Weekly Assignment 3

In Tim Elmore’s post on his blog Growing Leaders, http://growingleaders.com/, he gives an interesting perspective on how we interns view our internship. He refers to an internship as a “12 week interview.” I had never thought of it that way, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. An internship isn’t so much an interview for the one particular office you work at, but an interview into the world of the job of your interest. Though the class is called “Honors Mentorship,” its really, as Elmore says, “a simulation of the job you’ll have one day.” I have been given specific tasks at the law office i am working at, so it feels like I am really a working lawyer (except for the whole defending someone in court part of course). Elmore also gives us these 4 “ingredients” as he calls them, to help us be successful interns:
1. Teachability
2. Initiative
3. Responsibility
4. Energy
If we take these points, which I have taken to calling TIRE, we can guarantee a successful “mini-career” at our places of mentorship.