[music] I want to tell you all about the most important people in my life. They aren't the ones that bring me flowers when I'm sick. That would be a lot of flowers.They are the ones that tilt their head and say, "How are you?" Really. They're the ones that roast me in public. [laughter] The ones that see me in my wheelchair and still make DUI jokes.You know, the ones that don't think I might shatter if they breathe on me too hard. I call them good jerks. And I think we all need them.And I didn't always feel ...

Today I'm going to talk about something we all admire in others and secretly wish we would improve in ourselves. public speaking confidence or stage confidence. Let me start with a number 75%.Well, that's the number of people who fear public speaking more than anything else. Heights, spiders, and even exams, right. Well, surprisingly, the fear of public speaking is found to be more than even death.It is so scary that psychologists have given it a name. Glossophobia. Sounds like a skin cream, doesn't it.Well ...

10 years ago, I stood on a similar TED X stage and said that the technology behind Bitcoin, one of the biggest innovations of our time, would soon impact society in a positive way. It was a statement that was received with big question marks. Almost nobody knew what blockchain meant today.Probably most of you know about it. Some of you maybe haven't invested and if you were lucky, you made some money out of it. But that's about it.That's what it's known for today as a way to get rich fast, avoid play paying ...

What if the tool you are most afraid of. The very thing the headlines call a villain is actually the greatest hero our teachers and students have ever had. Let's find out.Hello everyone, my name is Shatakshi Kala and I am from grade 6 Delhi Public School Fulbari. Today I'd like to start with a question. Are you afraid of the future.Because every news headlines, every plot movies tells that artificial intelligence is going to destroy our minds and conquer our schools. They tell us to hide. But I'm here to te ...

Greetings everyone. Before we start, I have a quick question for you all. No thinking, just pure honesty.How many of you sitting here have tried changing yourself in the slightest just so you could fit in much better. A different love, a different choice. Altogether, a different version of yourself.Okay. Okay. You don't need to answer me.Just answer yourself in your heart quietly and truly. But the real question, the real deal narrows down to one point, one single point. Since when did being accepted start ...

What if the solution to one of the biggest problems on Earth was hiding in the smallest places. Not in laboratories, not in government offices, not even in billion dollar companies. but in something that each and every single one of us has.Our imagination, our curiosity, our creativity. Look around you. Our beautiful planet is facing a crisis.And the first step to solving any crisis is awareness. But awareness alone is not enough. Instead of panicking and feeling hopeless, we must aspire to a better future. ...

Greetings everyone. Before I begin, I want you all to do this simple exercise with me. Okay? I want you all to look at your hands. Go on. I'm serious. Look at your hands and make a fist. Come on, make a tight fist. Can you feel a certain type of tension in your forearms and your knuckles now? Slowly open them. What did you feel when you open your hands? You went from holding on, enduring that pain to finally letting it go. You went from tension to possibilities. Bosas, I am Yashna and today I stand before y ...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. We all have heard and sung these lines in our childhood. But did we ever try to understand the meaning? The star is not special because it shines once. The star is special because it stays there night after night shining consistently. As Napoleon Bonapartate rightly articulated, courage isn't having the strength to go on. is going on when you don't have the strength. Good morning dignitaries and ...

बिफोर अ कन्वर्सेशन इवन बिगिंस बिफोर अ सिंगल हैंडशेक समथिंग ऑलरेडी हैप्पेंस एन असेसमेंट अ कंक्लूजन समटाइम्स इवन अ जजमेंट इट हपेंस इन सेकंड्स ऑफेन सबकॉन्शियसली एंड ऑलमोस्ट ऑलवेज साइलेंटली। थिंक अबाउट द लास्ट रूम दैट यू एंटर्ड। इट माइट बी अ क्लास रूम, अ कैफे, अ फॅमिली गैदरिंग। बिफोर यू स्पोक टू एनीवन बिफोर एनीवन न्यू योर नेम। समथिंग अबाउट यू हाड ऑलरेडी बीन नोटिसड। एंड नो इट वास नॉट योर रेजुमे। नॉट योर इंटेंशंस, नॉट योर वैल्यूज। बट जस्ट योर प्रेजेंस। वी आर हियर लाइक टू बिलीव दैट वी आर जज्ड थ्रू आर थॉट्स, आर वर् ...

[music] I want you all to think about the last time you were at the beach. Hear the sounds of the waves hitting the shore, the salty smell of the air, and the feeling of the sand beneath your feet. Now I want you to take a deep breath in and exhale slowly.How do you feel whenever I'm at the beach or even just thinking about the ocean. I instantly feel calm, relaxed, happy. And I am very lucky because I've been living here in Zambales for the past 5 years.just 100 m from the beach. It's a great privilege tha ...