There are many challenges involved as we go through various stages of our lives, from childhood, to early teens, 19 to finally my age which is 23. So there were majorly 2 obstacles, which I was successful in overcoming. One was my stage fright. I was told by my mother that I spoke my first words when I was 4. Same as Albert Einstein. Wierd. Anyway, so I really have no idea how I developed this stage fright. Then at school, there was this club called Toastmasters. Seeing it as an opportunity to improve my speaking skills, I quickly started giving speeches at a consistent rate without being scared or forgetting my words, etc. Then the magic happened. I started to become more confident about myself and sooner than later, I overcame the stage fright.
My next obstacle is about my favourite sport, which is football. Back when I was in class 6, while playing football, I tore my ACL. It came as a shock to me. Doctors said it would be a year by the time I would walk again, let alone play football. I was devastated. But I never gave up. I started eating healthy, and did some recovery exercises which would help me recover ahead of time. I was able to recover succesfully in 8 months. Then later I went on to captain my school and college football teams. All goes down to the sheer perseverance and the never say die attitude. It will help you achieve great things in life.
-By Arun Saladi-TAPMI