May 1978, my higher secondary results were out. I had just turned 18 and I was really excited because I knew exactly what I wanted to do in college, English literature. Because if there were two things which I loved more than my parents, they were reading and writing. I used to love writing. I used to write stories, poems, reviews, what have you. So I went to my father. Now my father, he's an engineer, self-made, brilliant, middle class, which also meant that there were just three worthwhile careers to purs ...

[music] [music] So shackled by guidance like if you see the title it's a very interesting and it means a lot to youth because they are flooded with advisers and the advisers comes from all corners we have relatives parents teachers and the digital space everywhere everybody's like you know and uh this world is you know it encourages unsolicited advisers as well. So you know I was to take biology for undergrad but I was I took maths because I was guided into it and certainly in those days it was parental pre ...

विकसित भारत बदलते सपने एक बहुत बड़ा क्वेश्चन है लाखों बच्चों के लिए कि अब हम 10थ के बाद क्या करें. साइंस लें, कॉमर्स लें, आर्ट्स लें या कुछ नया. तो यह एक छोटा सा क्वेश्चन नहीं है। एक बहुत बड़ी समस्या है और इसके लिए स्कूलों में एक रूल बना रखा है कि अगर 80% नंबर आए तो साइंस देंगे। तो मैं ये कहना चाह रहा हूं क्या 79% आए तो वो बच्चा क्या बेवकूफ है.क्या वो साइंस नहीं कर सकता. तो ये जो हमारा सिस्टम है यह बहुत गलत बना हुआ है। और सबसे ज्यादा जो प्रॉब्लम है लाखों बच्चे जो अपना करियर है ना वो खुद सेलेक्ट नहीं करते। व ...

Here is Tula Berkeley. [applause] I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage performing. Whether it be acting, singing, or dancing, the connection with my cast and crew, the magic in the room when the audience comes alive, it's unlike anything in the world, and I'm addicted to it.Whether as a very young child with dog ears dancing to how Much is that doggy in the window or belting at the top of my lungs with my favorite meadows Mustangs and Rock of Ages, there is no show too small and no challenge too g ...

[music] [music] There is something that lights up every day of my life. Something that wakes me out of bed with excitement. Something I used to misunderstand, but now I live by it.Yes, I'm talking about passion. For a long time, I believed that passion meant doing something allowed for hours and hours, like playing Roblox, FC Mobile, Fortnite, and other games. I could sit on my chair for hours, completely glued to the screen.No hunger, no sleep, just gaming. And I thought, "This is my passion. This is what ...

Five years ago, I wore a wig to buy bread for no particular reason, no costume party, and something strange happened. No one cared. That was a moment that changed everything. See, I had been stuck in a career that was going nowhere.And with the feeling of being just a number, I longed for the world to see the real me. I had spent nights scrolling, searching for something, anything that might make me feel seen, heard, more like those I admired. I had searched for downright offensive tattoos.old hair colors t ...

If no one was watching, what would you be doing right now. Maybe some of you thought, I'd be playing a video game or I'd be watching Netflix right now. Or maybe you thought, I'd be taking a nap right now.That's totally fine. Sometimes our escapes are what makes us human. But let's dig deeper.If you put aside habits, distractions, expectations, what is something you would pursue just because it excites you. When Billy Isish first entered the music industry, she was just a teenager. Everyone expected her to f ...

Kako je dječja fascinacija “stvaranjem” dovela do osvajanja titule najbolje mlade slastičarke Engleske. Nakon studija i rada u zahtjevnim britanskim restoranima, mlada slastičarka naučila je da uspjeh ne dolazi preko noći, nego kroz upornost, rad i spremnost na učenje. Povratkom u Hrvatsku pronašla je mir i dublji smisao, pokrenula vlastiti posao te poručila mladima da svoju strast i trud usmjere na izgradnju boljeg društva. Mlada slastičarka iz Karlovca koja je, prateći strast, zanat ispekla u Engleskoj. V ...

[music] So, my name is Rafiat. I'm uh I run an organization called Footsteps. I am a social entrepreneur by profession. And being a social entrepreneur means being able to take risks.But this wasn't always in my plan. I actually had a life plan when I was young. So when I was young, my plan was to get good grades in school, go to a top IV league university, graduate with like a 4.0% perfect GPA, work at the UN for like 20 years, and then start my own nonprofit once I came back.But at the age of 17 in high s ...

You shouldn't have a preconceived idea that, okay, you don't do a triathlon when you're 80. Some people want to paint or knit or read books. You know, this is my passion. This is what I love.As a a female, we weren't allowed to do sports when I was younger. So, when I got the chance to to do things, I started running in my early 40s, and I loved doing 5ks and 10ks and up to the half marathon and competing in that. Honestly, I'm kind of puzzled by the whole thing, but 80 must sound really old to people.I don ...