My BP Internship: Always Pick Up Gems (Day 12)

It’s time for the end-of-the-week wrap-up. Here, I’ll drop a somewhat insanely long list of learnings from this past week. It’s amazing how people just drop gems and don’t even know it. Luckily for me, I pick ‘em up and put ‘em to practice.

Week 3 Takeaways

1. Observe. Observe. Observe.
2. Test your humor--know when to dial it up or down
3. Keep conversations confidential
4. Make your presence known
5. Understand that intentions don’t negate impact
6. Ask for what you want
7. Attach yourself to the people you want to become
8. Never underestimate the value of a compliment
9. Let your colleagues brag about you
10. Recognize your limits
11. Take off your rose-colored glasses
12. Appreciate the people behind the scenes that make things happen
13. Pick up work people don’t want to do and kill it
14. Do it afraid
15. Know that everyone won’t be a fan of you
16. Set boundaries for work and home life
17. Laugh (some situations are so bizarre you just have to)

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