So I made a plan. I started smiling more to each acquaintance I saw, and I made sure to ask them how they were doing. I started interacting with professors more outside of class which gave me the confidence to ask questions more freely inside the class. I met more classmates outside of class for meals and sometimes just for coffee or tea to get to know them better. I started taking up more initiatives within the HR Forum and launched our first ever quarterly magazine. I decided to grab each opportunity that was beyond my comfort zone. In January 2019, I took part in the TAPMI MUN and won the High Commendation award. In February 2019, I was a national finalist for TISS Manthan 2019, and finally, in March I became the Co-Convener of the HR Forum.
In school, I was extremely confident and outgoing because I was really comfortable there, but somewhere in my bachelors, I lost that charm. When I started with MBA, I knew I couldn’t always rely on comfortable situations to show that charm.
New situations are never easy for anyone, and what makes or breaks you is the attitude you choose. And it’s always a choice, a very conscious one, to choose the kind of person you want to be.
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