I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’m going to write for my blog post and wondering about the best way to impart my experiences that I’ve had so far at Radius Online. Then I figured I’d like to do a short book review that explains how it’s been inspirational and very helpful to me while working at Radius Online as an intern. The book is titled “Wherever You Go There You Are” written by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
I still remember the first day I got to the office. It was after a strenuous flight from Arizona. The big poster “Done is Better than Perfect” in the meeting room at Radius Online office immediately caught my attention. I argued with my brother about how it was not so true, that I would rather to make something perfect or not do it at all. I mulled over the argument all day until bedtime. I was reminiscing the past when I realized how much time it took me to work for perfection and how many things I’ve missed out on in my life. Then I thought about the poster and whispered to myself “maybe it’s right…”
In his book, “Wherever You Go There You Are”, Jon Kabat-Zinn explains that “ordinarily, when we undertake something, it is natural to expect a desirable outcome for our efforts. We want to see results, even if it is only a pleasant feelings”. I realized that it’s better to be productive than being caught up in a moment with nothing done just because you are trying to seek for a “pleasant feeling”. That was the very first thing that I learned from Radius Online.
Radius Online gives me opportunities not only to work on online marketing, which is the field that I’m very interested in, but also to be surrounded and inspired from my great colleagues. At Radius Online, new ideas are poured out daily; a lot of projects for interns are already being worked on such as Monthly Trend Report, SWOT Analysis, Intern Blog, etc. Sometimes I get stressed out, I can’t imagine how much more stressful it must be for the other interns who are studying and working at the same time. Here’s a little corny pep talk for my fellow interns from the book.
“The challenge of mindfulness is to work with the very circumstances that you feel yourself in – no matter how unpleasant, how discouraging, how limited, how unending and stuck they may appear to be – and to make sure that you have done everything in your power to use their energies to transform yourself before you decide to cut your losses and move on. It is right here that the real work needs to happen”.
Whatever you are doing right now, going to school, working diligently at a fantastic office, studying for an upcoming exam, or practicing for our intern music video ;), remember to be mindful. At the end of the day the lesson is not only that “done is better perfect”, it will be done AND perfect.
Nhi
Online Marketing Intern
