Lifes many experiences

Hello everyone! I am Kayla. I am in a class known as the Honors Mentorship Program. I am about to begin a mentorship in an area of the medical field. I do not know which area at this current time. Last semester I mentored in cardiology and I absolutely loved it, but I want to mentor in other areas so that I can branch out and advance my knowledge.

A quote that describes me and my life is "She is a person who understand, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is willing to take risks, to be creative, to manifest competence, to change when the situation calls for it, and to find ways to accommodate to what is new and different, keeping that part of the old that is still useful and discarding what is not." - Virginia Satir

Last Tuesday, some of the Honors Mentorship students went on a Lapdog retreat. We did team building exercises. I personally benefited from this in three ways.
1) I learned how to tolerate others. I did not necessarily agree with what everyone thought but I had to listen to them as well as learn from them.
2) I learned how to not always be a leader. Through this experience, some of the exercises called for some people to lead and for others to follow. I have a hard time being a follower but through this challenge, I realized that I do not have to always be in the lead.
3) I also learned how branch out from my comfort zone. Lapdog required for every student to talk to one another. I am usually a shy person and this allowed for me to try something that I would not have been comfortable with in another situation.

Synergy is when a group of people come together to complete a common task and are able to fulfill the assignment better with many heads rather than just their own. At the Lapdog retreat, I saw synergy occur during the puzzle activity. Because all eighteen of us were working together, we completed the three puzzles faster and more effectively than had we worked on them separately.

During my mentorship experience, I hope to gain many attributes. I wish to expand my knowledge as well as my tolerance and capability to achieve success. I hope to also become a better person in this next step on the journey for my life goals.