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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.49,0:00:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here today\Ntrying to be something I'm not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.77,0:00:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is something I've been\Ntrying to do for two years now:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.22,0:00:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write a TED Talk, share my ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.76,0:00:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk in front of such\Na large group of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.76,0:00:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know a lot of you are probably thinking,\N"She sounds a bit shy."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.52,0:00:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe, "She probably\Ngets nervous easily."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.75,0:00:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, all those things\Nare 100% true, but why?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.25,0:00:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To answer simply, I am an introvert.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.50,0:00:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is an introvert?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.39,0:00:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An introvert is a quiet person\Nthat doesn't like to talk very much
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.52,0:00:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and likes to keep their thoughts\Nmostly to themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.25,0:00:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the kind of person that goes home\Njust to relax and have time to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.77,0:00:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not to say that an outgoing\Nperson can't be an introvert.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.27,0:00:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as long as they enjoy the quiet time\Nto get to themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.26,0:00:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're most likely an introvert\Nto a certain extent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.74,0:01:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the main thing\NI want to address in this talk
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.05,0:01:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there's nothing wrong\Nwith being an introvert.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.51,0:01:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However society doesn't see it\Nin the same lighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.76,0:01:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Society has taught us that being\Nan introvert is the worst thing you can be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.50,0:01:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that everyone\Nshould want to be extroverted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.45,0:01:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're told that being outgoing is good\Nand being shy and quiet is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.23,0:01:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're told in elementary school\Nwe have to raise our hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.37,0:01:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participate in class or we lose marks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.51,0:01:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year at parent-teacher interviews,\Nmy parents would hear the same thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.51,0:01:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your daughter is very shy,\Nshe needs to learn to speak up more."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.50,0:01:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told to share my voice\Nwhenever possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.76,0:01:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an introvert, those are\Nsome very hard standards to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.25,0:01:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why I joined\Nthe TED Ed Club two years ago -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.51,0:01:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prove to not only myself\Nbut to everyone that I wasn't shy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.24,0:01:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could write a talk\Njust like everyone else is doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.25,0:01:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.01,0:02:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slight problem, I never wrote a talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.75,0:02:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't come up with a topic\NI was truly passionate about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.26,0:02:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I felt like I wanted\Nto share with the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.50,0:02:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would show up to every meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.24,0:02:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watch my peers continue\Nto develop their talks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.01,0:02:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would get frustrated with myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.74,0:02:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why could they share their ideas so easily\Nand I couldn't even come up with a topic?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.48,0:02:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, looking back,\NI realize I have passions,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.24,0:02:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have views on the world\Nand I have opinions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.50,0:02:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just didn't want to share any of them\Nbecause I'm an introvert.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.75,0:02:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is there anything wrong with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.75,0:02:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Statistics say that 50% of the American\Npopulation is made up of introverts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So society is telling 50% of Americans\N- about 160 million people -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.26,0:02:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they need to change who they are
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.25,0:02:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be accepted,\Nto be successful and to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.96,0:02:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.02,0:02:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within this large group of introverts\Nare people such as:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.13,0:03:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elton John, Emma Watson, Michael Jordan,\NAudrey Hepburn, Albert Einstein,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.76,0:03:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so many more\Nincredible, inspiring people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.49,0:03:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think being an introvert\Nhas ever stopped any of them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.50,0:03:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from achieving their goals\Nor being happy?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.50,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.46,0:03:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of you have probably been told\Nsomething along the lines
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of why be a follower\Nwhen you can be a leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.98,0:03:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about every leader\Nneeds a follower?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.75,0:03:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at Mr. Justin Trudeau,\NPrime Minister of Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.75,0:03:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think he'd be where he is today\Nwithout the support of the people?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.96,0:03:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If everyone was trying to be a leader\Nno one would truly succeed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.50,0:03:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it's the followers\Nthat define a true leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.74,0:03:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not to say that an introvert\Ncan't be a leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.23,0:03:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at Abraham Lincoln,\NRosa Parks and Gandhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.23,0:03:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All incredible inspirational leaders\Nand all introverts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.100,0:04:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a business setting,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.65,0:04:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the CEO of a company\Nwill look at an introvert and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.02,0:04:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If they're not going to share their ideas\Nthey are useless to me."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.75,0:04:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.50,0:04:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These companies are missing out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.04,0:04:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Introverts are known\Nto be versatile, responsible,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.75,0:04:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work well in small groups\Nand individually.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.98,0:04:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So being an introvert\Nhas no effect on how happy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.21,0:04:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how successful you are going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.27,0:04:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you see it\Nin the right lighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.02,0:04:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you see yourself as an introvert
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.99,0:04:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think it's the worst\Nthing in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.23,0:04:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're never going to be\Ntruly happy with yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.75,0:04:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to constantly try\Nto change to conform to society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.74,0:04:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you accept yourself\Nas an introvert and you're happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.50,0:04:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's nothing in the way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.03,0:04:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of you achieving your goals\Nand getting what you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.100,0:04:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All in all, there is absolutely\Nnothing wrong with being an introvert.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.51,0:04:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what society may say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.50,0:05:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't need to change who you are\Nbecause being an introvert is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.24,0:05:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I leave, I want to end\Nwith a quote from the book "Quiet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.50,0:05:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of introverts\Nin a world that can't stop talking"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.49,0:05:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Susan Cain.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.01,0:05:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The secret to life is to put yourself\Nin the right lighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.52,0:05:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, it's a Broadway spotlight;\Nfor others, it's a lamplit desk."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.25,0:05:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the next time you see\Nthat quiet kid in the back of the class
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.76,0:05:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who doesn't participate very much,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.91,0:05:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.26,0:05:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I wonder what great things\Nthey're going to come up with next."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.01,0:05:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.00,0:05:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)