Leadership OKRs
When completing this OKR, I hope I can become very familiar with most of my classmates. I hope that after graduation, they will always be my strongest network and lifelong friends. As demonstrated in my core values, I feel that friendship is a very important part of my life. Because
of my parents' busy schedules, my friends have helped me through difficult times since I was a child. So I had very important friends at every key stage of my development. Of course, I really hope that this graduate journey will be the same. In fact, the biggest difficulty this time is that this is the first time I try to develop friendships with everyone when there are very few Chinese people. I am actually a person who is very willing to play with friends, but I was afraid that the cultural differences and the accent that popped up from time to time would detract from the experience of spending time with me. But in fact, I know that everyone does not care about these points. Every time I get along with them, do homework together after class, and struggling with exams, I have a very good experience. I know that they all are very loving people, so I hope that I'll be able to take my own step and graduate with a group of friends and coworkers that I won't want to part with.
When this OKR is completed, I hope that I will have applied for at least enough positions, and ideally I will end up with a job in marketing that I like. Finding a job is actually something that is relatively difficult and slow to let go of for me. In addition to the limitations of international
students, I'm actually a relative introvert. The process of finding a job requires very strong networking skills. I think this is my biggest fear. I couldn't imagine how to complete a non-embarrassing and effective coffee chat under using my second language, and I was afraid that
my conversations was not good enough even leave a bad impression. But now, I'm pretty sure that I have to try to overcome this difficulty. So I'm going to do my best to utilize the school's resources as effectively as I can and be proactive in my pre-application preparation. I think this also fits in with my own key value of being adventurous. For me at this stage, finding a job is actually an adventure, and those who are courageous enough to take action will always get better results than
those who just dare to stand still.
By the time I finish this OKR, I hope I will have stronger public speaking skills. Marketing is my favorite field of work and public speaking is a very important part of it. I must be able to clearly articulate the needs of the company, the needs of the customer and in a way that is compelling enough to engage the consumer. I think my biggest difficulty is the language. Although I have lived in a fully English speaking environment for a long enough period of time, I am not a native speaker and my way of expressing myself is always a bit different. I worry that I will not be able to make the native speakers understand what I am trying to say. I am afraid that my speaking ability is not
enough to fulfill my work or study needs. But I realize that this is something that everyone needs to overcome. I associate this with my core value of honesty, and without strong enough public speaking skills, it's impossible to present my ideas with complete honesty. But I want my ideas to be heeded without any misunderstanding. So I will actively communicate with my teacher and practice diligently at this stage to build a solid foundation for future formal occasions.