Hi AI 05-06!
It has been taking a while for me till I finally send this out.
The purpose of this email is to share some thoughts with you.
AI: Since you all arrived here on June 1st, you are all AI. And being AI means being responsible for all the mistakes and achievements that AI has had through out the years.
It’s a great responsibility.
And sometimes we decide to take the easiest path, which means ignoring the past or blaming people - when the past and the people are what have made us being here today.
Transition tries to ensure knowledge transfer, but still nobody will ever know about the specific challenges faced by each team in each year. Challenges that made them choose for one path or another. This comes with experience.
One year is not a lot of time. You will see that in a few days you will see yourselves in outgoing teamdays. However, the power of continuity has made AI make a difference to AIESEC internationally. Right or wrong, the organization seems to be growing and seems to be streghtening the experience AIESEC provides thus increasing its relevance. Consider these things when making your own choices.
Team: Coming out of outgoing teamdays I can say: I have a great team. Teams are not about processes or standards. It is about a common decision of being a team. Words that are said or written can easily become empty words if you don’t decide to act upon them. And this is a daily choice.
Daily choice made by human beings that are meant to fail as a principle. The team you want to be will depend on your daily choice of being this person and, most important, the choice of appreciating diversity and learning how to live in a diverse environment. This is not easy at all.
One of the most wonderful things about being on AI is to learn from so many bright, smart and inspiring people that come from various corners of the world - and most probably after one year you won't have that ever again.
Learning to appreciate others' talents and achievements when they don't necessarily come from our own hands and to feel happy from the inner part of ourselves when this happens is one of the most difficult things to do.
This is team.
Us: The hardest part is to remain true to ourselves. Learning to appreciate ourselves with failures and successes is what I take out of this one year. We are not meant to be perfect, we are meant to be ourselves. Remember that when you were selected to join the team you were selected with your imperfections - they make all that you are today. I am saying this because the easiest thing is to start playing games with ourselves and pretend to be somebody else that we are not. Be honest to you no matter what it takes and request other people to be honest as well.
These are my words. I messed up in all the three things I mentioned to you above and it was painful.
I hope you have a great year!
Lele.
Posted by Oriana Torres at 22:52
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