Rollercoaster

A good manager wants you to grow professionally; he or she will challenge you intentionally and unintentionally. How a professional deals with challenges is often how a boss or co-worker will later reflect on your professional style – it’s what can set you apart from just the next intern and get you hired. Challenges can pop up at any point in time – they aren’t predictable [...]

The Drop Tower. The Twister. What’s next? Nearly halfway through my internship, I can safely say I have arrived at a place of comfort – not predictable, relaxed comfort but a confident, self-assured comfort. The Halfway Point: The Wooden Rollercoaster At the halfway point, I am semi-confident that I won’t be thrown for a loop any time soon but I still feel the occasional fear that I might fall [...]

Welcome to my guest series! I recently started a public relations internship at Publicis Consultants USA. Throughout the next 12 weeks, I will be sharing my experiences with you in the form of roller coaster analogies in the hopes that you will follow my journey and learn a few tips from my “ride.” After the first day of my internship, I thought the spastic bouts of excitement and nervousness [...]

Welcome to my guest series! I recently started a public relations internship at Publicis Consultants USA. Throughout the next 12 weeks, I will be sharing my experiences with you in the form of roller coaster analogies in the hopes that you will follow my journey and learn a few tips from my “ride.” The Beginning: The Drop Tower One minute up. One minute of anticipation. A few hundred feet of [...]