One of my weaknesses is that I am never confident about what I do. Over the past few months I have been constantly doubting myself. “Can I pass this course?”or”am I good enough to stay at Sauder.” All of these doubts made my first semester at Sauder very difficult. In the second semester, we were told to prepare for an interview which brought back the memories from my grade 10 planing class where I had my very first interview. I was so nervous and scared that I could not open my mouth at the beginning. In order to do better on this one, I paid extra attention in class and went through my interview with one of the TAs. Finally, it was my turn to do the actual interview. Just like what happened in grade 10, I kept blanking out and repeating words like eh or um at the beginning. After a few minutes I realized that I cannot let the history repeat itself again. So I took a few seconds to collect my thoughts and reminded myself to just relax and be confident like what the TA had told me to do. I noticed a dramatic change about the way I talk after that. I was more confident and it was actually the first time that I felt like an business woman. It is not the matter of what I can or cannot do. I am capable of doing anything (but nothing bad…) if I believe in myself. I am glad that this course elicited the confidence within in me.
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