Congratulations again to all you interns for you acceptance into the program. You probably know now that you will be immersed in one of the most fortunate and intense learning situations (within and outside of school and work)  in your life. There is so much to take in and so little time.

I remember when I was your age (nearly 3 decades ago), how thirsty I was for the knowledge like you were when I was in college. A natural tendency you might have is that you would like to experience or "learn" or "know about" just about everything.

I have a few advice.
a) First of all, accept that you can't learn about everything in one short year (actually 11 months).

b) You need to prioritize.

c) I suggest you pick the top few that are really important and that are applicable  to you in your life in the long run AND that is applicable to the next few steps in your career plans.

d) Also concentrate on those that can only be experienced while you are here. I encountered many students pile on a lot of books into their reading list. I suggest that unless a book provides you with tools/information that you will use/apply while on your internship, save them for when you get back to Singapore!

So building upon my first blog, I suggest after you have made your priority list, ask yourself why each item on the is important 3 times! If you can tangibly answer each why successively, you probably have made a good choice. If you can only answer it with some vague answer like "I think it is interesting", I suggest that it probably should not be that important for you to pursue unless you have already accomplished every thing else high on the list.

I hope this is just one more tool to help you refine your internship goals.

With a clear set of objectives, you can navigate your journey with a direction and with measured objectives! They are like your navigation maps and compass.

In my next blog, I will share how I determined some of my personal journeys that helped my career.

Have a good journey!


C.H Low.