This week I read an article called Growing Leaders, from Tim Elmore's blog. It was about how an internship should not be seen as simply an "internship" by the student. It should be considered a 12-week interview, meaning everyday the intern should be just as attentive and productive as the first. It gave an example of a man who regretted ever allowing interns to work at his business for a summer. The article also give advice to interns, like me, about how my boss and I can both have a successful and beneficial experience, discussing teachability, initiative, responsibility, and energy.
After reading the article I've obviously learned that I need to treat my internship as, for me, a 9 month interview, never getting lazy. This is a huge oppurtunity that I've been given, and Lakewood honestly doesn't need me, so I have to continually work hard and learn as much as I can every day. While I said that the church doesn't necessarily need me, I could still make my bosses jobs easier everyday, and that is one of my goals for the year. I will focus on being teachable and responsible everyday, so that my boss looks forward to my arrival, rather than dreads it. I want to learn as much as I can this year while helping Lakewood, and the characteristics this article gave me are great ways to accomplish that.
Overall, this year I'm going to focus on being a hard worker and very teachable in order to learn more about what I love and make my bosses lives easier. My goal is to be a huge help to Lakewood Baptist Church while learning about how it runs and how the student ministry works. In order to do this I will use what I learned in this article like how my internship is a 9 month interview, not an "internship".
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