{"id":707,"date":"2010-03-23T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T10:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=707"},"modified":"2011-04-15T12:53:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T07:23:50","slug":"we-are-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-my-talk-at-ted-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/we-are-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-my-talk-at-ted-com\/","title":{"rendered":"We are the stories we tell ourselves. My talk at TED.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a very shy man.<br \/>\nI went in and came out of my TED talk a little uncomfortable. I am not a speaker, but if I do, I use the platform to hear words from myself that I have not heard before. I like to surprise myself and see if I can get in to a situation where my mind has opened up out of the sheer panic of being in front of an audience that is judging every word that comes out, an audience that has heard the best speakers and the most brilliant minds speak to them.<br \/>\nWhat, after all is the point of being there if you do not take the opportunity to bare yourself, not to the audience only, but to yourself. How often do you get a chance to do that ? To allow the truth to come out of you rather than manipulate it through the prejudices and manipulations of your own mind.<br \/>\nSo what have I to lose, I ask myself ? Only my pride, and that is not much of a loss in the face of the truth is it ?<br \/>\nSo I know I left people a little perplexed at the and of the talk. And later people asked me what I meant I could not really remember the words I had spoken. Why would I when the words were really not mine ? But suddenly I am seeing a huge interest all over the world in my talk, and through others interpretation, I find the meaning to my words. What a wonderful and surprising life this is.<br \/>\nYou can see my talk at : http:\/\/on.ted.com\/8DK0<br \/>\nHere is a point of view from Caroline who reviews Ted talks @ http:\/\/www.talktalk.ca\/<br \/>\n&#8220;Context &#8211; Ted India Hollywood\/Bollywood director Shekhar Kapur (&#8220;Elizabeth&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Mr,India&#8221;) 2009.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/shekhar_kapur_we_are_the_stories_we_tell_ourselves\" width=\"820\" height=\"462\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Analysis &#8211; There is something about this guy that I find not only fascinating but there is a part of me that feels compelled to watch him. Is he the most phenomenal public speaker in the sense that he follows ?all the rules?? Nope, he follows no public speaking rules, but that is just fine with me because this guy, this guy knows himself. He?s honest with his emotions and deep with his message. I found myself having to go back and listen to sections a few times over to really digest its contents which isn?t the most favourable environment to create when doing a presentation but I?m not going to be terribly harsh with Shekhar&#8230;I have fondness for him and thus I excuse some of methods in which he presents, I think you will too. It is fascinating to me that the audience will excuse a lot if they like the presenters character.<br \/>\nFinding moments of what Shekhar calls ?organic truths? in film is the goal&#8230;&#8221;if you can get 5 moments like that in your film then it is all worthwhile&#8221;. Shekhar walks us through how organic moments can be harnessed; through panic, visual storytelling, not measuring&#8230;but for me the key to his message comes down to how we talk to ourselves. If you?ve been following this blog at all you know the term ?Pep Talk? and what I would consider to be one of the keys to doing a superb talk (and, I might add is the key to: life, the universe and everything&#8230;shout out to the Hitchhiker fans out there)<br \/>\nI<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nIt is not the physical brain that guides us in our internal dialogue. It is our experiences and how we view those experiences through our internal dialogue. The experiences a person has had in the course of life become firmly anchored in our brain and becomes the foundation for our current and future behaviors. This in essence is what Shekhar is saying. Our experiences define our expectations, they steer our attention in very specific directions, they determine the valuation we put on our lives through and how we react to our surroundings. Thus, these individually acquired experiences and how we house them internally are the most important and most valuable treasure a person possesses.<br \/>\nThese experiences become viewing portals. We\u2019ve all met people that consider themselves to be indispensable or people that have low opinions of themselves or people that think they are God like or omnipotent or people that are controlling or small or power hungry or narcissistic excetra&#8230; these behaviours are a direct correlation to ones experiences. I suggest that you take your experiences whatever they may be to teach others, to help others to use it, whatever \u2018it\u2019 is as a springboard to make a difference in the lives of others. Why else could we possibly be here for? Recognize too, that our experiences are the nucleus to how we talk to ourselves in our internal world. Begin the process of recognizing that your experiences are the foundation of the conversation you have with yourself. Kinda important if you plan to have conversations with others and certainly conversations in a crowd (aka the presentation). (whoa&#8230;that post hurt my head&#8230;you?)<br \/>\nTip &#8211; Use your experiences to teach others in your talks!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a very shy man. I went in and came out of my TED talk a little uncomfortable. I am not a speaker, but if I do, I use the platform to hear words from myself that I have not heard before. 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