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Aishani Chatterjee
@Aishani · 0:23
In Conversation with Amisha Gupta—On Public Speaking, Confidence Building and More!
Hi and welcome to today's segment of Indian Talk. Today we have joining us, Amisha Kupta, public speaker and coach. Welcome, Amisha. My first question to you would be how did you get interested in public speaking? Can you tell us a bit about your journey
Amisha Gupta
@amishagupta · 2:34
Well, Hi, Shani. Thank you so much for having me. Firstly, when it comes to public speaking or stage of performing, I feel that it goes back to the time when I was really young. Right. And I was always is fond of stage performing arts. But growing up in a family where my father is a doctor, my grandmother, she's a doctor. So I always looked up to become a doctor only
Aishani Chatterjee
@Aishani · 0:33
Well, it's really great how you went at it and made your passion, your career. It's really inspiring. I mean, not everybody has the cuts to do that, but you did it. So kudos to you. What is the best state of mind, according to you, for a speaker, should the speaker be confident, creative, humble? How do you get into that's frame of mind before speaking
Amisha Gupta
@amishagupta · 1:55
Well, thank you so much, Aishani. I think it's always thrilling to share my journey because it's not the conventional path, of course. But yeah. Coming to your question, I think when it comes to art, when it comes to public speaking, King, there isn't any best or worst. Right. It's just the natural state of mind that you have
Aishani Chatterjee
@Aishani · 0:49
Yes. So authenticity and empathy. Right. And I think empathy and authenticity as well are two of the qualities which do take one a long, long way because we when you're empathetic when you're authentic, you're bound to make a Mark. I mean, that's my personal opinion. But yeah. Tell me something. You said that you have always been very extroverted and you're more of a talker
Amisha Gupta
@amishagupta · 4:17
That you are an extrovert child in school, like teachers that I meet today, friends that I see today or you are always very talkative. It would have been very easy for you. Seriously, it's something that everybody starts from scratch because it's art and for art, you need to understand that art, right? So, yeah, that's it
Aishani Chatterjee
@Aishani · 0:49
So basically public speaking like any other art. I mean, we can definitely think of public speaking as an art, right? The art of speaking as they say. So like any other art, it requires some amount of sustainability and practice and perseverance. So, yes, and I think what you said about you can't say whatever is in your mind. You can't just blurt things out. You need to frame them in a certain way to grab the attention of the audience
Amisha Gupta
@amishagupta · 3:12
If a number of people are saying that I'm doing good, I'm doing good. No, you should know that you are doing good. And specifically when it comes to public speaking or any other art form, it's the same IP, competitions, awards, recognition, all three of these things are very necessary when it comes to any art form, because if you can adapt the perspective that these things inspire the other folks, it can do wonders. It can really do wonders
Aishani Chatterjee
@Aishani · 0:34
I completely agree with you, Amisha, that healthy competitions can actually work as a driving force of sorts, I think. And it kind of motivates us and helps us discover our our talents or our passion, even. Okay. So my last question to you is, can you share with us any memorable or funny or maybe embarrassing incident that happened during your interaction with the audience
Amisha Gupta
@amishagupta · 4:12
And I think, yeah. So it was very funny. And whenever when it comes to financing, I definitely recall this one. But again, the Celebrity B was kind enough to accept my apology. And then we clicked some selfies as well and she was laughing throughout the event how I introduced her. But yeah, it was a learning when it comes to observation and crowd work
Aishani Chatterjee
@Aishani · 1:00
May I say I loved listening to you speak and I had a great time. Thank you so much for taking time out of your business schedule and joining this conversation and Gracie us with your presence today. Thank you so much. Goodnight. I'll be signing off and opening the platform for further questions or comments by users. Thank you. Bye