Week 3

Growing Leaders is a blog post by Tim Elmore. One of his post talks about a summer internship that one of his friends told him about. His friend told him about 6 college students that were interning at his business. They were suppose to be there for 3 months. His experience with them wasn't very delightful. Something that is very important that Elmore mentions is the adults role in the life's of these college students. These college students were supposed to be guided by the adults around them, but in this case they failed too. Elmore talks about 4 attitudes that he looks for in an intern. Teachability, initiative, responsibility, and energy are the top qualities of an intern. One thing that is going to change is that an intern is a interview.

The blog post by Tim Elmore can be found at http://growingleaders.com/.

I actually want to leave a good impression with my mentors. I don't want them to remember me as a piece of gum being stuck on their shoes. I want to learned from them. The things that I can do at my mentorship is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I know that my generation that different aspects of things, but my parents have told me to always follow their generation. I know that if my mentors want me to follow them, and actually get hands on experience. I will do as I am told to do. I also want to be responsible on every task I do. I also want to always tell them the truth. My first day at my mentorship I was scared and nervous. I didn't know what to do, but after clinic got fuller. I actually got to follow a nurse around, and she let me do some hands on experience. I will do my best, and never let my mentors down. I don't want them to feel that they are wasting there time. I also want them to be open with me, and tell me what I am doing wrong. I can't wait to go to my mentorship.

I found that this article helped me with the four attitudes needed to make a good impression. One things that was something that I need to keep in mind is that this is my interview. I will have to always keep in mind those for attitudes, and apply them at my mentorship. One thing that was very applicable to me was learn and pay attention. The most important thing that I got from this article is to always do my best. I will be paying more attention to my attitude and never let my mentors down.