I would like to share a piece of advice which profoundly changed my life. Well, this piece of advice is about my 12th grade examination. And it is given by my one of best friend, Rahul. I remember when I was studying in 12th grade and my exam was at around the corner and I was so stressed about my examination. Additionally, I studied really hard and I burned midnight oil. Still I got lower mark in my midterm exam. Instead of getting encouragement from the grade, I felt discouraged. because I thought I did a lot of hard work so I will achieve a good grade in midterm. But unfortunately I failed the exam. And then one day I was sitting in the classroom and my friend Rahul came to me and asked me what happened and I told all the story to my friend. And he told me that if you do more hard work with dedication, motivation, then you can achieve anything. And one more thing he told me, if you believe in yourself, you can do everything. And then after that I got encouragement from his words and I started studying again. And I did really hard work. And in the final exam, I got good grade and I was passed the flying color and I felt over the moon after seeing my result. And next day I thanked my friend and it is all about the piece of advice which he gave me.
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I would like to share a piece of advice that profoundly changed my life. This piece of advice is about my 12th-grade examination, and it was given by one of my best friends, Rahul. I remember when I was in 12th grade, and my exam was around the corner. I was so stressed about my examination. Additionally, I studied really hard and burned the midnight oil. Still, I got lower marks in my midterm exam. Instead of feeling encouraged by the grade, I felt discouraged because I thought I had worked hard and would achieve a good grade in the midterm. Unfortunately, I failed the exam. One day, I was sitting in the classroom when my friend Rahul came to me and asked what happened. I told him the whole story. He told me that if I worked harder with dedication and motivation, I could achieve anything. He also said that if I believed in myself, I could do everything. After that, I felt encouraged by his words and started studying again. I worked really hard, and in the final exam, I got a good grade. I passed with flying colors and felt over the moon after seeing my result. The next day, I thanked my friend, and that is the piece of advice he gave me.
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