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Letter To My Younger Self

After my UPSC results, someone came up to me and asked: “Now that you’ve succeeded after a long journey, you must have learnt a lot of lessons along the way. If you were to meet your younger self who is starting his preparation just now, what advice would you give him?”

I wrote this speech trying to answer that question. I titled it Letter to My Younger Self and delivered the talk recently to a group of bright, enthusiastic aspirants at the Ravindra Bharati Auditorium in Hyderabad.

Sharing it here so that it reaches those who couldn’t attend the event. Hope you find it useful.

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Anudeep Durishetty

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  • Good evening sir
    Sir please tells us what is the right time to prepare notes for gs and to make notes from current affairs

  • Hello sir I am Akash .my gs and optional (Anthropology) strategy only focus on model answer only . this step is right or wrong

  • whenever i feel broken, you give mi boost, thank u for all time support, love u sir

  • Sir,
    I'm lohitha... I'm studying 10th now
    When I was in 3rd class it's my dream to become IAS officer and I don't know the meaning of upsc when I was in my childhood..
    But there is one thing always roaming in my mind that is I want to become a IAS officer that's it...
    And whenever my mam asked me
    What's your goal??
    I always said that I'm going to be the IAS officer for our district..
    And whenever I said that she appreciated me
    Anudeep sir, I'm also from Bhadradri kothagudem dist, I'm from manuguru sir
    I met you when I was in 8th class.
    You came to Pinapaka as a training collector.
    You are really a gem sir
    You are my inspiration sir
    All the success stories were came from great failures...
    Forever you are my inspiration
    And I'll promise you
    Am going to be the future IAS officer sir..
    It's my challenge 👍

  • Good sir . It can bring back a person from turbulence to tranqulity ... Good way of expressing sir to overcome sir

  • Sir my name is
    JADI VINESH I am complete my intermediate so then please give mi a permission to meet you sir please my life is depends on you sir please

  • Sir...i just started my preparation a months ago for upsc...pls help me how can I aaproach towards my journey...i don't have any idea regard to this as I am now in part1...i belong from small district of bihar where is scarcity of sources and financial condition...pls reply sir...

  • Sir,
    I am doing Ca final right now. I failed in that in my first attempt even though putting lot's of hardwork. I can't understand the reason of my failure in that days I found your vedio on YouTube I didn't seen your vedio jst look at you & read that you get sucees in UPSC on 5th attampt same day on night when I sleeped I found you in my dream & you told me in that dream that nothing is impossible I crack UPSC on 5th attampt seen. In morning I go back on YouTube& than search that vedio which is on vision IAS platform & heard entirely...I wrote down the 3 principles you provide on one page & till today it is on my study room wall. Sir I try to search my mistake in exam that is I don't practice the answer writing due to which I failed in my first attampt than I put my entire focus on my that lacking areas & sir I cleared my exam in this attampt. I always called that insidence as my turning point that god creat, thank you very very much Anudeepsir for coming as god at the right time through inspirational vedio in my life .. Now onwards I want to go for UPSC 2020 examination & I definitely want to follow your tips for that... Thanks a lot sir.??

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