How you overcame challenges to achieve your ambitions in life so far?
We all have dreams in life. May be a crazy dream or a bold dream or a surreal dream. My dream was my love yet my greatest fear. I loved and feared the stage and dreamt of becoming a public speaker. Overcoming fears is not easy, but it starts with that first step and my first step was joining Toastmasters, a public speaking and leadership community, where i got to look at my fears and stand unafraid. As a novice, I would always go onto the stage to pursue my love and on reaching realise my fears. But that did not stop me from going and trying and speaking in front of the public. Every time I went and fell, I stood back up and every time I stood back up, I stood stronger than before. Slowly and slowly, I started speaking in front of more people and more often and each time I could see my fears diminishing and getting one step closer to my ambition. I attended workshops on public speaking, I browsed and read and took up lessons on effective storytelling and overcoming stage-fright and tried my learnings through the stage Toastmasters had provided me. After every attempt and every speech, I requested for feedback from my mentor and friends and tried incorporating them in my next attempt. With time I could notice the change in me, I could see the fear slowly slipping away into the air and becoming a more confident speaker. And finally, one day, I was given a chance to anchor an event in my organisation. I accepted the opportunity and gave it my all and in the process was hugely appreciated by the audience. That day, I finally realized, “Yes, I have achieved my dream”.
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