This is part of a series “Lessons from my internship experience” # 3 In the workplace, people tend to focus on getting the work done. I get it – in the department in which I interned, most of the employees are extremely busy. They just have to spend the hours to produce the promised output in exchange of a salary. Over time, this habit of putting your head down and doing the work that is given to you is bad for you. You get trapped in the narrow realm in which you operate, and lose touch with the broader dynamics…

This is part of a series “Lessons from my internship experience” # 2 Before this internship, I had a short summer internship in an architectural firm. It was my first time working in a company and I was definitely inexperienced behaving as a good mentee/employee. I recalled many behaviors and habits that may hurt myself in the learning process. The largest mistake I made was being too shy to ask others: to ask for extra work to do, to ask for work scope and expectations, to ask to join an event, to ask about something I am curious about to…

This is part of a series “Lessons from my internship experience” # 1 They say that comparison is a thief of joy. Most people use it as an antidote to envy and insecurity, but I use it differently. If you are ambitious, driven, and risk-taking, you will be disappointed how rare a specimen you are in the workplace. Achieving excellence is a lonely journey. Accepting that you are different from others are makes you a happier person. I am a person who values work very much. Great work inspires meaning in me that no other activity and pleasure can provide.…