Lessons on Self Confidence from a Teenager | Reece Doppenberg | TEDxYouth@Langley

Reece uses his personal experience from his life in early high school to describe his rapid change from being self-conscious and having low self-esteem to becoming a self-confident teenager. He outlines the steps in which he used to make that change and encourages others to learn from his journey. Reece describes his change in demeanour by utilizing five, specific steps: "Find yourself", "Stop caring what others think of you", "Surround yourself with encouragement", "Self-assess your attitude" and "Be humble".

Reece Doppenberg is a engaging, outgoing, ambitious and determined grade 12 student in Langley, British Columbia. He enjoys public speaking, poetry, music and science. Reece is very active within his school, is a multi-instrumentalist and takes part in many leadership roles within the community. After high school, Reece plans to study sciences with hopes of becoming a doctor and eventually joining and contributing to initiatives like Doctors Without Borders.

[vaderbuild]

find yourself
stop caring about what others think of you
surround yourself with positivity
self assess your attitude
be humble

[brendavazquez]

More people need to hear what this young man is saying!

[mariie]

“Who ever you surround yourself with is who you’ll become”. So much truth in one sentence. This ted talk is fantastic

[epicface]

He is a fantastic speaker, very authentic and genuine.

[Karambt]

This guy is better than any therapist he knows, i see him as my idol

[hayley]

you helped me so much. thank you, thank you, thank you!

[destinydecember]

i am changing day by day and building new confidence becoz of this guy!

[cathvk]

Brilliantly said Reece, thank you so much for your insight. My 13 year old son and I watched this together and absolutely love the message. It really helps to hear it from a young man who he now looks up to. All the very best for your future :o)

[shinihahaha]

He's so cool already... 😭💕💕✨ The way he speaks with a smile, that's amazing despite of his all hardships in the past .... He's one of the most stable teen I have ever seen ✨💕 ... I'll turn 17 soon, and it's really inspiring for me ... I wanna be like him, the confidence he has

[tinaodili]

I couldn't help but say wow wow wow... great talk. keep up your confidence. you are going places

[shanarniatrice]

They need to make more videos this and everybody should hear what this young man is saying

[nikiali]

Amazing. Shared with my 14 year told daughter. Thank you.

[elliewinnen]

thank you this really helped me become and stay positive with my surroundings, to myself and to others.

[warishaali]

THANK YOU SM! I LEGIT NEEDED THAT SM!<3

[sridharansripriya]

I try to be like you brother. This is a big lesson for my life. Thank you so much. And God bless you all..

[julier]

Very articulate young man! I'm going to have my teen son watch this. Thank you and God bless you Reece😊

[venugopal-ozdw]

He just expressed himself and the beauty of discipline and simplicity to create an self confidence....all he said about self love he missed..!! But hes genius when he said respect to urself and reasses of ur attitudd..tats the coreection and perfection

[lunarcode]

We got this as english homework :)
Anyways this video was awesome.

[helena-pprd]

Loved this ! Amazing powerful speaker x

[arlinegeorge]

Great great talk . Be true to thyself. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.