WEBVTT 0 00:01.100 --> 00:03.020 Hey it's Angela again. 1 00:03.020 --> 00:10.430 And if you're seeing my video then that means you've completed another module so pat yourself on the 2 00:10.430 --> 00:10.830 back 3 00:10.850 --> 00:18.260 if nobody else is going to do it and congratulate yourself on really showing up and getting the work 4 00:18.260 --> 00:18.960 done. 5 00:19.400 --> 00:26.630 Now I want to talk a little bit about sort of going beyond your own limitations. 6 00:27.290 --> 00:36.360 So in terms of my own story when my parents first relocated to the UK I was very young. 7 00:36.380 --> 00:46.500 I was about 10 years old and at the time they didn't really have the foresight to teach me any English. 8 00:46.550 --> 00:53.510 So when I first arrived and went to school, I couldn't say anything. 9 00:53.520 --> 00:57.880 I didn't even know hello like that was the extent of my knowledge. 10 00:58.750 --> 01:00.110 And it was a real struggle. 11 01:01.150 --> 01:08.800 And you know there were long periods of time where I thought like you know I'm kind of just done for 12 01:08.800 --> 01:14.050 now. I'm never going to be good at school because I can't understand what people are saying. 13 01:14.460 --> 01:20.110 I'm really going to struggle making friends because they don't understand what I'm saying. 14 01:21.010 --> 01:27.130 But you know at one point I realized well, is this the life I want to live like? 15 01:27.130 --> 01:30.670 Am I just gonna be some sort of recluse 16 01:30.670 --> 01:35.330 like for the rest of my life or am I just gonna go and try? 17 01:35.350 --> 01:41.920 So I ended up just trying to use the few words that I had to talk to people 18 01:41.950 --> 01:48.070 and surprisingly I made friends even though I really didn't actually understand what they were saying 19 01:48.160 --> 01:52.440 especially things like British sarcasm and British humor. 20 01:52.510 --> 02:00.340 And it was they used a lot of air quotes all the time. So you know kids can be cruel but like you are also 21 02:00.340 --> 02:03.520 more willing to try as a child. 22 02:04.240 --> 02:11.290 I think for somebody who's maybe a lot older as if I was at my current age going into a completely new 23 02:11.290 --> 02:19.120 environment and being thrown at a task which I felt like I was severely disadvantaged against, maybe 24 02:19.120 --> 02:27.790 I wouldn't have the bravery or the the ability to really just say, you know what? I'm going to overcome 25 02:27.790 --> 02:33.990 this thing you know because I think as we get older it's much easier to blame a lot of things 26 02:33.990 --> 02:34.360 right? 27 02:34.360 --> 02:43.960 Like maybe I'm too tall, I'm too short, I'm too thin, I'm too fat, I'm too bad at English, I'm too bad at 28 02:43.960 --> 02:49.750 Maths. And the number of like things that you can blame on is like limitless. 29 02:49.750 --> 02:57.290 There are just so many things and everybody has different things that they focus on. But the point is 30 02:57.590 --> 03:05.210 those things don't really help you especially if you decided that something you can't change like your 31 03:05.210 --> 03:12.440 gender or your age is the reason why you can't do something then nobody can help you 32 03:12.440 --> 03:13.300 right? 33 03:13.340 --> 03:23.640 So even if those things were true like even if life would be easier if you were you know like looked 34 03:23.640 --> 03:31.040 like Brad Pitt and you you know had like a really rich family or you know you had all the resources. 35 03:31.070 --> 03:37.870 Like even if that was the case, I'm sure those people have their own things that they focus on. 36 03:38.100 --> 03:44.730 So don't focus on things that you can't change, even if they are there. 37 03:44.880 --> 03:48.540 Instead focus on the million other things that you can change. 38 03:48.540 --> 03:52.420 Maybe you can wake up earlier one hour earlier than everybody else, 39 03:52.470 --> 03:56.710 maybe you can work that much harder than everybody else, 40 03:56.730 --> 04:06.570 maybe you will just you know like do more repetitions. And you know at the gym the people who are the 41 04:06.570 --> 04:11.070 strongest are not the people who showed up with the most muscles 42 04:11.070 --> 04:18.150 the first time they went to a gym. It's the people who go there every day, it's the people who are dedicated, 43 04:18.150 --> 04:20.550 who are motivated. 44 04:20.730 --> 04:27.200 And so I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are the master. 45 04:27.210 --> 04:35.640 You can determine where your life will go no matter how old you are or how female you are or how male 46 04:35.640 --> 04:35.890 you are. 47 04:35.890 --> 04:43.000 It doesn't matter. Just focus on things that you can change and those things alone will make a huge difference. 48 04:43.050 --> 04:53.370 So, I reckon whatever it is that you decide to do, you can do it. And I'm willing to support you every 49 04:53.370 --> 04:54.180 step of the way. 50 04:55.020 --> 05:07.150 And you know if you manage to get to where you are and you're able to overcome a lot of these hurdles 51 05:07.150 --> 05:14.110 or you know things that stop you, then you'll become a stronger person and you can take on even bigger 52 05:14.110 --> 05:16.390 challenges and bigger challenges. 53 05:16.390 --> 05:17.920 You know, the world is your oyster. 54 05:18.160 --> 05:21.820 So keep going and keep learning.