today I’d like to address a topic to you
and conveying a message a message of to
never compromise your values your core
values because when you compromise your
core values you lose yourself you lose
your identity ladies and gentlemen do
not lose yourself it’s a subject the
topic of today’s talk I went to a school
here in New Delhi and I was wondering
how come it was easy for my classmates
to be able to do Spelling’s to solve
math problems to make friends very
easily why was I struggling in that how
come my classmates could make friends
and I’m here sitting on a corner crying
because I could make a friend it was
tough I should give my 100% effort
saying why do I have to play catch up
all the time
I even remember during a recess break I
saw some students playing a game I
wanted to be part of this they said do
you know how to play games do you know
how the rules as in yes
the game was cricket they made me the
Empire in today’s society we often judge
people and when we judge people we put
on various masks we have these different
masks with our friends our different
masks with our colleagues and different
masks with that in-laws and when you
compromise your values you lose your
identity in school when I compromised my
own values to play cricket with these
students to be an empire to make friends
few years later my parents got a call at
the age of 11
they said your son can no longer be part
of the school why he can’t can’t compete
with his classmates he is not making
friends he’s dumb he’s stupid he’s
retarded
my parents are mystified I said how can
this be our sign is so bright
our son is so smart he’s a kind hearted
child my parents had to decide to what
to do next
luckily for my father he read papers for
businesses and in this business he’s
read a paper one day the last color of
Washington DC and in Alaska Washington
DC hero it said learning through the
Arts my mom and I floated United States
when we got there the I did some few
tests I saw the school and they said
this was the perfect for your son when
they said that I was scared I was scared
I’ll be teased bullied I was scared that
I won’t be able to be be able to do my
studies with the classmates to catch up
to them I was fortunate that I got a
chance to go to school because I learned
in order to not compromise the values
they are five mantras which I have got
through my experience which I machete
today I learned it is okay to be
different
we are all differently than gentlemen it
is okay to be different
I was diagnosed with a learning
disability now what is the lung
disability while learning disability is
scientific term that my brain is wired
differently so such skills or tasks
don’t come easy to me
they might confuse it to you such as
language such as social skills or even
motor skills like tying your buttons or
in shoelaces I learnt that the
one-size-fits-all approach does not work
I accept it a bit different as you can
see on the slide here behind me the
teacher saying inaudibly first fair
selection every has to climb that tree
now we can’t expect an elephant
to climb a tree or a penguin to climb a
tree the one-size-fits-all I may look
like my peers but I learned differently
my brain was wired differently I
accepted that it’s my core value I
accepted that to be different when I
accepted that I started to excel in
school I started to be me I said to
shine again and school taught me the way
I was supposed to learn
so the first mantra it’s okay to be
different the second mantra that I
learned was take our strengths to
overcome your weaknesses what do I mean
by that we all have strengths and we all
have weaknesses that’s a part of a fact
a few as passed my sister went on to
college I always ready to go to boarding
school and my mom wanted to go back to
the india being except for my dad for
four years was not easy on my dad it
took a toll on her family so we decided
to go to boarding school and learned a
lot in boarding school but the one thing
I took is taking strength to overcome
our weaknesses some of us might be poor
in writing but great in computers some
was might be poor in talking but
greatness public speakers but if you
take your power or strength to overcome
your weaknesses you will excel no one
can say no to you we all have that
that’s the second mantra learned the
third mantra that I learned is goals we
all have goals we all have goals I will
run achieve in life there is something
we want to do if you have the
determination the willingness you can
achieve that goal folks we have one tool
that we keep carrying with us 24/7 all
the time with us but do we ever think of
using it do you know what that tool is
the power of our minds our minds are so
powerful if you think of it today if you
think of something positive will happen
if you think of something negative will
happen our minds do yesterday play
tricks on us yes they do
but our minds are so so powerful just
imagine how powerful your minds huh
election I’ll start with you how
powerful our minds are again in the
United States a class ten I was in the
dentist’s chair now dentists are not fun
and I remember that I would like to be
the graduation speaker in my boarding
school I had two years to go to be
graduate speaker to be in class 12 two
years passed and the committee said dear
students we’re opening applications if
you like to be a graduate speaker you’re
most welcome
now in the US to be a guidance speaker
you had to be pretty smart you had to be
on an honor roll student and have a GPA
of 3.8 3.9 even a 4.0 but I said no that
is my goal in hand and I will be the
graduation speaker I applied a few
Espace the committee called us said that
we made a decision please come through
this room and we’ll let you know who the
winner is now before that happened I
went there and they announced that the
ester ins for the first time in school
history it’s been a time and before they
announced the winners I was sitting
there in this chair more clearly a
sitting on a chair and said my name is
chosen they announced one girl’s name
there were four us applying and me and
when they knows my name I achieved my
goal I had that power in my mind that I
got accepted to be a speaker
now imagine that if I said no I didn’t
all get accepted what would it be like I
had that inner power in my mind if you
have positive energy and use your power
and determination you can ship any goal
in life you show you how powerful our
minds is I would like to do a slight
exercise with you today now before I ask
you I will I click flow I would like you
all to close your eyes okay when you
close your eyes think of something
positive and when I clap my hand again
open your eyes
are we ready okay I request you to close
your eyes and think of something
open your eyes look can you feel the
energy in this room can you feel a
positive vibe to see how positive our
minds and how powerful our minds are we
have our minds to make that if you want
to achieve the goal you have the
positive energy no one can say no to you
no one is the tournament I learned in
school and about being caught values the
fault mantra is a knowledge in your
mistakes now what do I mean by this or
nauseum stinks we are humans after all
we are gonna make mistakes for maybe for
daily monthly weekly but when your
knowledge your mistakes is the key is
the key that you will learn your lesson
when you know your mistakes it’s okay we
are humans after all but when your
knowledge is the learning part and the
willingness to forgive now what do I
mean by willingness to forgive yes you
should forgive the other person who
might have hurt you
or you might have hurt but to forgive
yourself once you learn to know your
mistake and forgive yourself you can let
go of the anger the pain the sadness I
mean let go of the anger pain and
sadness is the key then you can start
living your life again forgiveness is
not an easy task but when you nod your
mistake and forgive is when you start
developing your true identity you can
start living again you feel light inside
you and the fifth mantra which I believe
finding your talent folks we all have
talents you have to go find that talent
that you want to start with but niche if
you look at your talent you can achieve
that you can make your own story in this
talent now I’d like to give you example
of the Commonwealth Games that’s
happening in Australia currently now
imagine the athletes look how wonderful
they do them they knew what their
strengths their weaknesses are they know
that this dough can be different
they found that goals and now they’re
making winning metals for the countries
they found their niche when you find
your niche and find your value you will
never compromise your values you get rid
of that masks you’ve been varying for
different people in order we don’t want
to fit in we try to compromise our
values to fit in to make that friend in
conclusion ladies and gentlemen the five
mantras it’s okay to be different to be
different taking your strengths to
overcome your weaknesses goals to find
your own goals when you find your goals
you start living to indulge in your
mistakes with the willingness of
forgiveness and last finding your hidden
talent when you take these five mantras
through my stories what I’ve learned is
my mantras I stick to my core values I
didn’t have put a mask on for anybody
when you do that you have the power the
impact the inspiration and when you put
it together ladies and gentlemen you can
make your story your story that can
change this world for the betterment
thank you so much for your time [Applause]
and conveying a message a message of to
never compromise your values your core
values because when you compromise your
core values you lose yourself you lose
your identity ladies and gentlemen do
not lose yourself it’s a subject the
topic of today’s talk I went to a school
here in New Delhi and I was wondering
how come it was easy for my classmates
to be able to do Spelling’s to solve
math problems to make friends very
easily why was I struggling in that how
come my classmates could make friends
and I’m here sitting on a corner crying
because I could make a friend it was
tough I should give my 100% effort
saying why do I have to play catch up
all the time
I even remember during a recess break I
saw some students playing a game I
wanted to be part of this they said do
you know how to play games do you know
how the rules as in yes
the game was cricket they made me the
Empire in today’s society we often judge
people and when we judge people we put
on various masks we have these different
masks with our friends our different
masks with our colleagues and different
masks with that in-laws and when you
compromise your values you lose your
identity in school when I compromised my
own values to play cricket with these
students to be an empire to make friends
few years later my parents got a call at
the age of 11
they said your son can no longer be part
of the school why he can’t can’t compete
with his classmates he is not making
friends he’s dumb he’s stupid he’s
retarded
my parents are mystified I said how can
this be our sign is so bright
our son is so smart he’s a kind hearted
child my parents had to decide to what
to do next
luckily for my father he read papers for
businesses and in this business he’s
read a paper one day the last color of
Washington DC and in Alaska Washington
DC hero it said learning through the
Arts my mom and I floated United States
when we got there the I did some few
tests I saw the school and they said
this was the perfect for your son when
they said that I was scared I was scared
I’ll be teased bullied I was scared that
I won’t be able to be be able to do my
studies with the classmates to catch up
to them I was fortunate that I got a
chance to go to school because I learned
in order to not compromise the values
they are five mantras which I have got
through my experience which I machete
today I learned it is okay to be
different
we are all differently than gentlemen it
is okay to be different
I was diagnosed with a learning
disability now what is the lung
disability while learning disability is
scientific term that my brain is wired
differently so such skills or tasks
don’t come easy to me
they might confuse it to you such as
language such as social skills or even
motor skills like tying your buttons or
in shoelaces I learnt that the
one-size-fits-all approach does not work
I accept it a bit different as you can
see on the slide here behind me the
teacher saying inaudibly first fair
selection every has to climb that tree
now we can’t expect an elephant
to climb a tree or a penguin to climb a
tree the one-size-fits-all I may look
like my peers but I learned differently
my brain was wired differently I
accepted that it’s my core value I
accepted that to be different when I
accepted that I started to excel in
school I started to be me I said to
shine again and school taught me the way
I was supposed to learn
so the first mantra it’s okay to be
different the second mantra that I
learned was take our strengths to
overcome your weaknesses what do I mean
by that we all have strengths and we all
have weaknesses that’s a part of a fact
a few as passed my sister went on to
college I always ready to go to boarding
school and my mom wanted to go back to
the india being except for my dad for
four years was not easy on my dad it
took a toll on her family so we decided
to go to boarding school and learned a
lot in boarding school but the one thing
I took is taking strength to overcome
our weaknesses some of us might be poor
in writing but great in computers some
was might be poor in talking but
greatness public speakers but if you
take your power or strength to overcome
your weaknesses you will excel no one
can say no to you we all have that
that’s the second mantra learned the
third mantra that I learned is goals we
all have goals we all have goals I will
run achieve in life there is something
we want to do if you have the
determination the willingness you can
achieve that goal folks we have one tool
that we keep carrying with us 24/7 all
the time with us but do we ever think of
using it do you know what that tool is
the power of our minds our minds are so
powerful if you think of it today if you
think of something positive will happen
if you think of something negative will
happen our minds do yesterday play
tricks on us yes they do
but our minds are so so powerful just
imagine how powerful your minds huh
election I’ll start with you how
powerful our minds are again in the
United States a class ten I was in the
dentist’s chair now dentists are not fun
and I remember that I would like to be
the graduation speaker in my boarding
school I had two years to go to be
graduate speaker to be in class 12 two
years passed and the committee said dear
students we’re opening applications if
you like to be a graduate speaker you’re
most welcome
now in the US to be a guidance speaker
you had to be pretty smart you had to be
on an honor roll student and have a GPA
of 3.8 3.9 even a 4.0 but I said no that
is my goal in hand and I will be the
graduation speaker I applied a few
Espace the committee called us said that
we made a decision please come through
this room and we’ll let you know who the
winner is now before that happened I
went there and they announced that the
ester ins for the first time in school
history it’s been a time and before they
announced the winners I was sitting
there in this chair more clearly a
sitting on a chair and said my name is
chosen they announced one girl’s name
there were four us applying and me and
when they knows my name I achieved my
goal I had that power in my mind that I
got accepted to be a speaker
now imagine that if I said no I didn’t
all get accepted what would it be like I
had that inner power in my mind if you
have positive energy and use your power
and determination you can ship any goal
in life you show you how powerful our
minds is I would like to do a slight
exercise with you today now before I ask
you I will I click flow I would like you
all to close your eyes okay when you
close your eyes think of something
positive and when I clap my hand again
open your eyes
are we ready okay I request you to close
your eyes and think of something
open your eyes look can you feel the
energy in this room can you feel a
positive vibe to see how positive our
minds and how powerful our minds are we
have our minds to make that if you want
to achieve the goal you have the
positive energy no one can say no to you
no one is the tournament I learned in
school and about being caught values the
fault mantra is a knowledge in your
mistakes now what do I mean by this or
nauseum stinks we are humans after all
we are gonna make mistakes for maybe for
daily monthly weekly but when your
knowledge your mistakes is the key is
the key that you will learn your lesson
when you know your mistakes it’s okay we
are humans after all but when your
knowledge is the learning part and the
willingness to forgive now what do I
mean by willingness to forgive yes you
should forgive the other person who
might have hurt you
or you might have hurt but to forgive
yourself once you learn to know your
mistake and forgive yourself you can let
go of the anger the pain the sadness I
mean let go of the anger pain and
sadness is the key then you can start
living your life again forgiveness is
not an easy task but when you nod your
mistake and forgive is when you start
developing your true identity you can
start living again you feel light inside
you and the fifth mantra which I believe
finding your talent folks we all have
talents you have to go find that talent
that you want to start with but niche if
you look at your talent you can achieve
that you can make your own story in this
talent now I’d like to give you example
of the Commonwealth Games that’s
happening in Australia currently now
imagine the athletes look how wonderful
they do them they knew what their
strengths their weaknesses are they know
that this dough can be different
they found that goals and now they’re
making winning metals for the countries
they found their niche when you find
your niche and find your value you will
never compromise your values you get rid
of that masks you’ve been varying for
different people in order we don’t want
to fit in we try to compromise our
values to fit in to make that friend in
conclusion ladies and gentlemen the five
mantras it’s okay to be different to be
different taking your strengths to
overcome your weaknesses goals to find
your own goals when you find your goals
you start living to indulge in your
mistakes with the willingness of
forgiveness and last finding your hidden
talent when you take these five mantras
through my stories what I’ve learned is
my mantras I stick to my core values I
didn’t have put a mask on for anybody
when you do that you have the power the
impact the inspiration and when you put
it together ladies and gentlemen you can
make your story your story that can
change this world for the betterment
thank you so much for your time [Applause]
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