I think life would be pointless and boring without difficult task, achieving difficult task. Gives us a feeling of fulfillment, which is one of the best feelings in the world. Today, I would like to talk about one such task. Which I never believed I could do. It was winning a public speaking competition. It was difficult because I had a huge of public speaking in my childhood. I come to know about my scary thing when my teacher asks me to read the news in front of the class in 4th standard. I cooked on the streets and, uh, I could not speak for more than 20 seconds. Many of my classmates, classmates laughed at me and, uh, this increased my square rethink even further. I avoided speaking in front of my class for a long time. Whenever it was my time to read the news in front of the Plus, I used to pretend to be sick and take a leave from school. However, I knew I had to get overcome this fear because public speaking is a really necessary skill. It was my mother who pushed me and made me get over the fear. She made me enrolling a speech competition in 8 standard. Firstly, she made me practice in front of her. I was about to speak in front of her without any problems. Then she invited some of her friends and she made me speak in in front of them. At first, I hesitated, but gradually, I become comfortable. My mother’s friend, uh, really in crazy, and they machined me whenever I hesitated. I used to practice every day for 1 hour in the evening. This practice made me more and more confident. I don’t know why but on that day, of the competition. I was really confident. I spoke like I used to inform of my mother’s friend. I felt like nothing was different. It was really happy that I didn’t hesitate and spoke fluently without any issue. The string on the take was that finally when the result were announced, I had stood fast because very, very memorable moment for me. It made me really proud of myself, and it’s instilled. I believe
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I think life would be pointless and boring without difficult tasks. Achieving difficult tasks gives us a feeling of fulfillment, which is one of the best feelings in the world. Today, I would like to talk about one such task which I never believed I could do. It was winning a public speaking competition. It was difficult because I had a fear of public speaking since my childhood. I came to know about this fear when my teacher asked me to read the news in front of the class in 4th grade. I froze on the spot and could not speak for more than 20 seconds. Many of my classmates laughed at me, which increased my fear even further. I avoided speaking in front of my class for a long time. Whenever it was my turn to read the news in front of the class, I used to pretend to be sick and take a leave from school. However, I knew I had to overcome this fear because public speaking is a necessary skill. It was my mother who pushed me and helped me get over the fear. She enrolled me in a speech competition in 8th grade. Firstly, she made me practice in front of her. I was able to speak in front of her without any problems. Then she invited some of her friends and made me speak in front of them. At first, I hesitated, but gradually I became more comfortable. My mother's friends were really encouraging, and they cheered me on whenever I hesitated. I practiced every day for 1 hour in the evening. This practice made me more and more confident. I don't know why, but on the day of the competition, I was really confident. I spoke like I used to in front of my mother's friends. I felt like nothing was different. I was really happy that I didn't hesitate and spoke fluently without any issues. The icing on the cake was that when the results were announced, I had won first place. It was a very, very memorable moment for me. It made me really proud of myself, and it instilled a belief in me.
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