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isn’t it funny yep some kind of thought
for this clue could be a reaction really
anything questions like what is
confidence can you come can you buy
confidence off eBay I know you can’t buy
confidence off eBay well but I’m here to
talk about that about that how my
self-confidence became my hashtag so
confidence if you use Instagram then
you’re probably familiar with all the
famous hashtags like hashtag OTD or or
like in some of you
hashtag mongols but in this case it’s
hashtag self-confidence no probably
asking yourself what is self confidence
self caught an example of lack of self
confidence so when you have the urge to
talk to someone but then you just get
there’s little voices in your head that
tell you all kind of negative thoughts
like what will they think of me and what
I think I’m really weird for talking
yeah
those kind of thoughts well I’m here to
help you that when I was in fifth grade
this my fifth grade teacher used to tell
me this cool all the time well not only
to me to really anyone if you know this
cool applaud yourself and if you don’t
hear it is suck it up buttercup this got
me through really hard times and so kept
me like hear that suck it up buttercup
got me here talking like speaking my
talk in front of a hundred audience and
I’m very proud of myself but now let’s
get you to a real deal I want to do a
little experiment please our own close
your eyes now please think of a mountain
any kind of mountain Vitosha
in Bulgaria Alps and Switzerland Everest
in Nepal No
think of the beautiful sunny days on
them on those mountains those days where
green is everywhere Leafs falling down
on you flowers everywhere you step even
butterflies but now think of the
opposite those rainy horrible days those
days where you don’t want to go outside
to take a hike sadly and those days
where it’s rain storm Hill everything
and now think of a person a friend
family member could be even a pet that
person or thing is coming up the
mountain just climbing to success now
think of that person climbing off the
mountain climbing down failure now
please open your eyes how do you feel
okay so this may be surprising but that
mountain is you no one can ever change
the base of your mountain no matter how
I know storm it is but let’s do
something symbolize those beautiful days
with flowers everywhere sunshine in
those days you actually want to go
outside yeah
those days are beautiful kind things
people have said to you those beautiful
things people have said to you like
you’re kind you’re beautiful you’re
amazing
those days now those rainy and stormy
days those days you actually want to
stay inside and have some tea yeah those
days think of those days as horrible
days like the time your best friend call
you ugly or just mean comments people
have said to you sadly now when that
person or thing climbs up the mountain
it means success or perseverance they’re
persevering to get up and up and up
trying to get to the top and not giving
up other ends
so now if that person comes down there’s
two options success and failure
success meaning they went to the top got
there and succeeded to do their goal and
they can’t wait to go down to tell all
their friends and family but the failure
for it is a lot sad it’s the fact that
that person or thing again didn’t go up
the mountain all the way what it did it
failed it’s just going down sadly not
waiting waiting to tell all her friends
his friends family members his failure
yeah that’s sad but now how did
self-confidence help me I’m doing this
talk here in front of you you’re
probably asking yourself Maya why well
why because self-confidence is a huge
journey for me journey from fourth grade
to sixth grade and still going on today
and now how it helped me to meet new
people to try new doors but let’s tell a
little story okay once me and my friends
went to eat lunch under the stairs very
odd place to sit what we did is we all
went down we took her lunch I ate then
my friend called me and said he went out
can I come
I really want to come I’ve never been
there can I come I was like I was just I
was so like just a second let me ask my
friend she wasn’t really my friend but
she was like that alpha of the group
what I did is after hey can she come and
she was like no I hate her
that was really mean like why you
pretend to be her friend every day like
you reject her I still don’t get out
until this day really impact me when I
got home I don’t understand like why why
didn’t I say the little voice I was
talking about earlier was just it didn’t
tell me anything it doesn’t tell me what
I did was wrong I should what I should
have done is
just told her yes sure come I shouldn’t
ask the Alpha instead I did really
impact me as I said before but now let
me tell you a little quote my mother
told me when I was smaller or like in
fourth grade I always ever everyone had
a clique I was like mom I don’t have a
clique
she was like I don’t know just find
yourself a clique if you really want one
I was like sure I couldn’t find click
cuz if I was hanging out with this group
that group of you mad at me if I was
hanging out with that group that group
would be mad at me add an option have a
clique or have not I came home crying
once and asked my mom mom why don’t I
have a clique why does everyone have a
clique except of me she was like my
you’re too strong to have a clique
you’re too good you have so many friends
why do you need to click you don’t need
a hung out with everyone she was correct
that really build up my confidence
extremely no let me tell you another
story how I opened up two new doors how
I said how help how self-confidence
helped me open up to new opportunities
how it helped me to open up to new doors
like all those doors are closed
like if you want to try something go
ahead and try it it’s connected
self-confidence but the mistake I did
wasn’t good beginning of the year I
tried out to Speech and Debate didn’t
work out I did debate cuz my best friend
did it it was horrible I didn’t make the
team but there again I tried out for ten
I used to hate it I was like oh my god
Ted again ill like each time I had a
lesson it was like uh-uh Ted again I
really hate this but look look where I
am today
presenting my talk in front of you a
camera and another camera and I’m happy
I did it I’m happy I open up to new
and now we’ve almost continent a
shocking fact all of you would not know
a shocking fact that would ask that you
would ask yourself why why am I like
this
what is wrong with me the fact is that
85% of population suffers from low
self-esteem and lack of self-confidence
why is that like that why do we have to
be why do we have a lack of
self-confidence
and low self-esteem why yeah that’s a
lot of people support 5 billion a lot if
you think of it how has our world impact
us to being 6.5 billion people suffering
from low self-esteem and lack of
self-confidence please think of this are
you a part of the of the 85 percent
thank you
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