Coaching Your Subconcious mind ( Sunday Best Reads)

I have wondered why some people can crack the exam after one another and others struggle. Some people achieve a lot and some people achieve nothing even if he or she gets the same opportunities. These questions are explained by Dr Joseph Murphy in his book called “The Power of Subconscious Mind”. The book was published in 1962. The book has application in our engineering life too. You can draw lessons from the book and apply it practically in your day to day life.

Dr Murphy states that how our subconscious mind can rescue us from a chaotic & problematic life to a healthy and successful one. Our mind works in two ways; conscious and subconscious way. When you make a decision or choose, it is your conscious mind taking shots. The subconscious mind controls activities like breathing, blood circulation, digestion, etc. Whatever the conscious mind believes or choose, the subconscious mind makes it happen in reality. It is like a singer visualizing his song in the subconscious mind before singing in reality. This is called visualization technique. In this technique, you have to believe firmly what you are thinking. It will work wonders. Contrarily, you can pass time lamenting that I cannot do this or that; your subconscious mind will make you a loser eventually. It does not understand the positive or negative thinking. You reap what you have sown.

Auto-suggestion or affirmation is a powerful technique to coach your subconscious mind. Whenever you are going to do something new, you always feel that I cannot do this. People will laugh at me. At that moment, auto-suggestion can be handy. You have to repeat in your mind “I can do this. I have prepared a lot for this”.  It boosts your confidence. We use it a lot knowingly or unknowingly. Many a time, I used it when I was taking the first class in RIST & GIMT and presenting my papers in conferences.

Dr Murphy mentions that the subconscious mind works as per your beliefs, emotions and thoughts. Some people want to be successful, but they do not believe it wholeheartedly. They remain in the same position. The author says “Think good and the goodwill follows”. Therefore, we need to change our mindset.

Our inner will power plays an important role to coach our subconscious mind. If you are struggling with your studies then you are carrying a mindset that suggests you are poor in studies. You have started believing that which needs to be changed at once. You are the reflection of what you think. On the other hand, the ones with ideas and enthusiasm to study will get everything and can clear any exam. Your will power is always there, but you have to reignite it by scrapping your previous mindset.

Dr Murphy mentions that the best autosuggestion is what your mind accepts. Our mind is a reasoning mind. It will not start believing anything [in your context in anything] by just thinking it. Your mind has to accept it. So, instead of you are thinking you are successful; you start by thinking that you are improving every day. He mentions some techniques to coach the subconscious mind. First of all, we need to write down what we need in life (the idea of life).

Then, we have to visualize them each day for at least two minutes a day. We have to believe that we are improving each day. Then things will follow in the right direction. Your path to success starts with your thinking. When you start believing something, you take actions in tandem with your thought which takes for you to the destination.

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M.Tech: What to do & What Not to do !!!!!

I completed my Bachelor in Engineering in 2009. By the time, I was in the 7^th semester, I appeared many placement drives. But, I lost interest in those placement drives. Each month, one company visited. Each had different criteria and a different evaluation process. I had to devote a lot of time in that preparation. It was taking a toll on my normal studies and the companies were not at all as per my expectation. Furthermore, I wanted to maintain an average performance throughout the course.

After detaching myself, I studied dedicating to the course matter. That helped me develop my concept of the fundaments of various subjects. I appeared for the entrance exam at Tezpur University. I did well and got a call from the University.

I did my M.Tech in Energy Technology. The Department of Energy of Tezpur University was a nice little department back in 2009 with a few outgoing batches. The M.Tech course had four semesters of 6 months long. The 1^st and 2^nd semester included subjects on conventional and non-conventional energy sources and technologies along with a few laboratories. The laboratories were well equipped. We, the students, devoted a lot of time in labs. This gave a lot of confidence in later years to handle different types of machinery. The last two semesters were kept for the final year project solely. In those days, one could go outside to some organization to do projects or stay in the department for doing the project. Initially, I went to do a project in DSL, Delhi but returned after a few days. It occurred to me that the project did not have many prospects.  

After returning to the department, I started my project on solid biomass fuels. I researched briquettes and developed a cheap technique to produce them without any heat as per the Indian context. The two semesters were very fruitful. I did not limit myself to my project and engaged with others too. This gave me valuable insights into other’s domains. We always need to extend our knowledge base.

Coming to research in the M.Tech project, one needs to make his mind by the end of the 2^nd semester. He should study enough literature to generate some ideas about the project. After 2^nd semester exams, we tried to find out gaps in the literature meaning something which had never been done. The follow-up studies would go on over and over to determine whether we could do the project in the current existing set up in the department with available resources. Sometimes resources were there but most of the time we had to purchase it. Purchasing took time and delayed the project.

At the starting of the project, we planned all things and showed the guide in a planned manner like an algorithm with time. We prepared a budget to purchase things. This was the first step towards research life. The things, I learned during those days stayed with me and helped me every single time.

M.Tech research is full of rivalry. Once you are in the project of certain a guide, you are in that camp. Some students were dedicated to the camps. They hated other camps and disregarded other guides. I did not do that. I remained neutral. I communicated everyone with respect. I saw people taking revenge on other camps. The key to success in these camps is to talk less and do your jobs. Lobbying and camping are useless in life. You are there for two years only.

At the end of the fourth semester, I appeared for the final viva of the project. The Director of SSS-NIRE came to take the final project viva. He observed presentations and gave valuable suggestions. The marks were awarded pretty much by the guide and external was mere formality.  

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Higher studies in Engineering : Benefits

B. Tech is a basic engineering degree. There are lakhs of colleges offering BE/B.Tech degrees in India. BE/B. Tech market is over-flooded with lakhs of students each year. Most of the students in colleges do not get placed as it is pretty impossible. The job market is limited and not growing at the pace of outflow of students. Moreover, the economy is in pretty bad condition for some time after US-China trade wars and US expelling Indian technocrats. Meanwhile, COVID19 has made things miserable. No one knows how long COVID will stay. But, I guess it will be here for a long time. The vaccine may come but it cannot hit the market by March 2021 due to various rules regulations regarding new drugs. Considering these facts, there are limited options for students. One can pursue higher studies such as M.Tech and MBA. For M.Tech, one needs to clear GATE. MBA requires CAT score. Having done M.Tech myself, I can cast light on the M.Tech only. How is it like to do M.Tech?      

I did my M.Tech in Tezpur University. In those days, Tezpur University used to have its entrance exams. GATE students got direct entry with a monthly stipend of Rs 8000/- in 2009. I got admitted through the university entrance exam. So I was not eligible for a stipend. Well, getting selected for higher study was a great joy. I was not concerned about stipend since my family supported me. The M.Tech is a two-year degree. We had four to five theoretical subjects with one or two laboratories in each semester up to 2^nd semester. The last year was dedicated to the final year project. We did good projects back then. Now a day one or two subjects are also included in the final two semesters related to the course.

M.Tech is a fast course. You get to live for two years only in the campus. Furthermore, one becomes more mature in those two years. His thinking gets high and decisions become more refined. At last, one will never suffer inferiority complex for not continuing masters. 

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