Believing in Yourself -T. A. Pai Management Institute
Recently, I had been offered an internship where I had to conduct a market research regarding edible oil sales in Kerala, I had been assigned two districts where I had to meet retailers and consumers about the existing products in the industry. I was quite excited for this project and looking forward begin the internship. However, my family was not very happy as the project involved a lot of travelling and meeting new people. They were concerned because it is not a job a woman typically does. It was quite difficult for me to convince them or reason with them. In fact, listening to my family, I started doubting myself whether I would be able to do this as it was the first time I would be doing a job such as this. Though I did not feel confident, I started my internship. I traveled to a lot of cities in Kerala, visited a large number of people and completed the internship successfully. It was difficult, but I was happy I did it as I learnt a lot of things from the internship. Even my parents were proud of me. They even started telling other people that their daughter had completed a difficult internship on her own. I learnt from this experience that if you believe you can achieve something, no matter what other people tell you and no matter how much they discourage you, you can achieve it. Another thing I learnt is that sunscreen should always be your best friend!!