Zora Neil Hursten famously wrote, "There are years that ask questions and there are years that answer them." Today, I want to take you on the journey to see the answers that have been with you the entire time. Let's set the scene. You're a DJ.It's hot, humid, loud. That's evidence that you're doing an amazing job. You're on this raised platform.You look around. You see groups taking shots, jumping up and down. It even looks like there's a couple that is on their first date.You can tell because it's a gift t ...

Oh man, what am I doing here? Never thought I would be here, but I'm not a person that spends a lot of time thinking about what's next. So my talk is for those of you out there that don't have a plan. I want to tell you that it is possible to be successful even if you don't have a dream. I spent the majority of my career making adult diapers and let's be honest, no one dreams of doing that. So, as a kid, I developed a lot of bad habits. It started in fifth grade when I was introduced to a gateway drug. You' ...

हाय गुड मॉर्निंग व्हाट इफ आई आस्क यू अ क्वेश्चन ओके व्हाट इफ आई आस्क यू इफ सम ऑफ द बिगेस्ट डिसीजंस ऑफ योर लाइफ आर एक्चुअली मेड ऑन अ वेरी सबकॉन्शियस लेवल और मे बी इवन ऑन एन अनकॉन्शियस लेवल इन वन ऑफ द मोस्ट इनकॉन्सीसक्वेंशियल सपोजिडली कोट अनकोट इन सब्सटैंशियल मोमेंट्स ऑफ योर लाइफ व्हाट इफ आई आस्क यू टू द क्वेश्चन दैट सम एस्पेक्ट्स ऑफ योर पर्सनालिटी दैट यू हाव बीन हाइडिंग और जस्ट सप्रेसिंग फ्रॉम द वर्ल्ड आर एक्चुअली द वंस दैट रियली मेक यू स्टैंड अपार्ट एंड मेक यू यू एंड व्हाट इफ आई आस्क यू दैट द ओनली डिफरेंस ब ...

My lacrosse teammates said they could hear it from the 50-yard line. Pop. That was the sound of me tearing my ACL.I wasn't thinking about how my college athletic career just took a sharp turn or even the amount of throbbing pain I was in. Instead, I turned to my coach and said, "This wasn't supposed to happen. I don't have time for this." As if I had a choice. But seriously, look at my calendar.Where did I have time for surgery, rehab, and posttop appointments. The standard recovery time for an ACL is 9 mon ...

I am not a good public speaker. I am not creative. I am not athletic. I am not as good a performer as my sister.These are some of the labels I heard growing up and believed for years. These labels were not put on me to make me feel bad, but they were imposed based on what people observed about me in childhood. I heard them and believed in them fully.Why wouldn't I. My parents, siblings, and friends were just calling it like they saw it, and it felt good to be understood. But were they really understanding m ...

Imagine this. I studied in some of the top universities in Latin America and Europe. and I just finished working for the G24 in one of the most important diplomatic capitals worldwide, Washington DC.I thought I could easily find another job, but no. All of the job opportunities required a master's or a doctorate. I had to leave to pursue a graduate degree.I was excited. I was curious. But if I'm being honest, I was nervous. I was overwhelmed.I packed up everything. I moved to a small college town in the mid ...

When I was about 9 years old, I lived in a house that had bars in front and I used those bars to climb up on the roof. Of course, when nobody was watching except maybe my little sister. But one day I was up on the roof and my mother came out and she saw me and she goes, "Get down from there. What are you doing?" Why.Because you're a girl. And that was the reason they gave me for everything that I could not do because I was a girl. I was not allowed to play with boys. I was not allowed to even look at boys i ...

Hi everyone. >> Hello. >> Okay.Uh 10 years ago I was standing here just like all of you as a student of Delhi University in another college of course. Big dreams, so many plans about what I'm going to do. I passed out in 2015 as a student and once again after 10 years I'm back here.So life brings you back in circle. But here today uh when the team approached me I had a topic which is actually so close to my heart because every day I think about it and my mind just blasts because I always think what if it's ...

वेरी गुड मॉर्निंग टू दोस हु डोंट नो मी माय नेम इज रजत अरोड़ा एंड आई एम एन एजुकेटर बाय पैशन एज वेल एज बाय प्रोफेशन सो या टुडेज थीम इज सो ब्यूटीफुली ड्रिवन लाइक जब मैंने पहली बार सुना व्हाट इफ सो इट कम्स टू माय माइंड कि मैं किस चीज पे बात करूं. तो मेरे दिमाग में सीधा एक क्वेश्चन आया व्हाट इफ सक्सेस टुडे. डिपेंड्स मोर ऑन फिजिबिलिटी, मोर ऑन विजिबिलिटी रादर देन जस्ट एबिलिटी। सो आई थॉट कि ठीक है इस पे बात करनी चाहिए। सो हाउ मेनी ऑफ यू हैव सीन पीपल हु आर एक्सट्रीमली टैलेंटेड, हु आर एक्सट्रीमली वंडरफुल इन देयर स्कि ...

I woke up on New Year's Day on the floor of a prison cell, half naked, bruised, and incredibly confused. confused. At just 19 years old, I'd been spiraling through some of the darkest moments of my life and had not long before tried to commit suicide. Fast forward four months and I'm on the streets of Leeds handing out all of my possessions and my money to homeless people, utterly convinced that I am the next Messiah. Now, as you might expect, I was not long after put on a psychiatric ward. I was pumped wit ...