What a busy week! This past week I conducted mock interviews at the Business Symposium with three professionals who each had different areas of expertise. During the interview, I learned a lot about communication and leadership skills. Each professional told me about their experiences in the professional world, including both their successes and hardships. One of the most important things I learned was that in the real world, there are going to be lots of ups and downs, and that life isn’t always going to be perfect. I learned about how the professionals were able to overcome the challenges they faced, and I thought about how I could apply this to my own life. The second professional I spoke with told me something that really stuck with me: that for every one person with cancer that knows what caused their cancer, there are two more people who were diagnosed with cancer that do not know the cause. I learned just how much is unknown about cancer, and how much we still need to find out about it. The same professional also gave me a very important lesson about perseverance. He said that at the end of this pandemic, there would be people that came out of the pandemic and would say, “Well, the pandemic happened, so I couldn’t do anything, and there would be people who say “Well, the pandemic happened, but I was able to do this and make the best out of it.” My goal is to be one of those people in the second category. I want to make the best out of this pandemic and see this as an opportunity for growth, rather than thinking of all the things I ‘couldn’t do’ because of the pandemic. Besides the interviews, I reached out to lots of medical professionals this week to see if they would be alright to conduct a research interview with me. I was so happy when I got a response from a doctor! I will be setting up my first interview soon. I am so excited to find out more information through this interview. My goal this week is quite simple: to continue learning about oncology. I will be able to learn more because of the research interview and reading articles about it.
- akshayalalithas