[music] What's your biggest fear. Close your eyes for a moment and think about it. Now, let me guess.Is it the fear of dark. Is it the fear of darkness or the fear of heights. For me, it was water.Yes, water, something that covers 70% of our planet, something we need to survive with, was my greatest enemy. I was 3 years old when I discovered my nemesis. My parents had enrolled me in swimming lessons, thinking it would be a valuable life skill.But there I stood at the edge of the pool, paralyzed with fear. T ...

[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 ...

I have three favorite letters from the alphabet, Y, E, and S. Now singularly they may not seem very powerful but when they're combined collectively and strategically they become a very powerful word. I want to take you back in time for a moment.The year is 2021 and the world is still experiencing a global pandemic. I like many other people was trying to figure out what's next. What will the next few months be like.Will we continue to live like this. When will we return back to normal. Many people had been f ...

Jin everyone I am Nira Agadi a proud Birlight and today I'm here to talk about something really close to my heart breaking boundaries you see most of the people here know me as the kid who never really fit inside a line. And honestly, I never wanted to. But why.Because I believe in breaking boundaries. Remember those coloring books we had as kids. The one with the neat outlines, tiny spaces, and the teacher who' always say, "Stay inside the line." Well, I was the kid who scribbled right over the line, and s ...