Sherlocking IGP:

https://youtube.com/shorts/YW5zlaSPFfY?si=NwM5g0oBTDqzAd9j

Is India with China or AntiChina?

Meet link shared for Sat 5.30PM.

In case you enroll for the module closer the meet, you can request the link from @helpdeskupsc directly.

The biggest success of the Pre Sherlocking Module is the fact that all enrolled students recognised the stark difference in quality between the module videos and the clickbaity PYQ videos on YouTube!

A lot of students at times enroll in one subject to check the quality and we’ve had 100% conversion as they always upgrade to the full module within the stipulated 15day window.

Don’t take my word for it, check out the testimonials and FAQs below!

https://t.me/Neil_You/1168

For any course related query, ping @helpdeskupsc!

🚨 For People Worried about Mock Scores

🎲 Given the current unpredictable quality of Mocks, the score absolutely doesn’t matter!

🎯 Focus on getting the basic questions correct.

📝 Use mocks as an opportunity to:
- ⏳ Sit for 2hrs with focus and
- ✍️ Fill OMR without silly mistakes.

🛤 Believe in the process and yourself.

🌌 Leave the rest to Almighty/ Karma/ Mother Nature/ Blessings/ Whatever it is you believe in!

@UPSCneil

🌆 🏙 Overarching Understanding over Unnecessary "बाल की खाल"!

🦅 ✅ Be an eagle, who commands the sky

🐀 ❌Not a rat, who gets into unnecessary stinky mazy crevices.

For Details:
https://t.me/Neil_You/1181

Great meet guys, send the minutes to @helpdeskupsc.

We’ve discussed a lot of questions from ‘23 to see how we could have optimised our attempt with the basic sources and sherlocking.

Will update the videos too in your dashboards asap!

Wishes.

📝 Minutes from an older Sherlocking Meet, relevant as ever:

🧠 Being in the right headspace

💡 Internalise confidence with the backing of hard work, ie through PYQ iterations and basic sources.

🚫 Let no question become an emotional sink. We have to accept negatives and keep moving on. Getting jittery about a few questions hampers clear thinking, so stay calm!
(Lesson from "Who Moved My Cheese?" - don't be too set in disappointment, look for solutions despite all constraints.)

🤺 It's not as much of a competition as it's made to be by coachings. Self-believe, always.

🔄 What if the pattern changes and the heuristics don’t work?
Ans-Even if the questions are factual, educated guesses can still be made, provided your basic sources are properly done and you have enough overarching peripheral knowledge.
eg. Lake Question in Pre-22

🏃‍♂️ You are still comparatively ahead of the competition. After giving multiple attempts, a big chunk of aspirants end up either depressed, distracted, or disappear from the scene. Early enthusiasm+ Right guidance puts you ahead. Stay focused, stay calm and believe in yourself.

🗓️ Even the honorable ASG had quipped how UPSC Prelims bas ek mahine bhar ka exam hai. The real difficulty isn’t even half of the projected value.

🧩 Both papers are technically CSAT. When analysing PYQs focus on the reasoning part, and approach the questions from multiple angles iteratively.

🔑 UPSC key is the final source. There’s no point in questioning it. Rather mould your brain into thinking the way UPSC works.

📚 Patchy, non-exhaustive revision of 2-3 subjects per day is better than extensively revising one subject over a couple of days.

⏱️ Finish sectional tests in 20 days, then move on to FLTs.

📖 PYQ analysis - context > content. Treat PYQ as a "living document " to develop a knack for elimination.

@UPSCneil

🌟 Applying MS Dhoni's exceptional mindset to UPSC journey 🌟

🤹 As Prelims gets closer, anxiety about mock scores, sources, revision, number of study hours etc is getting common.

▪️Thoughts like - 'what if I don't get through?' , 'what if I am never able to crack UPSC', 'what if I disappoint my parents' etc are unfortunately plaguing a lot of students. 😪

🔥Watch this 43 seconds short featuring MS Dhoni and write down his words.

https://youtube.com/shorts/JJ7120-C8OQ

🎯READ his words whenever you feel stressed or anxious or pressurized or unmotivated.

Know that success in UPSC prelims is a lot about the *MINDSET* and *mental conditioning*. 💪

If this mindset can help India win multiple World Cups 🏆, it WILL help you in your UPSC journey.

Work hard. Happy Studying!

🧠 We’re not as smart as we think we’re.

🔄 We’ve been misled by society to “overplan” and be in a continuous state of “anxiety” regarding the future and having “regrets” about the past.

🤝 Surround yourself with the right people, focus only on the task at hand, and good things will happen eventually.

🐒 We’re supposed to be smarter than a monkey, don’t forget!

🌟 @UPSCneil

Sources to Refer:

Prelims:
https://youtu.be/RURAhkezO4E?si=seEFvzs20u1v1g_m

Mains:
https://youtu.be/pNLFPkK0niI?si=oMG5PpDNazZzyaaZ

Sherlocking IGP

https://youtube.com/shorts/BnyHQf-zxgk

A lot of students send queries regarding questions that can be asked in interview regarding their education, especially if they perceive that their education institution is not one of the 'apex' ones.

Watch the short to understand how to handle such questions!

CSAT Comprehension is markedly different to the comprehension questions we’re used to doing since an early age. Hence people find this section impeccably difficult even though in my eyes, it’s the easiest.

Don’t believe me? Checkout the free CSAT 2021 discussion!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrAJkEb21AxiYQ93At6xVBEYdgN0v-zo

If you want to watch the rest of the series, here are the details:
https://t.me/Neil_You/368

Videos on CSAT that'll help you:

https://youtu.be/oFYqHGFpYfo?si=pZcPaTse3KloxJBv

https://youtu.be/mXJKRLu1Z2Q?si=XwRxkP40LH-AEZnk

Sherlocking IGP

https://youtube.com/shorts/41rPseSkokI

Questions about application of technology, especially if you have a related background, are common. Check out the short to see how such questions can be answered!

🧠 Mental conditioning, as we say, is as important as your content preparedness in this exam.

🎯 There’s a reason that sports psychology is a heavily invested domain where focus similarly is on maintaining the right mindset during crunch hours.

💫 Focus on trying to undo the fear-based conditioning the market and a toxic ecosystem has instilled in you and replace it with a positive anticipation-based one.

🌈 This exam is neither a new beginning nor an end.

⚡ This exam is neither the toughest nor the best.

🌟 This exam, or any exam for that matter, is not worth losing your own self for. Stay in touch with your own authentic self.

✨ @UPSCneil

UPSC will eliminate PYQs to *surprise* candidates in UPSC Prelims 2024?

▪️One of the most common doubts that students have is - what if UPSC eliminates PYQs like it *seemingly* eliminated elimination technique in Prelims 2023? 😢

▪️What if the *surprise* this time around is an all together different set of themes? 😮

▪️Watch this concise video (not even 5 minutes long) where I address such doubts as well as doubts like how many years of PYQs should be covered for non-civil services exams conducted by UPSC like CDS etc -

https://youtu.be/k76nDH8kLxQ