Building Bridges of Trust | Masa Magdy | TEDxEt Tagammo Kids
Confidence is compared to the necessity of daylight, as it is the belief in oneself and the courage to believe, which enables one to overcome daily challenges and achieve dreams. The speaker, Masa, illustrates this by sharing how, despite initially failing swim exercises, participation in a competition, encouraged by family and friends, resulted in a first-place win. Masa concludes that confidence is vital for turning problems into opportunities, remaining positive, and building friendships. ## Speakers & Context - Masa, a 10-year-old speaker. - The speaker addresses an audience with the opening greeting: "I like to say ‘How are you all?’ instead of ’Welcome.’” ## Theses & Positions - Confidence is compared to daylight, as it is something necessary for living that enables one to believe in oneself. - When confident, possibilities are endless, allowing one to easily overcome daily challenges and achieve goals. - Confidence helps deal with problems by turning them into opportunities. - Confidence helps individuals be more positive and improves interaction with people, leading to new friendships. - Regardless of how bad a day is, one must remain confident that better days are ahead. ## Concepts & Definitions - **Confidence:** Defined as the courage that enables belief in oneself. ## Mechanisms & Processes - **Overcoming challenges:** Confidence facilitates pushing through obstacles and achieving goals by paving the road ahead with ease. - **Problem transformation:** Confidence helps in dealing with problems by turning them into opportunities. - **Social interaction:** Confidence aids in interacting with people and creating new friendships. ## Examples & Cases - **Swimming competition:** Masa was initially afraid to participate in a swimming competition because she was failing exercises regularly and messing up in each one; participation was insisted upon by her mom, friends, and family because the competition would increase her confidence, leading to her winning first place. ## Named Entities - Masa: The speaker. ## Numbers & Data - Masa's age: **10**. ## Verbatim Moments - *"How are you all?"* - *"Confidence is exactly like that. It is the thing that we can’t live without and the courage that makes us believe in ourselves."* - *"When we are confident, the possibilities are endless."* - *"you must participate, Because- Because this competition, will increase your confidence"* - *"I won the first place!"* - *"Confidence is important"*