We are inspired by people who can get up on a stage and just touch our hearts with their words, we aspire to be among one of them and follow in their footsteps. I did get my first opportunity to get on a stage and perform, with high hopes, I prepared rigorously for days. The one thing I did not prepare myself was the fright that accompanied with the glory. When I got on the stage, suddenly I realized I had to perform in front of an audience of more than two thousand. A cold chill rushed through my spine and all of a sudden I found myself running out of breath even without speaking a word, my legs were shaking but I tried to control them as long as possible, soon everyone realized that this speech was not going to happen, I was frozen and after a while a friend of mine came beside me and took me away from the staging area. This was the first time in my life I had faced failure. The worse was about to come. In my class, it was very difficult to concentrate, as I constantly thought about things I could have done. For the first time in my life, I felt inferior to my peers. I was disheartened to see the best of my efforts just vanish in front of me.
I decided to never experience this again, so I approached my class teacher and asked her for help. She gave me a few good tips; she told me to look at the forehead of people than at their faces and to that everyone deep inside was afraid of something or another. I started observing my principal sir, who was a very good public speaker, in assemblies. Tried to replicate it when I was running my mock preparations at home. I decided to start with a small audience, so I started to my family, it was difficult, but gave me some confidence. Later I approached my friends and I gave a speech in front of them, slowly mustering my confidence. I later approached class and then again a few weeks later I was back at the stage, in front of the same audience and I performed. It was a dream come true to me. Later on, I went on to perform in various roles, drama, and dance in front of an even larger audience in my teenage years. This experience had a lot of impact on my life. I started believing that things can go wrong, and we can still get ourselves up and running. I came to know the joy when a person finishes a goal he had set for himself. I even learned that before doing a task, I should know all aspects of it. I prepared my content but failed to see the other part of the presentation. I also learned that once you have enough confidence in yourself, the size of the audience does not matter. A good, well-structured thought process, when put into words, is a basis for good content.
Even today, at IIFT I have a stage, to showcase my content in front of the best minds of this country. With determination, a positive mindset and the will to complete your goals, we can perform wonders and face any challenges we face in our life.
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