How I Overcame Challenges To Become India's Wonder Girl | Janhavi Panwar

We look onto others

We need popularity

That person is getting fame and popularity in that field, let go into it

Why follow others, why not do something in your own field that

other see you and want to follow you

When I used to speak English, people would ask me, why are you acting like an English woman

Those people, the ones who were criticizing me

I took them as a helper

You'll fail once, twice, but the third time

after gathering so much experience

who will be able to fail you?

Hey every one, I am Jahnavi Panwar

And I am renowned as Wonder girl of India

You know me by the name of Wonder girl of India, but there's a story and journey behind it

which we term as a struggle, but

in reality it is not a struggle

In this talk I will tell you how to become a master in your field

After crossing all the difficulties, in your own field

I'm 14 years old in my second year of graduation

From Satyavati College, Delhi University

I speak 9 different accents

British, American, RP, Polish, Australian, Scottish, Canadian, Norfuk, Cockney

and basic languages

French and Japanese

Hindi and Haryanvi are my own languages, which I love with all of my heart

And I am an anchor for BBC News and CNN

Recently I gave a speech to 50 IAS Officers, Your Confidence in Everything

And everything

just happens to you when

you just have it in your heart, that I have to do it.

So you just get it. And that is all that my story is.

And all of you can do it too, decide it and do it.

Everyone has a story behind their success

and the story is a great journey

A roller-coaster ride. And that's super-super amazing.

In that struggle, that story, what we think is

When we look at the person, we only take notice of their success ,fame, popularity and money

But somewhere we forget the story behind it,

the failures, those criticisms of the people

and the hurdles they have crossed

So, let's talk about something

The first and foremost step of this story

is that we are unable to see our dream, our main goal

We choose our dreams based on our conditions

Remember, that it's your decision

not your condition that determines your destiny

Remember, that it's your decision, not your condition that determines your destiny

So what are our conditions, we look onto other people

We say to ourselves, that we need popularity

And that person is getting fame and popularity in that field, lets go in that field

Hey, I need money, I want to earn a lot of money

That business has a lot of money, because my friend

in that field is earning a lot of money

so let's go into his field.

We start copying others

Why do we do it?

How about we do something in our own field, where we have the full mastery

Okay now, dream decided

After the dream is decided, we come across two things

Those two are failure and criticism

I would like to repeat the fact, that criticism and failure is something we have named it

Everything works on the basis of our mind

In this world, whatever happens, is on the basis of our mind, our perception

I'll share what happens through the mind, with a story

There was a student, who used to stay asleep throughout all classes

He was a lazy student

he used to stay asleep the entire time that the teacher used to teach

that teacher wrote a problem on the board

telling his students that it was a problem which even he hasn't been able to solve

The child was sleeping, and he wasn't aware of anything

The bell rang, and the child woke up

Unaware of what had happened, the child thought the problem on the board was for home work

He didn't know that even the teacher had been unable to solve that problem

So he noted that question as his home work

For him solving the problem was a must

otherwise, he would get a scolding from the teacher

So, he did it

The next day at school, he went up to the teacher, saying " Sir I have solved the question"

How did you solve this, the teacher asked

Because his mind was already conditioned, this is my home work for the day

Just like I have to do the home work on other days, I have to finish this too

The other students had conditioned their minds

That if the teacher hasn't been able to do it, how can we solve it

how can we solve it, No

The attitude should be, even I can do it

everything in the world is easy

just the point is

that we'll have to think that it is easy

Yes that's actually easy

So in criticism what we see is, people stop us time and again

Hey this isn't your cup of tea

Now looking at my own journey

when I used to speak in English, people would comment

why are you trying to behave like an English woman

Those people who were criticizing me

I took them as a helper

They were challenging me

That you can't become an English woman, why are you trying to impersonate one

So I became an English woman, I started using English

After I started speaking English, people criticized me once again

The world speaks in English, what's so great about you speaking it

The world uses it, everyone does, what's special about you

Things again turned upside down

Now that people have started it, let's do this

So people are really your helpers

People are your helper

And after that, I started using accents

And then people said

You're just copying them, nothing more, even we can do that

Again, another problem

I am just copying, mimicking, how do I do it in reality

I learnt phonetics and the rules

After achieving so much, I can affirmatively say that yes, you are brilliant

So not taking those things as difficult

But as your next challenges, you will be here

And another factor, is failure

Failure is just an excuse

You'll fail once, twice, but the third time, after gathering so much experience

Who will be able to fail you

Why don't you think that that failure is just another opportunity you have?

You've just created one more opportunity by yourself

You're getting a chance to glance over all the mistakes you've made in the past

You're getting a resting period

And those people who are always successful

You'll have so many ideas

Because the need of the world is ideas

Instead of emphasizing that, you've failed, you should say, it's an experience

And you have the ideas

You're getting experiences out of failures

And these experiences are the basis of success

When we're looking for a job, the only thing that matters is, how many experiences we have

Success always comes from experience

And experiences, believe me

should always be bad

Everything should be noticed

The experience of travelling by a car or bus

an aeroplane or auto

Having all those experiences is good

Never break down, stop, bow down

Just keep moving forward

But not moving forward without an outcome

We should know the outcome, that which path are we taking

If you want to become something, then you'll have to escalate your standards to that level

Be it any condition, you have to keep doing it

That's your goal, your aim, right in front of you

Keep doing, keep walking

After doing it, the world is yours, the skies are open

Just do it, complete it

And you're here

But we often think, let's copy him, he's also heading in that direction, let's follow him

Why try and copy others, why not do things, that you set standards for others to follow

What is the worst that can happen

You'll die

Die in a manner that people remember your name that on the last day

She did this work, and now people are following you

because you did something great

If you've promised yourself, that you're going to do something, then you have to do it

And that's it. Thank you so much everybody for listening to me

And thank you so much, you guys are the best