My name is Shinatar Rajan, a software professional and author of a book, The Success Algorithm, Unleashing Your Full Potential in the Software World. Let me begin with a simple questions. Have you faced any setbacks in your life? Please raise your hands. So now try to recall what steps you have all followed to overcome from setbacks. Today I would like to tell a story of a boy from remote village who made transition from regional medium into English medium. I'll be focusing on the kind of struggles he faced ...

आज से लगभग 20 साल पहले मैं अपनी जिंदगी के सबसे निचले पायदान पे था। मेरा बिजनेस डूब चुका था। मेरे पास कोई रास्ता नहीं था। मेरा सब कुछ खो गया था। तब मुझे लगा कि मेरी जीवन की डोत मेरे हाथ से निकल चुकी है। मेरे को वापस नौकरी जॉइ करनी पड़ी। तब मुझे कोई किस्मत के बारे में पूछता तो मेरे को हंसी आती थी। ये किस्मत क्या चीज होती है. किस्मत बिस्मत कुछ होता नहीं है। लेकिन उसी हार में मुझे एक ऐसी सच्चाई मिली कि मेरा पूरा जीवन बदल गया। आज मैं आपको मेरी विफलता की कहानी के बारे में बताना चाहता हूं कि कैसे मेरी उसी हार ने म ...

When I was growing up in Bangladesh, electricity was a luxury. Power cuts were so common that we planned our evenings around them. And now as I stand here in 2025 speaking about artificial intelligence, I think about those moments.I think about how far my country has come. And I also think about a question that is becoming more urgent every day. Will AI lift poor countries up or leave them further behind.Today we hear stories of AI transforming industries, curing diseases, generating billion dollar valuatio ...

I have the perfect resume. In fact, if if réumés had background music, mine was playing Mission Impossible. Lead chip designer at Qualcomm for iPhones.Infosys manage $87 million portfolio in New York. Amazon I helped Amazon be launched in India. IIT Karapur AM Kolkata GMAT 750 and oh and all India ranked number one in IITJ mathematics.Arguably the toughest exam in the world. Let me tell you about what that perfect resumeumé gave me on a specific day. Third December campus placement season final year.I had s ...

This piece of paper has been the dream of your parents, the pride of our families, and the symbol of your hard work. But let me ask you a question. If this piece of paper could not give you confidence, could not give you a voice, could not make you stand in a room and be heard, then what is its real power.Because in real world people don't follow certificates, though don't remember marks, they remember your presence. Hello, my name is Sam Shaw. I'm a certified leadership coach, public speaker, and founder a ...

my amazing mother. He >> I didn't know my first name was amazing, >> but I am delighted to see so many beautiful faces that I know and trust. And I'm not quite sure how much longer I'm going to live, but I know whoever's out here is going to do one heck of a job.>> Yeah. >> So, and I want everyone to live well into their 90s. Genetics are important, but there are four things you can do that will absolutely help.Number one is pingpong. Pingpong is the very best activity seniors can do for their brain. The ge ...

Since I was a high school student, I was interested in selfdevelopment. I often listened to self-development podcasts, watched motivational YouTube videos, and read books on how to become the best version of myself. Those words, the best version of yourself, used to inspire me.They made me want to be more confident, more productive, and more kind. But one night while listening to one of those podcasts, a strange thought hit me. I asked myself, "What does it really mean to be yourself?" That question became ...

Hello everyone, my name is Steven and today I want to start off with an interesting story. In 1968, a man named John Cahoun created a mortality inhibiting environment for mice called Universe 25, which was a 101x 101 in cage. At one point, the population peaked at 2,200 and then everything started to fall apart.Universe 25 was empty. The mice went extinct not by hunger, disease, or overcrowding, but from a series of abnormal behaviors. Today, I want to convince you that this isn't just a simple mice experim ...

Good morning everyone. Once upon a time, also known as the last exam season, I memorized 12 chapters, 300 answers, and even the page numbers like a human photocopy machine. I walked into the exam hall feeling like a genius.And that's when the first question appeared. Why do you think this happened. And my brain said, "Excuse me, I only studied what had happened, not why this had happened." I stared at the paper like it had personally betrayed me.And that day, I realized something important. I was great at r ...

So, check this out. Imagine a 9-year-old girl named Angelica. She wakes before sunrise in a remote village in the Philippines.Her hands already calloused from years of labor. She doesn't go to school. Instead, she walks barefoot to a nearby gold mine where she spends most of her days waste deep in toxic slurry, sifting for flexcks of gold.Cyanide and mercury swirl around her, silently poisoning her body. She's one of thousands of children trapped in a cycle of environmental degradation, labor exploitation, ...