Confidence has a branding problem | Mérida Miller | TEDxYouth@AICS

[Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Applause] When I was 11 and wildly unpopular, I decided to run for class president. But the night before the speeches, I realized what I was doing and I totally freaked out. I told my dad, "Yeah, uh, I'm not going to school tomorrow. I'm going to make a total embarrassment of myself. I'm out." To which he said, "Merida, so what. No, really. So what." And we went down the list. So what if you make a mistake? Just fake sick and hide in the nurse's office all day. So what i ...