One Skill, A Hundred Doors: Redefining College, Failure, and Growth | Nishant Tiwari | TEDxDYPDPU
TEDx Talks·2025-12-10 17:04

Career & Skill Development - Traditional college life focuses on grades, assignments, and attendance, but the speaker advocates for prioritizing skills over scores [1] - Skills become an individual's identity and can determine their future, leading to numerous opportunities [2] - The speaker encourages choosing a skill, mastering it, and opening doors to 100+ new opportunities [2] Overcoming Failure - The speaker emphasizes not fearing failure but learning from it by analyzing the reasons for failure and working on skills [2][3] - The speaker shares personal experiences of failures in various endeavors like dancing, YouTube, and NDA exams, highlighting the importance of resilience [1][2] Networking - The speaker stresses that "Your network is your net worth," encouraging building connections with professors, juniors, seniors, and even strangers on LinkedIn [4] - Building connections can lead to golden opportunities, as exemplified by the speaker receiving 15+ internship offers through LinkedIn [4] Personal Branding - The speaker advises building one's own identity by creating a digital presence as a second CV, including GitHub repos, YouTube videos, and Instagram posts [4][5] - Documenting one's journey, including failures and achievements, can impact thousands of people [5] Career Guidance - The speaker advises against being distracted like 90% of students who focus solely on placements after college, missing out on other opportunities [5] - The speaker emphasizes the importance of running in the right direction towards one's goal to avoid failure [5]