➽I WAS ALWAYS SCARED TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC⬌
Over the years I wouldn't have imagined I could
ever be a public speaker. I have been a shy person throughout my days on the
green land trying to copy one personnel or the other just to be among the main
frontiers. Back then, at Ajayi Crowther Memorial Senior
Grammar school, Akoka road, where I had my secondary school leaving certificate
(WASSCE), I used to keep mute while my mates would do the talking except when
it had gotten to tribal language stage, then, I would talk.
At a point in time I wouldn't dare stay among
some vocabulary oriented friends when they chatted because they used to laugh out
breeds like us and sent us home with ravishing abuses dropping like rain. Some
would say it to our face then; YOU KNOW NOTHING. It would always be a sad
experience such that whenever I remembered, I smiled sometimes and I burst into
light tears having been in this position I am today . Hnnmm, MR. EGALITARIAN!
If you're destined to speak in life or to do
something, no matter what, no matter how the condition may differs, no matter
the time change and no matter the constraint ever experienced, what is meant to
be will surely be. No man can precede the power of predestination; you can only
try to shift the time, that's for the busy brains.
Looking
back all the years I have been on earth, many things had happened. Some made me
cry while others made me learnt a lot about this life. If life gives you a
thousand ways to cry, give life millions of ways to smile again ( Dr. Busari).
I have participated absolutely in all activities of life; I have a religion, I
engage in extra curricula activities and I have been making positive impact on
lives as my potential could take me. This life, the more you think you want to
learn it, the more you get into trouble. Who doesn't make mistakes in life
should signify please? We can't all be perfect but we can try to get closer to
perfection in all we do.
I
started attending programs, engaged myself in series of public speaking
activities and events just to make sure that I conquered my fears and I was so
committed, even more than a project student. What I noticed about the problem I
had then was that I looked down on myself as a low gem, a retarded fellow; I
lack the confidence to face even just two persons. I would always hide behind
signs instead of smart talks with zero fear, and that’s what I want to shed
some light on in a brief.
Fear, a disease that kills life directly or indirectly. Fear
is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types
of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and
ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from
perceived traumatic events. Fear absorbs the technical ideas in a man’s
confidential life when it comes to displaying variable skills with fellow
humans or in a crowd of many. Fear consumes the mind quality and deteriorates
the brain from normal thought about a great success, achievement, way forward,
business orientation in varieties and other value added things of life. Cast
out the fears in you and see how you transform into a better person in life.
I noticed I had been exhausted so far by fears of what I was
more than in terms of speech, higher than in terms of exposure and greater than
in terms of composure, but my inability to conquer my fears deluded my
capabilities. Sometimes I tried to look into the mirror to practice some parts
of speech construction so as to face my challenges with courage and be
fulfilled for once, but I would always have myself to blame in the end because
immediately I set my eyes on a set of people in discussion, not just ordinary
discussions but wonderful and educative one at that, then the whole memorization
would be casted away in no time by fears of what they might think of me if I
tried to contribute or altered a word there.
Courage, confidence, commitment, competence and enthusiasm
gave me an edge one day as I approached some set of people and engaged them in
my Pre-degree school at Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Institute on
human resources development (INHURD), where we would balance religion in terms
of debate and everybody would try to evaluate the best speaker. I regained
myself from there such that the speaking strength rose to stardom within me.
Wow, it was moments I shall never forget in my entire life.
But How Did I Finally End Up Being A Real Public Speaker?
Social media, as simple as that. I would always sit in the
room with my dad and discuss several issues with him because he has always been
there when it comes to my career. My father never chose for me, instead, he
believes in what I set as a goal for myself. All he always wants in me is to be
well educated and to be focused in all I do. He always borrowed from
cooperative sector (IBTC pension) to make sure I paid my bills, and
consistently he has been there. I also have my mother and the entire Ogunkayode
breeds who have always contributed in form of words of encouragement. I started
with Instagram video selfie, where I would give words of advice for just 14
seconds and people would like it, especially people from abroad; California,
United State of America, London, England, Portugal, South Africa and of course
my motherland, Nigeria. It prompted me to do more.
Because I love balancing situations and I don’t like
cheating on others, I believe a lot in equality and I am an advocate of good
leadership. I gave myself a name that goes in line with what everybody knows me
for, which is equality among every human, and that brought about the name MR.
EGALITARIAN. Because I have a world inside of me which motivates people
directly or indirectly, hence, I summarized my first page as MR. EGALITARIAN
WORLD MOTIVATES. Facebook|Instagram|Twitter|LinkedIn|YouTube|Blog
Today, if you type the keywords MR.
EGALITARIAN MOTIVATES on Google search engine, it will display all my media
presence aforementioned. That enough gives me joy and a part of achievement in
my being.
”Mr. Egalitarian has been invited to talk on behalf of the
youths on developmental skills and academical challenges students are
undergoing in various Nigerian institutions and also the power of entrepreneurship
in the world of studentship today at various media and formal functions, in
which FUNAAB radio 89.5fm was among the invitees. His love for the youths and
human rights in every community, society and the world has always called the
attention of people towards getting closer to their dreams through his
delivered speeches.”
My Advice!
For whatsoever you
want to do in life, do it with your mind, pray hard and concentrate with zero
fears. People will hate you for who you want to be because they don’t have your
kind of gift, but it is left to you to hold yourself together and pursue your
dreams. People laughed at me at some point in time, I got tired of they say and
I heard, I got humiliated, some told me to quit, it got boring at some point in
time, they wanted me to do what they actually likened me for but not what I
actually liked and passionate about. All in all, I won by listening to myself.
@Mr. Egalitarian World Motivates
only one thing is definitely sure, you’ll surely be MOTIVATED!!!
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