Obviously doing a difficult task or completing an extraordinary thing really feels great. It is not very common that everyone can do something extraordinary in their life. But today I would like to tell you about an incident when I did something very extraordinary and after completing that I was like over the moon. Me and my family are very happy at that time that incidents happened when I was in class 5th I think in 2010. I was an introvert person. It is not easy for me to speak in front of 1000 people. Our school organized an inter-school declamation competition in which I had to participate. After listening that my whole body is shivering because it is not my cup of tea to perform in front of whole society. There were 15 colleges who were participating in that competition. But after getting some motivation from my friends and family, I took part in that competition. I was practicing my top pick which was on drug addiction. In front of mirror I speak like about 20-30 times. The competition was held in Chandigarh at Kanyak Mahavidyalya. When it was my turn I was going on stage for the performance. I was quite nervous, afraid and my hands were shivering. But once I reached the stage and started speaking slowly and gradually I started gaining some confidence. Surprisingly I won that competition which is a milestone for me. I think that is one of the most important and extraordinary things which I ever did. Because of that competition now I am a more confident person who can speak easily in front of many people. I gained confidence. My family and my friends were very happy at that time. So I think yes, that was an achievement for me.
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Obviously, doing a difficult task or completing something extraordinary feels great. It is not very common for everyone to do something extraordinary in their life. But today, I would like to tell you about an incident when I did something very extraordinary, and after completing it, I was over the moon. My family and I were very happy at that time. This incident happened when I was in the 5th grade, I think in 2010. I was an introverted person. It was not easy for me to speak in front of 1,000 people. Our school organized an inter-school declamation competition in which I had to participate. After hearing that, my whole body was shivering because performing in front of the whole society was not my cup of tea. There were 15 colleges participating in that competition. But after getting some motivation from my friends and family, I took part in the competition. I practiced my topic, which was on drug addiction, in front of the mirror about 20 to 30 times. The competition was held in Chandigarh at Kanya Mahavidyalaya. When it was my turn to go on stage for the performance, I was quite nervous, afraid, and my hands were shivering. But once I reached the stage and started speaking, I gradually began to gain some confidence. Surprisingly, I won that competition, which was a milestone for me. I think that is one of the most important and extraordinary things I have ever done. Because of that competition, I am now a more confident person who can speak easily in front of many people. I gained confidence, and my family and friends were very happy at that time. So, I think yes, that was an achievement for me.
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