In this 13‑minute online keynote, Shrenik Shah, a speaker from Ahmedabad, India, shares his personal journey of losing his vocal cords and turning that disability into a platform for massive public‑speaking impact. He recounts delivering over 10,000 talks across 10,000 days, surviving cancer, and redefining short‑term memory loss (SAML) as a personal brand. Shah outlines his philosophy of "dating your destiny," a daily‑focused success formula that blends measurement, opportunity‑seizing, and alignment of head, heart, and gut. He emphasizes authentic storytelling as the art of public speaking that builds blind trust, and he describes how he leverages this approach to touch more than 100,000 lives worldwide, earn 265 awards, and position himself among the top ten global speakers despite his physical limitation. The talk blends motivational narrative, practical advice, and a call to action for entrepreneurs and trend‑setters to adopt his resilience‑driven mindset.
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Thank you, Matt. Uh, first of all, let me compliment you for making me Night Watchman. Yes, Night Watchman. I am going to play tonight, tomorrow, day after, and I'm going to play until the last minute. And let's move on. Shrenik Shah. I'm Shrenik Shah from Tabati. And Dr. Zulia, would you mind running my slides, please? Thanks. So greetings from Ahmedabad, India. Today, India's World Heritage City, and some of the event 25 photos, many girls. So, welcome. Welcome. Oh friends, imagine what exactly speech is about. Do you think without speech webinar could have ever occurred? No. And with this voice, whether it is offline or online, I already delivered over 10,000— yes, 10,000 talks with this voice. So, you know, if you want to speak or not. So that is all about speech in civilization. Next, you know what is guest? They straight from state wherever can narrate commendable story. He's the best person, powerful person in the world. And fortunately, I'm humble. I'm humble. I am a storyteller, but yes, when it comes to dealing with the people, I don't make stories. No, I, I talk from my heart out. So what is really storytelling? It's the art of public speaking. For God, immersive, authentic, and flawless, so that, you know, people can trust you blindly. They can believe you, whatever you are saying. And so you need to put in a lot of effort. And, you know, fortunately there is no brain in the art, so, you know, you cannot manipulate things. So correct. Uh, so yeah, the previous one. Yeah, so friends, whether you are on a TEDx platform or wherever, even they are confused whether the speaker will be able to speak or not, or even audience will be confused, they will be I mean, looking at you with the wide eyes, what is really going on? Because you know you want to speak, but the words are not coming out. What could be catastrophic situation? It could be anger, depression, frustration, guilt, and presence. And my dear friends, that is the life I am living for last 27 years, and this is my 28th year, and this is going to be the reality all my life. Thank you. Next. So friends, uh, you can see this slide is today's 2010-09-3. No vocal cords, only conviction, clarity, and some of our speakers talked about purpose. So I do have a clear purpose, very clear purpose to become a speaker despite the loss of voice. I chose to become a speaker, and yes, I am committed to change lives, change the world. Next slide, please. Friends, you can, you can read these slides. You know, I am a real junior disability into fashion editing and ready for accept the opportunity. And giving hands of hope to countless people worldwide. And when one morning, I am 73 now, yes, 73 now, yes, I am going at a jet speed. Why? Because I am committed to touch the original. I want to inspire, touch over millions of lives worldwide. Now, how I made it? Friends, the voice which you are listening now, this voice was rejected. Yes, this funny voice was rejected, but I have accepted that rejection wholeheartedly. And now you can see, fortunately, I'm a person. It is becoming a role, it is becoming a lion's role to be globally as a speaker. And that's what I'm doing, and I'm having a commendable dividend and more on your platform, Matt and Sophia, and of course Dr. Anuja and everyone. So you know, I was diagnosed with cancer. I was given few days to live with I have crossed 10,000 days already. Now, you know, there is one very important medical terminology that is SAML, that is short-term memory loss. I have redefined and re-engineered that phrase into SAML, short-term memory loss. That means I have rather forgotten that I don't have a voice, and this voice is my USP globally as a TEDx speaker and whatever life transformation course and everything. Next, friends, today in my most onwards group, I mentioned I'm going to speak about making things impossible possible, and that's what you are going to witness now. So what happened is when the voice was rejected, I started speaking continuously globally, and its success became unstoppable. And that's how, you know, I mean, I'm fortunate to touch over 100,000 lives. So you know, success is not the journey. Sorry, success is not the goal. Success is the journey. You have to keep on riding on this journey day after the other, every single day, 24/7. Thanks. So friends, As I said earlier, I have crossed already 10,000 days of resilience and recorded 265 awards and everything with iron created record and who have once been around TEDx, once been around TED Talks and so many international conferences. So it's all about 10,000 days of resilience. Now, you know, in the next life I am not here to talk about my accomplishment, my academic recognition. No, I want to talk about how I become a translator, how I become an interpreter. That's what I'm going to talk about next. Sorry, I had to change my battery. So friends, this is for saying is I have started dating my destiny. Yes, and if you know the moment you start dating your destiny, there is no, no, nobody can stop you. And that's what I'm doing, and that's how I am. And I did it and committed to build the legacy. You can see the power of the voice. My faith that is strong, recognized among top 10 in the world. Can you imagine someone who lost the voice is strong, recognized among top 10 in the world? Can you imagine that? And that's what I was Possibly because of my— I am committed to date my destiny and I choose my own path. I create my own path and I am doing the best way possible by thinking those, and I am showing up with the courage and confidence every single day worldwide. Next slide, please. Now, how would I do this? Believe me, there is no complaint box in my life. No, first thing is, first, I don't want to waste my time, you know, nothing doing. I mind my own business, and that's how I'm dealing with my life. Next. Yes, now this is very important. Now you guys are intellectual, you are commendable, you are trendsetter, you are entrepreneur. The 100 formula for success is date, Your opportunities every single day. Measure, focus, measure. And once you do that, you become unstoppable. Another point, if you want to be a trendsetter, entrepreneur, successful, your team will You don't need to be an engineer. You could be engineer by building a bridge between your head, heart, and gut. And believe me, nobody can stop you. Next. Just get up. Like, you know, everything, you know, when we are living, we train out everything negative. You must train out every negative feeling. I mean, consider that quality life through this negativity. Brain talk. And now when you do this, brain life becomes symphony, symphony, and symphony. Next, I must admit, I must have done in life अब पेशेंट इस इनकमलेट विदाउट केयरगिवर एंड आई वुड लव टिकट को परिंगल केयरगिवर मंदिर वाल्ट एंड लास्ट वन निवर्सरी विशिंग यू ऑल देचर जॉइन आई एम मेकिंग डिलेक्टेबल कॉफी ये है द कॉफी I feel you will remember my voice. Thank you. I'm sure that
