How to become a selfconfident person only in 5 minutes
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like if you take this famous
interstellar movie equation like
one hour spent on this different planet
equals seven years spent
on the planet earth so i i was
experiencing these kind of
things after this few more than few
seconds i said
if nobody wants to do it i will do it
then i was very nervous
but i still believed that i was capable
of doing it
me a quite shy person in the past
believe it or not
who would never ever imagine this but at
that moment
i i decided that it was time
to take this important step it was time
to overcome my security it was time
to keep moving forward
team number five who is presenting from
you
announced the distinguished professor
and by the way
let me mention this uh under the
distinguished professor i i mean
uh my mentor and and uh my supporter
uh famous leadership guru uh mr andrew
kakabaza so you can imagine
the the concentration coming also from
this side so we want it to be the
best team not just in front of our
audience but in front of our
distinguished professor
let’s go giggy let’s go you can do this
the encouraging voices of my
dear teammates from our class and i have
to mention this
from our incredible class second
mannheim emba 2020
we are so helpful from and they were
coming from different
places of the room
and then when i stood on that podium
and when i took that simple but very
important step
and when i defeated my inner no who was
slowing me down
for so many years i instantly
uncovered my inner capabilities i felt
that
i am good in this i felt that i’m not so
bad in this
and after 60 seconds when i finished
addressing so-called
journalists i turned to our investors
and i said to them
with an increased and confident voice
they are investors
yes we are going through a very
difficult times indeed
but i can assure you that our values and
wish
to strive for the better future of our
company
is a guarantee that we will overcome
this uncertain period
we will come back and we will regain
your trust back so i would say
confidence now was not only in my voice
it was in my blood
it was in my eyes then i turned to my
employees
i said dear employees i will be very
direct and
honest with you yes there will be
significant cost cuttings
and some of you may lose your job
but i can tell you one thing and one
thing only
that whoever works hard and delivers the
value for the company
will stay and keep moving forward
and i am the guarantee of this
so i was on a different planet i was
a different person i was kind of flying
you know
and our speech
and i mean our speech not my speech our
speech
had the best feedbacks from everyone
me a quite shy person in the past
who was always hesitative of bringing
his initiative forward
who was always preferred to stay behind
the scenes
those five minutes changed me
i could have never imagined that after
two years from that particular day and
by the way
after three days it will be exactly two
years
i would be standing here and giving a
ted talk
but you know what it’s happening
it’s real was i worried before applying
for it
was i voted before coming here today on
this stage
hell yeah but now i
have much more courage to be vulnerable
in front
of a lot of people than before
i could have never imagined that after
two years almost two years from that
particular day
together with one of my classmates we
would plan to launch
a startup which will revolutionize
a specific service used by millions of
people around the world
so as you know we are having now
a lot of meetings with potential
investors venture capitalists
entrepreneurs so a lot of presentations
and a lot of
speeches out there well
no more simulations and role plays now
it is time for the real game
also what i could share with you a
couple of learnings out of this
is that as you can see from my little
story
the real experience is the best
form of development i could also state
that
you know the education of our current
leaders need more
simulations in order to capture the
dynamics of a real life other than
lectures
obviously the theory the reading
interesting books
articles scientific journals
are very important no doubt about it no
question about it
but simulating and experiencing things
bring tremendous value they bring quick
wins
they bring courage they bring confidence
also negative aspects of being shy
must be not should be must be addressed
with intensive action
do not fear of making mistakes
do not let your fear to stop you or even
slow you down
for instance space looking now back and
based on my short story
i feel so sorry for so many
opportunities so many lost opportunities
that i could have taken
in my life so be involved
be active those five minutes
transcended me because i took that risk
and i
took that chance
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and uh as i stand here before you
let me tell you take this important step
a new friend of mine told me recently
giggy listening to your story i can
conclude that
you do not need to move mountains to
overcome your insecurities
all you have to do sometimes is just to
make a simple step
and follow your inner voice
i think she was right what do you think
and by the way how what did steve jobs
say
do not let the noise of
others drone out your inner voice
my final message unleash your inner
strengths
and uncover your inner capabilities
it is time and you can make it happen
thank you
you