I always thought that my very first job would be a piece of cake after AIESEC.
I always thought that cultural sensitivity and having an entrepreneurial instinct was just so natural after being in AIESEC. I always thought that the first thing that I would do is impress my bosses and be the dude at work.
Reality check!
Welcome to real life where AIESEC seems like a HR company to people you try to explain it to and your work( however cool you thought it was in AIESEC), youre just an eager 21 year old.
Of course, skills that AIESEC has given me are all invaluable- but in the real world, business and pleasure are not so easily mixed, and having a brain for finance is not unavoidable( as much as I would like it to be)
AIESEC engulfs you and when youre in it its so easy to forget your own hobbies, ideas, friends, family.
Dont get me wrong.. I love AIESEC and Im greatly indebted to the organization, but I think that the real challenge of AIESEC is not in carrying a network, not in being the cool dude that knows about obscure countries and their economies and cultures, not how many international conferences youve attended, not in the leadership positions youve held that people outside AIESEC find so difficult to understand, but..
in trying to carry out of AIESEC the values. Thats the key- if you can apply those- thats what makes you a successful AIESECer. And its not easy to hold onto in the real world.
In Goa today on a Sunday for business.Meeting a client tomorrow with a business partner in the next room.I want more than ever to just chill and do my own thing. But, Im having I need to have dinner with him in 10 mins.
Somehow, my postings are never what I intend for them to be.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
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3 comments:
definately true! very nicely put. on another note, your blog needs more readership. Your comments seem to have dried up :P
Aalu - correct, so I thought I'd make them wet!
Hey
So cool to see your blog :)
Know what you mean about life post AIESEC-its difficult to deciede which world is more real, but as long as you dont forget that there was a time when you both did well and had fun-i think AIESEC would have served its purpose :)You may not make best friends but atleast you wont settle for mind numbing monotony.
Anyway-on that note of making changes-have a great 2006!
niharika
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