[Music]

Alright. Today I wanna talk to you about why it's important to learn to be alone.

When I was in college, I took acting classes.

During those two semesters, I not only learned about acting skills but also developed a sort of philosophy of life.

And it goes like this, 10% of the time you're on the stage, you're under the limelight,

looking all glamorous, savoring applause from your passionate crowd.

Those are the good moments in life. And then there's the rest of the 90 percent of time.

That's when you're off stage, behind the curtains, striving to hit the stage in the first place, chasing your dreams,

overcoming daily obstacles that come along the way.

That's when you're unseen, when you're unnoticed.

That's when life is not full of balloons and confetti falling from the sky. That's when you're just another ordinary face in the crowd.

However, those are the moments that define who you are. You see, it's easy to behave, perform, do well,

or even put on an act when you're surrounded by people. The problem is, can you do the same when you're alone?

For example,

from where I come from, students go to study centers to study.

And in those rooms everybody studies like crazy under that atmosphere. And that prompts you to stay focused in that mode so you can act alike.

But when you're studying home alone, that's a total different story. We're all experienced in that, right?

When we're home alone studying, we might be really studying at first.

But then you can't help yourself and you start turning on the TV. You watch TV for a bit.

And then you get your hands on your smartphone for a bit. You start watching YouTube for a bit.

You watch my videos for a bit. Hopefully.

And then you get tired and you nap for a bit. And after that you might get back to studying for a little bit more

It's much harder to behave and perform well when we're by ourselves

'Cos when we're alone, to be honest, we just wanna chill.

It's human nature. When we're alone, we're more prone to our weaknesses We become lazier.

We tend to waste more time. We become less productive. We're much more easily enticed by negative things surrounding us. Need not to mention.

So in conclusion,

we're weaker when we're on our own. Acceptable, 'cos we're social animals after all.

Bonding makes us stronger. There's no arguing with that. But try to wrap your head around this the other way.

What if we could bring out the best in ourselves even when there's no one out there to give us credit for it.

You're the only person (that) you are responsible to.

You're the only person who sees your own deeds. If we could manage to keep ourselves in shape, both physically and mentally in solitary.

Wouldn't we be able to bring out even better result when we're in a crowd?

Life is like a soccer game.

It requires intense teamwork but also excellence in individual skill.

I like a movie called “The Shawshank Redemption”

The main character, Andy, was sentenced to lifetime in prison while he was innocent of killing his wife and her lover.

A young, rich American banker deprived of everything he had.

Locked up in a small jail cell. Alone, cut off from society.

However, he managed to keep his sanity by creating a little hope for himself.

Making impossible friends. Doing little favors. Helping out other inmates. And for 19 years, without missing a day, night after night,

executing his ultimate escape plan. It tells us how a glimmer of hope can drive people to do the impossible.

It tells you bow strong self-discipline and managing the environment can make people do the incredible.

So, to wrap it up. Learn how to live with yourself.

If you master that, you can confidently, easily fit into any condition,

either in abundance or poverty, in the public eye or when alone.

There are both things that you can take away either when you're in a group of people or when you're all alone.

But it's the 90 percent of moments that make who we are.

Peace

[Music]