Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us...
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do...
And when we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson
Last day of our first career workshop experience! Throughout the whole experience it was really amazing at how receptive and how willing everyone was to participating in the workshop. The interview training was probably my favorite part involving us drilling them about verbal and nonverbal communication. For example, some of the individuals were gesturing too much and were too fidgety with their hands. As a solution, we had them talk really slowly while trying to make fast hand movements. They couldn't do it. Since hand movements are directly linked with how fast we speak, when they spoke slowly the hand movements became less agitated. A nice fix for anyone with the same problem ; ) !I concluded the workshop with the quote "Our Deepest Fear", really emphasizing the importance for everyone there to realize the potential they have. It's amazing how much we fall short of our potential and how comfortable we get with our mediocrity. As it has been said, "Most people spend more time planning dinner parties than they do their own career." And as the quote by Marianne Williamson also suggests, I think it's because we are inwardly afraid of our ability to do great things. At the end of the workshop the participants thanked us with gifts and boxes of chocolates not to mention an scrumptious chocolate ice cream cake! Didn't expect them to be so generous!
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