Common Sense Matters Part 1
01.06
A day before my leader held a common sense matters part 1, he scolded me
because I was too inferior. I looked down on myself too often to the point,
presumably, he got tired of hearing it. It has been six months since I joined
this community. Many changes, I acknowledge it,better me, so much grateful. The
reasons why I decided to join this community, called hiremaxi:
1. Wanted to be 'cool' in a right way (ps : I have to be honest but
believe me, slowly and surely, I just want to be a better person)
2. Got a free workshop. Let's be honest, the workshop is quite
expensive. In Surabaya itself, one session with around two hours of listening
(instead of practicing it) costs around at least Rp. 200,000. The proper
workshop (with tools to practice) should be around at least Rp. 500,000. If you
join to be a volunteer in hiremaxi, some workshops are free
3. Network. As you can see on hiremaxi's Instagram, the speakers are
extremely experts in their field. No question.
Being a Region Lead of Surabaya was an honor. However, I have to admit
it that I did not do my job properly. I had this difficulty of maintaining my
members. I am very enthusiastic, especially in creating events in Surabaya but
somehow, I feel my frequency was not matched with members. I also often ask
myself, "Who are you, Ros? You are just a common girl with a mediocre
career, no special and bla bla bla" sort of. Perhaps, a day before
Common Sense Matters Part 1 is a cultimation point of my
"inferiority". A funny story as well is after getting scolded by my
leader, I tried to be braver to text mbak Clara. She is a VP in a multinational
company in Jakarta as well as a leader of We Are Sisters (a woman
community under hiremaxi). I was sweating and thinking for a long time to send
her a message. "Should I send her a message? But bla bla" and yeah I
finally texted her, asking about a volunteer application.
The day after, Mas Tito held Common Sense Matters Part 1, Ownership. And
you know, who is the speaker? /drum rolls, it was Mbak Clara. I was like oh my
God but never mind. What I got from joining that session:
1. Questioning about how we join hiremaxi. If we join a certain
community, usually we have a beneficial purpose for ourselves. But joining a
community means we have to do something for our community. As hiremaxi leader,
Mas Tito usually encourages us to create events. It is not only about
hiremaxi but a lesson and skill we get from creating it. For instance, I create
webinar X. Behind creating that event, we have to propose the speaker,
make an invitation letter, communicate with the team about the topic, talk to
our leader, and update the applicant. It has many processes and it
obviously gives me, I mean us, a skill to be creative, critical thinking,
communication, and many more. Please note that when our leader gives us a task,
he/she just wants us to learn something and get new skills. If you feel the
burden of joining a community, why do you join?
2. Maintaining members. I have to admit that I am very bad at this. I
have no idea how to make engagement within the members. Mbak Clara
explained that we can start from the receh/lame topic like zodiac,
personality test, something funny, and the others lame things. I admit,
somehow, I am too serious to talk about events that lead my members to feel not
interested. Now, I am really thinking hard about this field.
3. Approaching speakers. I often talk about this to Mas Tito about how
to do this. As for now, I am proposing three speakers for the
upcoming webinars. I complained about why the speakers I propose seem not
interested in me even though I already shared a hiremaxi profile (I always
think once people check hiremaxi Instagram, they will feel interested to join).
Did I do the right way of approaching? Finally I got the answer which was
Equaling yourself with the speakers. When we were too nervous or not confident
while approaching them, how would they respond to us? So before
approaching them, make sure you level up yourself to be equal with
them. Throw aside the thought of inferiority, just try to be 'cool' like them.
Our energy can be transformed to other people, so if you want to be looked at,
give your positive and hype energy.
4. Appreciate yourself. Actually, there was a very interesting session
after we talked about ownership, which was mentoring and Oracle Card reading.
Oh my God, I almost cried. It was too emotional but motivational at the same
time. I even shared my concern about my love story (ps : I never talked about
it to everyone else except my best friends). Hearing her answer, I feel
relieved. I love this session so much. I woke up lighter the day after like all
the burdens gone, I am more productive I would say.
3 hours and 20 minutes session with Mbak Clara is an 'expensive session'
which now I know why she is an amazing woman. She always radiates and
transfers positive energy. Thank you Mbak Clara and Mas Tito. I cannot wait to
join the Common Sense Matters Part 2.
Regards
Rosa
Cheers for a better
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