THEThe motivational discourse that any graduate would need. During the ceremony of delivery of diplomas to Washington University in St. Louis, Simone Biles received a Honoris Causa degree in Humanities and kept a Apertur speechto which touched the emotional ropes of the audience. Considered the largest gymnast of all time, Biles transformed the stage into a gym of inspiration, exhorting the recent graduates to Do not aim for perfection, but to the truth of those who are deep. “The world does not need to be perfect, but authentic,” he said, with the peaceful force of those who have learned to transform the falls into new impetus.
Greatness is not a title: it is being yourself
In the heart of his speech, which lasted just over 12 minutes, Biles overturned the concept of success. You don’t need to be the best lawyer or the best engineer, he said: It only needs to be the best possible version of oneself. “I never wanted to be the greatest of all – he explained – I always wanted to be the best Simone I could be”. It is a message that goes beyond its discipline and comes to anyone who is in a moment of passage: the size is not in titles or records, but in consistency with one’s own path. “When I begin to doubt myself – he confessed – I think about What my mother has always repeated to me: be simply the best possible Simone».
The four tips of Simone Biles
To make Biles’ speech even more incisive were his four practical tips to become, as she called it, “the best version of you always”. The first: show yourself constant with yourselfeven in difficult days. The second: Stay creativebecause success does not follow a linear track. The third: take care of all of themselves, Not only from a professional point of view, but also of mental health, passions and relationships. In the end, welcome the opportunity to be a leadereven when you are wrong: “Any failure can be a precious lesson – he said – and every deep breath can mark a new beginning”.
Write your story, with courage and kindness
Before ending his intervention, Simone Biles invited graduates to “write their own story”, one that only they can tell. He remembered the importance of taking time for yourself, Especially after years of study and tight routine. “Even if you feel lost, that’s okay – he said – Let it be, and learn to live that void. Because everything you have to do, after all, is to be yourself ». A powerful message, gradually delivered by those who have faced global pressures and have chosen, in the most difficult moment, to listen and stop. Not to surrender, but to start again faithful to itself.
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