waste your time with PQs now PQs are sacred questions you should learn a lot from
66:00 - 66:30 those PYQs analyze those PQs and I've done that in every episode in Misfits already so if you're asking this question sad reality is not you've not gone through the misfits episodes okay so we've learned the core inspects if there's any less we'll do we will do it in next 21 days for now my request is me episodes plus vision test papers vision test
66:30 - 67:00 papers you have to revise revise revise you will read things study things only what you can revise subtract others other things again do not over complicate things it's very simple it's gone uh yes I had a question regarding seat um so after analyzing the papers is it advisable to prepare for it alongside
67:00 - 67:30 someone that's preparing for GRE like using those resources for quant why didn't you ask this question when we were discussing GAT I gave the option to ask this question say GRE GMAT CAT it's all fine it's all different so ideally you should minimize your input maximize your output and the best way is to focus more on
67:30 - 68:00 what UPSC has asked focus on core topics that UPS has already asked and solve all kinds of question From there if you've already prepared for GRE then you can go back to those resources but if not done that then pick up any book solve all the medium hard simple questions learn the methods but do it topic wise let's say next 3 days I will focus on number system I should be so confident no
68:00 - 68:30 matter what question is asked from number system in UPSC I will address it we'll solve Okay so pick any book i think there are many dedicated books also for CET pick any book okay so use the book and use chart GPT purpose is qualify in GMAT GRE purpose is different you're not focusing
68:30 - 69:00 on qualifying you focus more on perform better than your peers to increase your percentile in UPSC that's not an issue even if you want to leave the hard questions leave it but you cannot leave the easy and the medium questions easy medium questions are free marks you're getting all the score okay so unlike GRE GMAT or CAT where you focus too much on hard questions because that's how you will
69:00 - 69:30 get those 10.9 percentile in CSA that's sorted my preparation should be that I will solve all the I will do all everything there there is in syllabus but I will address all the easy and medium questions no one can challenge me there hard I will try but I leave it this doesn't work out focuses on qualifying the paper gre GMAT CAT purpose is different it's to get the highest
69:30 - 70:00 percentile you will get those highest percentile only and only if you're solving the hard questions that's the focus there clear in CST we're not focusing on percentile you're focusing on qualifying nature of the paper every exam is different you should treat it differently permanent uh sir I have question about you said that while solving the questions uh in
70:00 - 70:30 vision paper or any other paper we have to see that whether we have got wrong or right and then analyze and after analyzing we have to uh like take a note but I don't like taking notes so what I do is in that feed only I just highlight whatever the new information is and and revise that only is it fine that I do not make a lot of notes uh like from the paper okay so for example if you stumble upon something around current affairs how can you write dedicated
70:30 - 71:00 points around current affairs that you can revise in those notes if you can do it then do it well that's fine additionally what happens is if I'm solving papers paper one paper two paper three paper four I will see some patterns for example there will be questions on fifth schedule if I have notes what I just have to do is I will just quickly go through my Google doc or wherever I'm making those notes i will click on fifth schedule once I read through those notes everything is
71:00 - 71:30 done similarly for history there are some questions around the time frame various missions came in what happened what was discussed various events took place suds play split and what not all the questions around so split sorted similarly I think uh if there are questions around modern empire if you have dedicated notes around one one area one topic much
71:30 - 72:00 easier to do it but again you can follow whichever approach works for you i will not decide that for you okay both will work nothing is wrong but the goal is simple those 35 papers that you're solving you have to revise re-revise and pre-revise you may find it very boring to revise again but that is where the excellence lie one day before the examination you may not feel like studying it but you have to study
72:00 - 72:30 it that is your edge over others and this strategy works 100% so do not waste your time anymore on what pop-ups are suggesting many a times these they become advice givers once they have gotten a good rank that's fine but they may give you some random advices that may have worked for them but will not work for in
72:30 - 73:00 general and some may just want to sound smart that's it so do not rely too much on the YouTube videos focus on the f on the core that I'm suggesting for prelim the revisions are important revise revise revise so layer one should be misfit episodes where you set in the foundations learn the out of conjectures you apply those conjectures in your vision is papers and you do that multiple times
73:00 - 73:30 yeah my question is around that I have attempted 24 test papers out of the 27 degrees and revised almost 10 so it feels like information overload first of all with only the 10 test after revised second is that in the PyQs there's a pattern that even though we have read Buddhism and Janism from our notes even though we have attempted the test there is always some new terms there are
73:30 - 74:00 always some new sects which are related to them so how to go about them and then in this year of pent test series there are lots of errors that they have made so I think it's not good to rely on them also exactly I mean so it's not good to rely on any test paper okay entirely but to pick one and do it end to end what to do with information okay two things one is one is what information overload and second is errors also that you mentioned see errors in the world that
74:00 - 74:30 we live in it's much easier to check things out and I'm not requesting you to you know gauge your performance basis how you're performing these test papers doesn't matter you're doing these test papers for your active recall and learning facts revising facts and also redoing things that may be important so first time when you're solving these papers there will be information overload that is why we are revising it three times and this information is limited 35
74:30 - 75:00 papers whatever is there in these 35 papers that's all I want to learn if you are stumbling upon let's say question around genism Buddhism or some topics that are very frequently asked have a note for them if there's any question genism let's write genism on your Google doc what genism or whatever if there is a new fact go back to that Google doc and write a new line over there do that multiple times if there's a question precedent do
75:00 - 75:30 that multiple times okay over time you will have structured information and anytime every time you stumble upon new information note it down make a note of it that is the purpose to overload yourself with whatever information could be asked in the first attempt second time when you revise it it will come down so it becomes information so information overload comes becomes information in second attempt third attempt it becomes
75:30 - 76:00 manageable information that now I have the full confidence clear but you have to do it three times otherwise you will waste your time if you're doing it just once or twice it will not yield results a third revision will yield results so do it once very well dedicate six seven hours on daily basis then again redo it for 2 to three hours per subject per per paper and then again redo
76:00 - 76:30 it we are not judging basing a performance in those test papers those are useless papers but there has to be one paper test paper that you will follow through entirely end to end why because through that paper bases that paper you will also complete your core subject there will be active recall you will also finish up your current affairs and you will have detailed notes of things that you can revise revise revise shashi I will take all the
76:30 - 77:00 questions now because uh I have another call scheduled at 3 p.m u sir I have uh backlogs in polity around 40 classes i want you to advise me whether I'll uh uh finish them at one go like four four classes per day or uh slowly like no you will not do it four classes per day very clear about that I've told this multiple times structure your preparation for exam for example polity you can do it in
77:00 - 77:30 a way that u closer to the examination date I may watch those episodes again who knows By the way for polity for geography for economy I'm 100% sure if you can end to end watch these episodes properly you are thoroughly prepared okay but do not overwhelm yourself otherwise you will not retain things two classes per day is more than
77:30 - 78:00 enough okay and if you want to segment your preparation like this that you know I will watch one episode polity one geography one history one economy one environment plus 50 questions daily that structure also works for me but daily you will do it for next 60 days okay so let's say 50 questions for vision is and daily these five subjects for some subjects I think number of videos are less number of
78:00 - 78:30 videos are more but time frame is less for example quality watch three episodes or two episodes per day okay so have that structure in mind do not overwhelm yourself and regardless of your preparation level come for these 21 days live sessions Raini what's your question good afternoon sir present I'm solving the vajram institution mock test in that
78:30 - 79:00 they have separate subject wise test text test test so like quality for two test for quality two test for economy either I should follow that test series or I should convert to a convert to I think vision so um it depends you pick any series but I'm assuming there are 35 30 rest papers if you've already solved let's say 10 papers for vajram you will then waste your time shifting to the new
79:00 - 79:30 test series don't do that you picked any dies be it insights be it vajram be it any Tom Dean hurry do it end to end don't leave it midway and by end to end I mean three times and solve it exactly the way I've told you okay so starting today or and until the last day of the examination our goal is simple we'll watch all these episodes
79:30 - 80:00 if you've not done it already non-negotiable plus 50 60 questions daily from vision is divide the time how much time you have left the purpose is simple we have to solve these papers three times before the final day I am repeating this does not matter which series pick any but solve it three times over time they all will have similar questions our purpose is to do the current affairs and also have a active recall and also refy certain core
80:00 - 80:30 topics while doing all this you will all attend 21 days live sessions with me i will in these sessions I will cover some random things that you basically can test you on from history to art and culture or things that we might have missed out on GS episodes but make sure that you're attending these live and most importantly I want to keep you sane throughout the journey part of
80:30 - 81:00 community and I will ensure that if you're attending these live some of you may think you know why am I wasting time attending these but after your PL you will realize the value of these sessions at least on the day or you realize the value how to attend the paper I will discuss this in the next session that we will have okay that is also critical and um up until now continue to
81:00 - 81:30 have those promises clear your schedule figure out your leaves figure out your time zones and I look forward to meeting you in the next session the next session I'll talk about how to solve the paper the eventual paper what's the goal that we have in mind because many of you will make some ludicrous mistakes there okay up until now focus on sees i think we'll have next session in a week or in 10 days we'll inform you on the
81:30 - 82:00 WhatsApp channel also working around my schedule okay all the others if you have questions we can touch base next time I will address your questions okay good luck everyone take care and we'll see you in the next session it's going to be important