Well, confidence is a crucial factor for achieving pinnacle of the success. Everyone should possess that trait. Here I would like to share some light on the event when I felt immensely proud and confident due to the significant achievement. About four years ago my school principal held a competition and it was about a speech competition. My class in charge decided my class in charge chose me to participate in this competition. Although I was unprepared and nervous, I agreed because my teacher showed faith in me. It was the first time it was my first time speaking in the front of a large audience. I chose the topic of environmental issue and started to take imperative points. The most but the most of the task was that I just have a one day to prepare myself. I felt like cat on the hot bricks. I was not able to generate more ideas because the amount of the stress I had about this competition. Then suddenly the idea came up in my mind to use the internet which has the ocean of an information. Now that part one is completed. Now finally on the competition day when I went on a stage I felt nervous and frustrated and my legs also begun to shiver. But my friends and teachers cheered on me and boosted my confidence. I began to speech about the type of the pollutions like air, water and soil. Additionally I also mentioned about how to mitigate those issues. When I finished my speech everyone clapped for me and I took a sigh of relief. I was on a cloud nine. I was on a cloud nine as it was a memorable experience for me and it taught me the valuable lesson that overcoming fear of public speaking and staying confident in daunting situation.
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Well, confidence is a crucial factor for achieving the pinnacle of success. Everyone should possess that trait. Here, I would like to shed some light on the event when I felt immensely proud and confident due to a significant achievement. About four years ago, my school principal held a speech competition. My class in charge chose me to participate in this competition. Although I was unprepared and nervous, I agreed because my teacher showed faith in me. It was my first time speaking in front of a large audience. I chose the topic of environmental issues and started to take imperative points. The most challenging part was that I had only one day to prepare myself. I felt like a cat on hot bricks. I was not able to generate more ideas because of the stress I had about this competition. Then suddenly, the idea came to me to use the internet, which has an ocean of information. Now that part one is completed. Finally, on the competition day, when I went on stage, I felt nervous and frustrated, and my legs began to shiver. But my friends and teachers cheered me on and boosted my confidence. I began to speak about the types of pollution, like air, water, and soil. Additionally, I also mentioned how to mitigate those issues. When I finished my speech, everyone clapped for me, and I let out a sigh of relief. I was on cloud nine. It was a memorable experience for me, and it taught me the valuable lesson of overcoming the fear of public speaking and staying confident in daunting situations.
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