The most formative experience is also the one that I will remember for years to come. It definitely has to be the customer interviews for me. That was the most uncomfortable experience I have ever had to deal with. I experienced so much rejection and weird looks. It was one that I will remember forever because of how uncomfortable it made me. It was also the most formative because of how many times I had to do it. I learned to get more comfortable with it. I learned different ways to approach people and talk to them. It was something I had to step out of my comfort zone for for sure. With that, it became my most joyous experience as well. Finally getting comfortable with it and being able to approach and talk to people with confidence. It was an accomplishing feeling. It made me happy to overcome that fear of talking to strangers.
I suppose I have developed more of entrepreneurs mind set. I'm more willing to take risks and do it with confidence. I accept failure a lot better than I had in the beginning of the semester. But, after taking the course, I know I will never be an entrepreneur. It is definitely not the life track for me.
For students in the future, I would tell them not to overthink the assignments. Do your best. All you have to do is try. No one is going to be perfect. The point is to push yourself as much as you can. The point is to learn from your experiences and no one can learn with out failure. Failure is going to happen but it isn't going to kill your grade. I would tell them not to think about the grade so much, but rather live in the moment and learn from each experience.
Hello Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI think most of us would agree that the customer interviews with random and unknown people were a little uncomfortable. I also think that based on my own experience and reading other people’s blogs that they were not too many people that did not experience some level of being uncomfortable while doing customer interviews. I think one of the most valuable lessons learned from this class is even though some of these assignments were tough they got easier the more we did them.
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I have to agree, the customer interviews were the hardest for me to complete-- I dreaded doing them. Unfortunately, I did not get comfortable after having to do so many either! I like how you state "living the moment" I think as students we focus to much on the grade, rather than the experience. Great post!
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Rachel!!
ReplyDeletei agree with you. My self as an entrepreneur have become some one more willing to risk and with a way more organized mindset. on the other side amazing advice for the upcoming students. Do not overthink assignments and do not be scared of doing them this is a super cool class and you will have fun doing them.
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Hello Rachel.
ReplyDeleteGood post. I did not do the customer interviews but I believe it's because of the fears I had, which many students experienced. I noted in my blog that I have become more organized as well. This class was definitely an experience, and as students we do focus more on grades. Great advice as well. It is important not to overthink, which I totally looked over in this class.
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