Speaking with Self

There was a time, when I was not that comfortable to share myself with people.

And when I say this, it’s about bringing the true version of yourself and share with people in the most honest way possible.

Yes, I believe that speaking yourself is the best way to share self with the entire world.

But the Satish today, is not the same Satish as I was in 2015. There were times that, even if I had to ask for notebook from someone, I had to think for maybe even the whole day.

29 years old, I have been in the field of communication now from last 6 years. Still learning, every day and every second of my life. By profession, I am a corporate trainer and having empathy is part of not only my business, but also the lifestyle.

In my childhood I used to think, a lot! And, till this day when people look at my face they use 3 words.

Angry, Sad and lost – except when I smile. And then then it can get replaced to cute.

I also could not keep my-self indifferent to the problems others around me were going through. I was that kind of a person, who would think about your problems more than maybe you do.

So Fast forward, here I am at the age of 21, knowing two things about myself that I am thinker and I have good sense of empathy. But how to put them at use was a big question. But somewhere I knew, that all these ideas and emotions bubbling inside of me had to come out.

And, I am not saying that it had to be as speaker. A form of expression can be of any type – Like a song, essay or a painting or just pure music without lyrics. I love them all, they all connect to me.

But that also doesn’t mean I will be good at doing any of them. Or actually the deeper thought was – whether I will be able to express myself through those forms.

Maybe I needed a little push. 1st year of my college a trainer visited in my college who needed volunteers to work with for his project. He spoke in front of our class for 15 minutes and did his things. I was simply impressed and never knew that there is any profession as such. But when I applied to volunteer, he simply said that my communication is not up to the mark.

I reflect back and realized that I spoke very less during the brainstorming session. And the reason was I was having a very different opinion to his entire approach of how he is doing the project.

And the question was, If I was being shy? Definitely not! I was thinking too much before sharing my views and my opinion in an open platform.

My Dad always said to me “Knowing more about yourself helps you to challenge your own potential!”

And it’s later that I realized, that to be a great communicator, being a great thinker is at my advantage. But the real key is, to think all the time and not think at all while speaking. Your mind can find the message, construct the message or even craft it in many ways, but when it comes to delivering your message to the world, it shall come from your heart.

You can always put your blood sweat and toil, but everything becomes easy when you put your heart to it!