Thank you very much for having me. Um, it's a pleasure to be here in my home state. It's really exciting to be here.There's a picture on your side and on the left, on my left and my right. And just take a look. Just take 10 seconds and if you can shout out one, two, three that you recognize or that resonate or that might mean something to you.So, there's an assortment of people, assortment of businesses, locations. I will start picking out names. I know half of you.Mila Muhammad, >> thank you very much. Sad ...

Friends, I have a lovehate relationship with being a human. Most of the time I'm the rock for my family, my friends, my colleagues, my clients. But sometimes I'm crumbling from the inside out. Weirdly, it's the crumbling that makes me a better rock. Let me give an example. For as long as I can remember, my now 10-year-old, the older son, has been obsessed with airplanes. He wants to design them. He wants to build them. He wants to fly them. He wants to live in them if he can. So, like any parent, got to sto ...

Let me start with a question and I want you to really think about it. How many times have you said I'm fine when you are anything but or yes when you want to say no. And let's be real here.We've all done it. Maybe this morning or maybe last night, maybe even a hundred times before that. Hi, I'm Ritika and today I want to talk about something we all do but rarely or even never admit.Hiding how we feel. Bottling it up. Putting on a mask and pretending everything's fine, everything's great when it isn't.Person ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)If you adjust for intelligence, squirrels are as smart as university professors. But more honest. ...

RT Garry Tan (@garrytan)Nearly 40% of Stanford undergrads now claim a disability, vs 4% at community colleges. The problem isn’t 18-year-olds gaming incentives. It’s elites building a world where honesty is for suckers.Cluely is not everything. Bring back integrity.https://t.co/qszPvDe0Fx ...

I used to think silence was safer. When things felt heavy inside me, I keep it to myself. I would lie in bed at night staring at the ceiling, wishing I could just say what was wrong.But I couldn't. I was scared of being misunderstood, scared of sounding dramatic, scared of being too much. So, I stayed quiet.Sometimes I'd be in class or swim at friends and I just zone out, lost in my own head. In those moments, I imagine myself finally saying everything out loud. How tired I felt, how heavy my chest was, how ...

RT Mr PitBull (@MrPitbull07)I was in Tokyo recently on a business trip.I accidentally left my brand new MacBook on a park bench in Tokyo. I realized it 3 hours later.I sprinted back, panic mode fully engaged, assuming it was gone forever.It wasn't there.I asked a nearby shopkeeper. He pointed to the bench.Someone had placed my laptop inside a plastic grocery bag and taped it to the bench so it wouldn't get wet in the drizzle.They didn't take it. They protected it.Culture is what you do when no one is watchi ...

I always wanted to become a journalist and today I am one. Hello everyone. Namaste.I am Swamia Apay. Well uh there are very few people who are as lucky as me who get to live their dream as their profession and u you know while watching the other speakers I realized that they had such beautiful narratives to give up. uh in my case I think I will just stick to one facet that I abide by as a journalist and that is honesty.I don't have a script but I will just speak my heart out and address a couple of things t ...

When I was little, I was often told how mature I was. Adults praised me for being calm, thoughtful, and wise beyond my years. At school, my friends were full of energy, running across the playground, yelling over at each other in games, laughing loudly until the teachers had to remind them to use their inside voices. And there I was, sitting quietly on the swings during recess, gently kicking the wood chips beneath my shoes. I wasn't sad. I wasn't shy. I was just observing. But even then, I started to notic ...

[music] [music] Next up, Hafi Zahi Ali Malano from 8 Madina [music] [applause] in the middle of the ocean. At night, when the world seems to be endless, there's no land, there's no stars to be seen, there is no voices to be heard, only water and darkness everywhere. Imagine yourself, you were a sailor at that moment.You would feel hopeless. You would feel emptiness as if there's nothing to be reached out for. There's only an endless ocean staring at your soul.But then in the distance, a light appears throug ...