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.