A Speech On Self Confidence

As a diverse student, in a very low income community I have always been known to standing up for others, as well as for myself. Having this natural drive i found myself taking a huge role in our high school Beta Club. As a natural leader, I was challenged with the opportunity to represent our high school’s Beta Club Chapter while running for North Carolina Beta Secretary. Although I felt experienced as a leader, I was really nervous to get up in front of all of North Carolina and give a speech at the Beta Club convention. Although I was nervous, I opened my mouth, and the words just began to come out. My fears went away, and I addressed everyone on topics of educational improvements and opportunities for all students to succeed. I used this

Self confidence is the foundation of success, achievement, and happiness. Unfortunately, the foundation of self confidence can become shaky and unstable if someone that you look up to as a role model hurts your self esteem and courage. One of the biggest role models in my life used to be my first club soccer coach. He seemed brilliant, passionate, and willing to work with my team. This man soon became the complete opposite of what I hoped he would be. I soon realized that he was a two faced liar and one of the most awful people I have ever met. Little did my ten year old self know he would be the downfall of my self confidence and he would slowly destroy any passion I had for the sport I loved all with only a few words.

To have a positive outlook on life we all have to gain confidence physically and mentally. We can attain self-confidence overtime; we need it in order to be successful in life. Although, it is difficult in our society to attain high level self-esteem due to picture perfect images, plastic surgery, and surreal role models. Low self-esteem is not only in women it is in men; everyone has some sort of low self-esteem because as humans none of us are perfect.

My visual aid was the strongest part about my speech. I brought in the ingredients to make Tiramisu to show which brands I like to use for the recipe. I also prepared Tiramisu for the class as my hold interest technique. To relate the topic to the audience, I told them that they could make this recipe when they want to impress someone. My credibility was also convincing as I informed the class I had researched and compiled the best recipe. My introduction in general was concise and convinced the audience pay attention to the rest of my speech. I also thought my tone was conversational and not too formal.

Public speaking has always been very hard for me, I've never been the type to stand in front of an audience and speak or do a presentation. No matter how many times I've done presentations I've always get nervous or shy and always forget what I rehearsed. In the military I was training Nco, everytime we had a new marine check in to our unit or are shop. I would be the one to give them and the A presentation on what is expected of them and also give them information about the unit and our shop. In my opinion the Marine Corp prepared me for public speaking, especially if you where lower rank and your senior enlisted would throw you to the wolves and send you up there to give the

Growing up, it is easy to imagine the future playing out something like this: attend college, score that dream job, get rich, get married, have kids, and live happily ever after. It all sounds pretty familiar, however many young adults find that life does not always happen so simply. There are horror stories everywhere. Students graduate, fail to find a job in their field as they expected, and are left feeling hopeless as their credit card and loan bills pile sky high. Take Paige Nichols for example. Paige grew up in a family that was well-off financially. Her parents were able to pay for her two younger siblings’ college educations and, like many middle class children, she was used to getting what she wanted. However, by the time it was her turn to go to college, her parents’ financial situation had gone downhill and she was left to pay for her education by herself. After four years she graduated with a business degree and $20,000 in debt to go with it. Her payment plan was set at $300 per month, and although she had jobs, she was used to living frivolously, and therefore only made the bare minimum payment of $50 most months. This left her in a position where she would remain in debt until she was 50 years old. A few years after graduating with her bachelor’s, she considered going back for her master’s in forensic psychology, something she had grown very fond of. However, since she was already inundated with student debt and could not afford to spend an extra

President Carter’s “Crisis in Confidence” speech accurately acknowledges part of the cause of the nation’s economic and energy problems, but it fails to address his role in the crisis. Carter is correct that many citizens are disillusioned with the modern government; however, this is most likely caused by the crisis rather than the other way around. The “crisis in confidence” still is a problem for America in our attempt to remedy such issues. Perhaps, if citizens were to believe that America were to improve, it would create a self-fulfilling prophecy--bringing our expectations to truth. Active participation in the political process could expedite a solution to the country’s economic and energy woes, but it does not guarantee that the

T’s class, I joined journalism thinking that I was born to be a journalist and that it was something I had already mastered. Then came the tripod, a camera, lav mics and of course the interview studio. As I entered the studio for my first video interview, my first task was to find the lights. Wandering through the darkness, with uncertainty looming over every step I took, I tried my best to act as if I was doing something instead of just standing there and being the truly terrified person I was in that moment. We eventually found the lights, but that was only the first step. Step 2 was having to deal with Andy. I thought Andy was there to be my bodyguard, to help me out with the interview and all the tech stuff, but his lunchtime hunger eventually took him. It was just me and my close friend Brighton. Two minutes passed by after Andy left and everything remained the same. Brighton started to grow impatient and wonder why we hadn't started the interview yet. I was waiting for Andy to come back. I couldn't set the interview up by myself. I just couldn’t–especially in front of one of my buddies. What if I broke something or looked like a fool while putting the camera on backwards?, I thought. So, I waited and waited until finally Andy came back. We finished the interview that day and i eventually learned how to set up interviews by myself, but my fear of failure still

You may have heard me say, “It’s better to aim for the stars and miss, than to aim for a pile of crap and hit it.” The original saying is from Michelangelo. He said, “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it.”

Throughout life we express ourselves through words. The way we present ourselves through speech says a lot about our character. The way one speaks to others can jeopardize the amount of respect and trust others have for them. From the way one pronounces a word to their posture can affect the way an audience interprets what is being said. Personally, I am not confident with my speaking skills at this point. I would like my audience to fully comprehend the concepts or facts that I would present to them. In order to do so I must improve my speaking skills I believe that a problem most people, including myself, have when giving speeches is facing an audience. Just looking out to an audience of a mere ten

For this speech I choose to have my topic be something I have a strong personal connection to which was Rave culture, its history and practices. Choosing this to be my topic of choice I was able to be motivated in researching it and I believe my genuine interest in the topic showed in my presentation. In this self-eval I will be discussing the structure and style along with what I am taking away from this speech.

Only a select few people take pleasure in giving presentations or public speaking. I am not one of those people. Public speaking has always been a problem for me. G.A.D. or general anxiety disorder, has been a substantial factor in my life and being graded or judged on how well you speak in front of people, doesn’t exactly help. Whether it is five people or over a thousand, when pressure is put on you-you have to react. For example, when your grade for the quarter depends on how well you give a presentation, or when you have a competition or a big game. Consequently, you could become exceedingly anxious, and begin to doubt yourself, and that can lead to horrible situations.

you can not touch it, however it influences the way you experience. You can not see it, but it's there while you observe yourself in the mirror. You can not hear it, however it's there each time you speak approximately your self. What is that this important however mysterious aspect? It's your shallowness! Self Esteem is described as self assurance to your very own benefit as an character. Our self esteem is instilled in us all through our adolescents. There are two styles of self confidence. There is high self confidence which is while you feel top about yourself, and then there is low self esteem that's when you sense terrible about your self.

Most of life's situations are learning experiences. People can learn what activities are right or wrong for them by experiences these emotions in different situations. These learning experiences can take place at home, school, the workplace, or anywhere else. The three major experiences that have given me confidence in my ability to learn have all taken place at Penn State University.

We have been just sitting here, we have not said much. I feel so much better in this moment in time. I don 't need friends or even someone to talk to. I am fine the way I am, the only wish I had was just to not be alone. I will be fine as long I have someone next to me. That person does not have to talk, they can just sit here next to me like yoongi is. I fine with that, I get so needy and out of control when I am left alone. I start wanting things I know I can 't have. I start to feel things that I know will never happen. " namjoon I know you don 't talk much, but just know that you talk to me about anything. I will listen to you, and won 't judge you I promise." This is about the 3rd time yoongi has told me this, I guess he really wants me to talk to him more. I can understand to a point because that is what normal people do. " you know what I want to do yoongi. I want to fly away, to be a star in the sky. Everything just seems better up there in the sky. There are nice and fluffy clouds, there are birds with the freedom to fly away. At night there are so many other stars and the moon. up their I would never be alone. Up there nothing can touch me, up there nothing can hurt me. I want to forever live in the sky, it is better than this world or the people here. Also the hate and love that is all around. It all just get to be too much." He gave me a worried look but he did not say anything. I think it was for the best for him not to say anything, I don 't know what he would