Good morning everyone. Today I want to start with something a little unusual, a confession. I'm not the kind of person who feels comfortable standing on a stage. In fact, I'm the kind of person who usually avoids being the center of attention at all costs.I'm more at ease in the back row quietly observing than up here talking to you. And yet here I am. Why.Because sometimes the very things that scare us the most are also the things that teach us the most. So that's why I've decided to panic later. And today ...

Good morning everyone. I'm Param Tucker and I want to share my journey with music and how those notes reshaped me into who I am today. To most people, music is the universal language.But to me, it was more than that. It was a mirror. It showed me how to deal with frustrations, grow through failures, and keep showing up even when no one was watching.When I first walked into school as a kindergartener, I was shy, timid, almost invisible. Most parents worry when the child is shy, but not my dad. Instead, he pu ...

Can reading a book actually change your life in a public way. How many of you have traveled to different places without living in your city. How many of you have literally started characters who seem more young the people around you.>> Hi, my name is Sophia and tonight I'm going to tell you the truth of sometimes reading books help us understand more complex human emotions better than real life interactions. Fiction allows readers to step into the shows of characters from diverse backgrounds and experiences ...

than this. You're walking through life carrying a heavy backpack. At first, it's not too bad.But over the years, you start tossing in old habits, fears, outdated beliefs, and the voices of people that once told you who you should be. Eventually, that backpack gets so heavy you can't take a step forward without struggling. There was a period in my life where I thought strength meant holding it all together.I held on to every routine, commitment, every expectation, even though they did not serve me anymore. F ...

When I was about 9 years old, I had my first experience running code, not on a computer, but in my grandparents' kitchen. I was standing next to my uncle who was reading out DOSs commands. Symbol after symbol, word after word, line after line, I took notes.We were trying to build a boot disc to run one of these popular jump and run games. For those of you who have never seen a boot disc, imagine the great great great grandfather of a USB stick that would tell your computer how to start. Well, needless to sa ...

[applause] Six years ago, three words changed the trajectory of my life forever. There's no heartbeat. What started as a normal 8-week ultrasound turned into the doctor letting me know that I had silently miscarried.To say that it rocked my world would be an understatement. All the hopes and dreams and plans I had for my life, poof, gone in an instant. And all of these things that I had thought were insurmountable, like not getting promoted at work or fighting with friends, now felt inconsequential compared ...

Ever wonder what it would be like to be able to fly to surf the mountain tops. to float like an eagle to see the world from their perspective. I'm flying right now.Join me. >> [applause and cheering] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> What if you could experience nature's freedom not from the skies with all its risk but from the ground and still have the heart thumping adrenaline that flying brings. In 2012, I joined a film exchange program that took me from Haiti to Norway.I thought I was chasing an oppor ...

Now, moving on. I'm sure we've all had someone in our lives that we viewed as perfect. They naturally draw an attention not because they try to, but because others seem to form ideas about them right away. With that kind of attention comes a mix of expectations and assumptions that we don't really think about. But what does that feel like and how does it shape someone over time? Tonight, Ali Jumal is here to get us thinking about that in a completely new way. So, let's give her a warm welcome. You You look ...

Good afternoon. After months and years of doom strolling and bed rotting myself, a term that many of us might be familiar with, I took a pause about a month ago. I deactivated all my social media accounts.What did this lead to. Why am I telling you this. But in the last one month, as someone who was scared of getting into water which would go out of his knees, I can safely say I can swim a bit.That was one new skill. This shows how taking a pause and thinking about how we think could be transformative for u ...

We doubt ourselves. Often we try to give up and many of us are already giving up in terms of becoming depressed in terms of silently leaving in terms of giving into suicidal thoughts. But what I'm here to share today is that we should be the light in the darkness.We are to be the ones who guide the people. We are leaders who show what effort really is because truth is effort is still there. We do not give up.And this is not just for the students here today, but also for the parents. Let's begin. I would lik ...