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Cultural Diversity Replacing Fear with
Fulfillment
Jahan Kalantar is a legal practitioner who stands
up for what right despite his experience with
racism and discrimination is based on his
appearance. As a HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER, he actively
fights for the rights of refugees to stay in
Australia and believe that with the right
mindset, every individual can contribute to the
improvement of society as a whole. law firms
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He was invited to share a few words of courage
and wisdom at the Solidarity Awards at the
Petersham in Sydney, Australia. Jahan delivered a
speech about cultural diversity and how to
eliminate fear from the Australian psyche. Given
his background as a CRIMINAL AND BUSINESS LAWYER
with a Persian heritage, his insights definitely
prove valuable and relatable to todays
society. Jahan began his motivational speech by
thanking the organisation for bringing to light
the value to be found in a community. He added
that volunteering is one of the best things you
can do to contribute to yours. Volunteering is
the cornerstone of what it means to be a genuine
and giving person and the value of a person's
time is the greatest asset we have, Jahan said.
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Jahan also shared that despite how things may
appear, English is not his first language. In
fact, when his family first moved to Australia
from Iran he didnt speak English until he was 6
or 7 years old. He even went to ESL classes to
learn the language. He then moved forward with
the gist of his speech. Apparently, the CRIMINAL
DEFENCE LAWYER has been asked by many of his
friends, coworkers, and colleagues the same
question How do we go from fear to performing?
How do we overcome our fears? Through his years
of experience with people, professionals, and of
course, the personal struggles he has faced
throughout his life and career, Jahan gathered
that the first step to answering that question
is by understanding what fear is. Fear is
irrational, Jahan started, citing one of the
common irrational human fears arachnophobia.
People fear these tiny creatures despite how low
of a threat spiders actually pose to human life.
In fact, only a small percentage of spiders have
venom and those spiders are actually utilised by
science to concoct anti-venoms. However, even if
we are armed with a knowledge of spiders and
science, many of us will still run to the
opposite corner of the room the moment we spot a
spider. Listening to this now, we realize how
silly we are when we act on our irrational fear
of spiders. None of the facts matter when faced
with fear because that is how fear works it
comes from a primitive place. Fear causes us to
make snap judgements as Jahan mentioned, and
although it serves an important purpose in
survival, those thoughts still come from our
worst inner places. Jahan then proposed an
antidote in the form of a popular book and
animated motion film - Charlottes Web.
According to the Sydney-based solicitor and
BUSINESS LAWYER, the story presents a deeper,
yet extremely valuable lesson. Just because you
fear something, doesnt necessarily mean that
you should embrace that fear. A well-said
sentiment indeed. Nurturing this kind of mindset
allows you to act rationally in the face of fear,
in this case, when faced with a spider at one in
the morning. The rational thing to do is get a
glass and a piece of paper, trap the arachnid
and move it outside where it cant bother you
with its presence and generous amount of
appendages. Jahan then linked the fear of
spiders and how we easily react irrationally to
it, to how easy it is for us to make people into
something they are not and how hard it is to
stand against this behaviour. Nearing the end
of his speech, Jahan also presented the audience
with another very valuable insight. He shared
his experience in a restaurant in Los Angeles
where he encountered someone dining who was very
similar to him. He himself fell victim to the
human tendency to
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define the other person in contrast to himself,
based on the way that the other person acted,
looked, and talked. Considering that Jahan and
his family carries a strong tradition of being
rigorous and actively participating in events,
when the music came on, he and his family went
dancing. In the other table, he noticed another
family looking solemn and displayed no interest
in involving themselves with the festivities.
Jahan thought to himself, whats the matter with
them? Thinking rather negatively about the
reason behind their lack of interest in
dancing. However, he was able to stop himself in
the midst of everything, realising that he was in
no place to separate himself from another
person. Given that the other person was very
similar to him, it was still easy for him to
make snap judgements which he realised later, was
wrong. Another thought came to mind soon after.
If it is this easy to judge someone very similar
to me, how much easier can it be to do the same
to someone from a completely different race and
culture? Being able to understand first, before
judging is a challenge every person has to face
every day. If we want to move forward, we have
to hold off our worst demons. It is very easy to
make someone into someone they are not, but it
is hard to remember these fundamentals that help
us perform to be loved, to provide for those we
care about, and to help make this world a better
place. Jahans speech defines how skilled he is
when it comes to getting a message across using
simple but genuine words. His words are indeed
something to ponder as we face the struggles of
daily life, and if we do, we are one step closer
to performing better and being a better person.