Don’t let others make you nervous

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Question: Pranaam Acharya Ji. Why do I get nervous in situations where I have to express myself, or when I have to talk to people?

Acharya Prashant(AP): What do you talk to people about?

Questioner(Q): (Questioner is a student of class 6) Anything, most of the time related to my schoolwork I guess.

AP: Say something about your schoolwork to me.

Q: About projects etc., about what we eat in school, about non-fiction, about our fantasies.

AP: So say something about that. What do you eat at school?

Q: Unhealthy fast food.

AP: Unhealthy fast food. Tell me something about a few unhealthy fast foods.

Q: Any McDonalds’ burger, or any other fast food.

AP: How does it look?

Q: Ummm...Big and fat.

AP: Big and fat?

Q: Yeah.

AP: Big, fat, and greasy?

Q: Yeah.

AP: Now how nervous are you, when you are saying these things to me?

Q: Not much.