In current COVID times, so many schools and universities are struggling with this concept of ” Open Book exam!”

They want to continue the academic sessions forward but I presume they are still not confident about efficient ways to evaluate the students on the basis of their real caliber and not on the basis of the resources they have available to refer or in crude language, their capability to cheat/copy!

Do you remember those class tests in school, when the teacher stepped out for an emergency for 2 minutes and the entire class had a 10/10 on those tests 🙂 It used to be so much fun and no one hesitated in sharing their answers…. so innocent and pure that feeling used to be, isn’t it!

Where am I going with this…… well, what better “Open Book exam”, than our Life!

Everything is right here in front of us, we have all the resources available, we also clearly know ‘what is right’ and ‘what is wrong’. To top it all, we have examples to show, how bad choices can lead to a disaster and how a small sensible influence can help many in leading a successful and happy life! But…do we ?

In the above class test example, imagine if the whole class copied the essay on “My Father” and did not change the name of their Father in the text, the entire class will have the same Father 🙂 and the teacher would know 😉 Hence proved that ‘One needs to apply intelligence in cheating/copying’ too!

Anyways, everyone’s life is unique, so it can’t be a Copy/Paste kind of scenario in how we deal with things….We need to apply our intelligence to Observe, Introspect and Reflect correctly!

We can crack this exam of Life, if we learn to Observe our surroundings, including the people – for all the good and the bad that is happening around us; it will help us being alert & vigilant of what to imbibe and what to avoid. Constant Introspection will help us in keeping a check on our behaviour and gradually we will improve, one step at a time; last but not the least, we need to be open and vocal with our loved ones while Reflecting on our learnings; sometimes a small chat can motivate someone enormously & many a times, a child can teach us a life lesson that a great book may fail to 🙂 Try it!

To conclude: Consider your life as an exam and every phase as a chapter…. complete the learning and move on. Be open to getting influenced and inspired by the great things that happen around you and motivate yourself to imbibe the key learnings, rather than reinventing the wheel for every little activity all over again. If you have got a great learning, do share for the benefit of others and always keep your mind and heart open to welcome, good thoughts that can create positivity and happiness, not only for you but for everyone else too! Rock the Exam of Life, my friend 🙂