I think life would be pointless and boring without difficult task, achieving hard task give us a feelings of fulfillment, which is one of the best feelings in the world. Today, I would like to talk about one. Difficult acts which I never believed I could do. It was winning a public speaking competition. It was very hard because I had a huge fear of public speaking in my childhood, I come to know about my fear. When my teacher asked me to read the news in front of class in 4th standard, I cooked. On the stage, and I could not speak for more than 20 seconds. Many of my classmates laughed at me, and it increased my security thing even further. I avoided speaking in front of my class for a long time. Anyway, it was my trying to read the news in front of the class. I used to pretend to be sick and take away from school. However, I knew I had to get overcome this scary thing because public speaking is a really necessary skin because my mother who posed to me and made me get over the fear. She made me in a role in a speech competition in 8 gender. Firstly, she made practice in front of her. I was able to speak in front of her without any problems, then she invites some of her friends and she made me speak in front of then my mother, friends, are really encouraging and demoted me whenever I hesitated. I used to practice a video from 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. In the tournament days, 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 fluency without any issue. Itching on a cake was that finally when the result were announced, I had stood fast. It was Really memorable moment indeed. It made me really proud of myself and it enshield the belief in me that everything is possible if I work hard.
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I think life would be pointless and boring without difficult tasks. Achieving hard 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 difficult task which I never believed I could do. It was winning a public speaking competition. It was very hard because I had a huge fear of public speaking in my childhood. I remember when my teacher asked me to read the news in front of the class in 4th grade, I froze on the stage and could not speak for more than 20 seconds. Many of my classmates laughed at me, which increased my insecurity even further. I avoided speaking in front of my class for a long time. However, it was my mother who pushed me to overcome this 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. My mother and her friends were really encouraging and supported me whenever I hesitated. I practiced for an hour every evening with a video. This practice made me more and more confident. On the day of the competition, I was surprisingly confident. During the tournament, I spoke like I did 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 really memorable moment indeed. It made me really proud of myself and reinforced the belief in me that everything is possible if I work hard.
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